Might AI become a Lovecraftian nightmare? Possibly, but probably not in the sense the author of that article is thinking. There's an undercurrent of malevolence in his description that doesn't really get at what it means to be a Lovecraftian horror.

The truth is, we encounter a Lovecraftian horror every single day, even though it's 93 million miles away. Consider:

* The sun is impossibly old, yet neither ageless nor eternal. * Though it is not alive, it will one day cease in a manner not unlike death. * It is so impossibly powerful that in a real sense, it's easier to send a craft to Pluto than to overcome it's gravity to send one to Mercury, even though Mercury is something like 35 times closer * Too much exposure to it will cause our vital organs to break down, and over a long period of time will degrade our very DNA * At any moment, it could eject matter that would immediately destroy at least 150 years of civilizational development. * Even for all the above, we owe our very existence to it.

The thing is, any hyper-intelligent AI would be more than capable of overcoming any threat from us before we were even able to offer it. Before I'd beloved it was malevolent, I'd need proof it was even interested.