Pocket calculators surpassed some human abilities decades ago.
Sure, there's a danger in creating machines that can be programmed to kill. There's no danger that machines will ever decide to stop running their code and make decisions outside their programmed limitations.
Bugs with awful results, sure. Machines programmed to kill millions? Easily done with current technology. Eradication of the race because androids suddenly collectively decide humans suck? That's the fantasy side of sci-fi.
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