WSJ: What kind of things make you worry?
Cormac McCarthy: If you think about some of the things that are being talked about by thoughtful, intelligent scientists, you realize that in 100 years the human race won't even be recognizable. We may indeed be part machine and we may have computers implanted. It's more than theoretically possible to implant a chip in the brain that would contain all the information in all the libraries in the world. As people who have talked about this say, it's just a matter of figuring out the wiring. Now there's a problem you can take to bed with you at night.
Cormac's on to something here, but if humanity masters technology in such a way that we can intertwine our consciousness with processing power we will likely be well on our way, or past the point, where actual Artificial Intelligence is brought into being. Who is to say that malevolent (or just uncaring) AI won't find humanity useless or incongruous with its goals and plans? I used to feel like these concerns were pretty far afield and wacky, but now I'm not so sure.
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