[tim333]

I always thought it a bit pessimistic on the upsides like robot to build us palaces, immortality, conquer the galaxy type stuff along the lines of the "Grandiosity" bit in the essay. It's a shame we have amazing tech possibilities and most people are either saying either it's rubbish and won't work or it'll bring doom. Aside from being boring they are probably factually wrong.

Bit like saying early medical knowledge was rubbish or will doom us by summoning demons while really life expectancy at birth went from twenty something in Roman times to eighty odd now.