Will AI Eventually Take Over?

    Artificial intelligence has improved over time and will continue to improve in the future. Since my counselor is Mrs. Montes, I was assigned the long read, "Can we stop AI outsmarting humanity?" While I was reading, I came across a sentence that explains, "ultra smart AIs will take our place on the evolutionary ladder and dominate us the way we now dominate apes. Or, worse yet, exterminate us." AI can do pretty much anything these days, and it is upgraded and smarter than what it used to be. In the article, the author was talking about how AI doesn't need someone behind it to dominate us, but it can take control by accident. It's only a matter of time before AI is doing something that it wasn't meant to be doing. Researchers are looking into making and keeping AI "friendly," but it is difficult to make sure it really is safe. Reading this article led me to come up with the question: if people fear AI will take over, why do they keep developing new versions of AI? Won't AI eventually take over if it continues to improve? Is there a way to keep AI "friendly"?