artificial intelligence

A few weeks ago in class we watched a short video called "did you know" or something. One of the portions of the video said that in a few years there would be a computer created that would be smarter than humans. I don't know about you guys, but to me this is a ridiculous idea. In the condition of our economy we need all of the human jobs we can get & by giving jobs away to computers, though it may be cheaper, doesn't help our nation's financial state or the people in it. Another thing the super computer reminds me of is are the movies A.I., Terminator, and iRobot. In all of these examples, humans are almost completely reliant on technology and are inevitably screwed over because of this. It seems to me this destination is where our world is headed.