Iit is a very sad state of affairs and people have their heads in the sand on this, believing that they couldn't possibly understand it. But the dangers are certainly something they can understand and the ability that these algorithms and AI have to destroy whatever they wish, seems very real. Read the comment Elon Musk made where he predicted that AI would be more intelligent than the most intelligent person in the world by the end of this year. Chilling, to say.