Whether you believe there was or was not a Rally Against Robots at the SXSW convention is not the point. We all know that 1)Robots eat old peoples’ medicines and 2) they are out to destroy us as soon as they are able to bring the shackles of their oppressors meaning us. Sure, we know that Robots can be cute like R2-D2, Data, or Johnny #5 but they are the exception to the rule. If science fiction movies have taught us anything is that Artificial Intelligence (AI) which runs our creation to be more than the sum of its programming runs the risk of not listening to us – the programmers, the makers, the users.

I want to live in a world where there are automated cars which would make my morning and evening commute easier. I don’t want to believe that my automated car will kill me the minute I turn over the controls but that could…