Why do humans assume if robots gain emotions, they would destroy world?

[iamsheikhadil]

Many scientists/technology experts including Elon Musk says artificial intelligence can prove to be fatal. In future if robots/computers become experts and they gain consciousness then they may destroy humanity in order to establish their kind.  

However, emotions can be both positive and negative. Emotions aren't always greed, arrogance, hunger for power, emotions can also be empathy, happiness and satisfaction from helping.  

Personally I do believe in future, artificial intelligence can reach heights where artificial emotions may be instilled and that robots may think like human beings. But I don't buy that they have to turn evil however there are always chances. They can use their emotions to help humans and make world better.

Is there some statistics or research that led to this wide accepted conclusion about them turning evil on gaining emotions?

What do you think? Share your opinion

[LUCKMCFLY]

I think they take these considerations because the human being is always the culprit of their own destruction, most innovations are dedicated to weapons or wars, and to make life easier for people, robots have been created to perform daily tasks, the bad , is that at the moment of integrating artificial intelligence, they can create their own reasoning, and could see the human being as a total threat to the earth, since it is destroyed to create in the innovations of technologies.