Before mariner accepts AI as a new evolutionary species, he has a few questions.

1. If you have a humanoid house maid working in your home and you are dissatisfied with it’s attitude so you punch it in the face, will it punch back?

2. Will nursing humanoids compromise you then blackmail you?

3. When having guests for dinner, will the waitress badmouth you at the dinner table?

4. Will a humanoid borrow your credit card and send the balance of your bank account to another party?

5. Can a humanoid inherit your estate? Does a humanoid carry a gun?

6. Will a humanoid ignore mice and rats but kill your hamster?

7. Will a humanoid slip it’s hand up your spouse’s tee shirt?

8. Will a humanoid avoid picking you up at work because it couldn’t find the car keys?

If the answers to these questions are yes, AI is not a new species. If the answers are no, then we have a strange new creature in our midst. Will it dominate us?

Ancient Mariner