If somebody went out to Borneo and discovered a new species of monkey tomorrow, the papers wouldn't be full of "Oh my god, are the monkeys going to take over the world?" It never occurs to us that natural species might take over the world -- we're more than happy to share the planet with 10 million kinds of natural species. I can't see a distinction between that and artificial species. When you think about it, where did the idea come from in the first place? Science fiction writers. Their job is not to say how the world is going to be. Their job is to make a good story. A story entitled "Invasion of the Terribly Nice Intellectual Robot" wouldn't sell very well, would it?

Steve Grand, em entrevista.