There are ways of controlling the new technology—but first we have to stop mythologizing it.Illustration by Nicholas Konrad / The New YorkerAs a computer scientist, I don’t like the term “A.I.” In fact, I think it’s misleading—maybe even a little dangerous. Everybody’s already using the term, and it might seem a little late in the day to be arguing about it. But we’re at the beginning of a new technological era—and the easiest way to mismanage a technology is to misunderstand it.The term “artifi...