Guiding Questions for "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us"

1. How does the threat of the atomic bomb compare to the potential threats from undiscovered technologies such as robotic life-forms?
2. What threats would superintelligent robots pose to human society and survival?
3. What benefits could superintelligent robots have for human society?
4. Are we in more danger from external threats (disease, natural disasters, etc) or from ourselves and our technology?
5. What makes our current situation unique from previous challenges faced by the human species?
6. Are we more likely, as a species, to recognize the danger or continue ignoring it?
7. How does a future like the one described compare to the utopia in Brave New World or the dystopia in 1984?