[zeno334]

But surely you can't compare a hostile AI which can do unlimited harm due to this lack of constraint to the financial industry can you?

[sp332]

Why not? A 2012 report estimated over 19 trillion dollars in lost household wealth, and contribution toward the largest number of people living in poverty ever recorded by the US Census bureau. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/business-economy-fin...