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What if China wins the AI race, and what are its implications?

A driveless car in Mountain View, California. [XN Iraki, Standard]

We are scared of artificial intelligence (AI) just as we were once scared of computers and joblessness. We later found the fear was misplaced.

Computers and the internet later created new jobs and made our lives easier, but not necessarily happier. Human nature takes over after a technology matures. 

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