We have a paradox staring us in the face. All that web content creates a great forum for philosophical debate: Will AI save the world or bring about the extinction of homo sapiens? Compelling research demos often show super-human performance on selected cognitive tasks, especially perception and pattern recognition in image, streams, audio, and transaction data. Thus, the possible outcomes also include affordable solutions for complex social problems, advanced diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions, environmental sustainability efforts, climate optimized traffic flow and safety, and cybercrime and fraud prevention. And of course, businesses everywhere appear to be fully expecting to put AI to work in some form as soon as possible.