If you read through all of that, you now know much more about neural networks than people worrying about neural networks becoming sentient and taking over the world.

Exactly! The problem is that the math behind it seems scarry and I think that a lot of people are a bit scared of math in general. Ironically not being scared of math is the best prerequisite to not be scared of NNs becoming sentiment.

I also have to add that the way how "intelligent" machines are portrayed in films or literature also contributes to this irrational fear. And if course Elon Musk's Ambien fueled tweets

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