I've been aware of artificial intelligence for a while and what we are using it for.
It seems that we are so disgusted with our human frailty and weaknesses that we are hell bent on replacing our version of thinking with machine thinking.
We already don't trust human beings to drive a car or land an aeroplane (for two examples) and are spending an enormous amount of effort replacing ourselves in those activities, and MANY OTHERS across the board.
As soon as they stopped fitting toggle type ON/OFF switches to machines, we were on the slippery slope..
Yes, it's not autism related really, but I'm interested to se what people have to say.