[Aloisius]

Inevitable? Sure assuming we don't extinct first. In the near future? No.

This is just another in a long line of technology panics. Unfortunately, there always seems to be some "concerned" experts that are both overly optimistic about the speed of technological progress and overly pessimistic about where that progress will lead adding fuel to the fire.

Eventually some other new technology will incite a new panic and this one will become another footnote in history like the fears over grey goo or genetically engineered superhumans.

[circuit10]

What about when people pointed out problems like leaded fuel and climate change and we didn’t take action for far too long? We shouldn’t dismiss it just because of things it sounds similar to. In fact you could always dismiss any concern that could lead to human extinction like that, because if there was an existing example of human extinction then we wouldn’t be around to talk about it; that doesn’t mean it can’t happen.