Is AI Gloom and Doom Justified?

“Artificial Intelligence does the work of many minds at once. Will human creativity flourish or fail?”

“Artificial Intelligence will make us useless slaves.  We must stop these abuses before they start!”

“A.I. will create killer robots!  We’re doomed!”

I have heard various versions of the above concerns regarding the rise of robots, the growth of artificial intelligence, and the broader concerns about the moral and ethical dilemmas facing humanity as technological innovation advances — and then accelerates.