Introduction

The rapid growth in the field of machine intelligence or artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years is truly mind boggling and has created an unprecedented level of excitement about the field in the minds of people who are in the know, and the people in the know are increasing exponentially. The notion of AI is not quite novel to most people in the twenty-first century, as many Hollywood blockbusters such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Terminator series, Matrix series, to name a few, have already introduced this concept in quite a dramatic manner starting in the mid-twentieth century. Some movies, or at least parts of them, have painted a bright future where AI is helping humans to achieve more by taking over the repetitive, boring, hazardous tasks and giving them time to focus on the activities that really matter and improve their lives, while others have painted a grim picture where AI has progressed to become a superior and more advanced species in itself and is treating humans with hostility and is taking control of the world and treating humans as slaves. Both the scenarios are interesting or exciting from the perspective of entertainment and have made the respective movies a huge box office success. However, when AI can potentially become a reality, the two implications can lead us toward very different paths and one of them is definitely not desired.