AI optimists vs AI pessimists

A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here:
A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
   • A brief history of Artificial Intelligence...  
AI optimists vs AI pessimists
   • AI optimists vs AI pessimists  
The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic
   • The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastro...  
AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimacy
   • AI, artificial friendship, and virtual int...  
Virtual authority: can we trust AI?
   • Virtual authority: can we trust AI?  
Alignment, ethics, and the challenge of beneficial AI
   • Alignment, ethics, and the challenge of be...  
AI, transhumanism, and the search for immortality
   • AI, transhumanism, and the search for immo...  
AI and the problem of mind, body, consciousness and the soul
   • AI and the problem of mind, body, consciou...  
AI, the simulation, superintelligence, and the search for transcendence
   • AI, the simulation, superintelligence, and...  

Let’s agree that AI is changing the world, and that the pace of change is going to pick up over the next few years. But how quickly? And should we be excited or frightened? Are you a cynic, a sceptic, or a believer? And if you are an AI believer, are you optimistic or pessimistic?