An AI's capacity for malevolence would be dependent upon a capacity to

match human intelligence and evolve and develop intelligence of its own.
A Seattle AI system has been made intelligent enough to answer the
average 11th grade SAT questions. This would exhibit the potential for
the AI to possess a degree of human-level intelligence, a prerequisite
for its ability to evolve and potentially take over mankind.[203]
However, for AIs to pose a threat, AIs must be superintelligent, meaning
they have to surpass the intelligence of modern humans. While many people
in the technological and scientific world, such as Bostrom, find this
threat very plausible, much scientific evidence proves otherwise. Current
AIs have neither the capacity to surpass our intelligence nor the ability
to come together and find the initiative to undermine mankind. In order
to exceed human intelligence, computers would first have to achieve human
intelligence a feat which would be very difficult. For a computer to
mimic on the human brain, its processors would need to be based on
neurons, which are extremely intricate and variable. Modeling a computer
after another computer is simple the processes simply must be copied.
The human brain, however, cannot simply be copied, and any slight error
or miscalculation would result in a wildly inaccurate product.
No matter how advanced a machine is, it cannot rely on itself, or another
machine, for repairs and assistance. Humanity, therefore, is necessary
for the preservation of artificial intelligence. A supercomputer that
extinguished humanity would be extinguishing itself. Such a computer,
with above-human intelligence, would undoubtedly realize this, and keep
humanity alive to ensure the perpetuation of its kind. Some argue that
other machines could be built to aid these computers, but those machines
in turn would need repairs. The creation of self-service machines is
impossible for the foreseeable future, making it impossible for
artificial intelligence to exist without humanity.[204]
The belief in the rise of Artificial Intelligence heightened during the
mid-twentieth century. The rate at which technological advances were
being made lead to the assumption of the possibility of man being able to
create intelligence that could rival his own. But after decades of
research, a notable example, Simon and Newells General Problem Solver,
the only intelligence computers have been able to display is that of
logical or mathematical problem solving, puzzles and theorems and pattern
recognition. At this, AI has proven to be very effective. However,
complex real-world problems remain well beyond the grasp of
computers.[205] Humans themselves have been unable to solve these issues
and so cannot program something to do the same. They cannot provide it
with the instructions it must follow or even delineate the goals it must
achieve. Technology as it now exists can only work with what it is given.
Superintelligence is certainly impossible if something lacks the capacity
to do more than perform computations and store and organize information.
Development of militarized artificial intelligence is a cause for
concern. Currently 50 countries are in the process of researching and
developing battlefield robots. Among them are major powers such as the
United States, China, Russia, and the United Kingdom. The Google-owned
company Boston Dynamics has already created Atlas, a 6 foot tall humanoid
robot capable of moving across rugged terrain.[206] Bill Gates has stated
that this advancement in technology is a major threat. According to
Gates, the next ten years will show big improvements in visual and speech
understanding in computers, and combined with the increased mobility of
machines like Atlas, will lead to extensive use of machines.[201] Elon
Musk combats this threat by supporting research of artificial