Why Transformative Artificial Intelligence is Really, Really Hard to Achieve

Superlative essay outlining the arguments against immediate AI takeover - hard technical challenges, incomplete data, economic / legal / ethical / cultural barriers, as well as the idea that a great deal of what we call ‘value’ is based intrinsically on human interaction. What is most valuable out this essay is that it doesn’t want to make you change your mind, only to present the arguments - one to bookmark folks.