Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property:Mind the Machine

In a world that is revealing itself to be distinctly devoid of any natural (human) intelligence, artificial intelligence might well turn out to be less scary than we imagined it to be.

Indeed, some months ago, when a student of mine asked me if I wasn't worried about machines taking over, I quipped that I was more worried about Trump taking over. And if Trump did come to pass as President, tis' only appropriate that machines take us over, I noted! For we've demonstrated ourselves to be an utterly stupid species. What other will destroy its own home (this blessed planet called earth) and kill/maim its very own? And then go looking for other planets to poke and plunder?.