It's a stupid analogy. Mars overpopulation would obviously take many, many centuries. It would be a slow thing that you could obviously see coming. There is no reason to believe AI will take centuries to build, or that we will necessarily see it coming.
A better example might be like H.G. Well's 1913 prediction of nuclear weapons destroying the world. It was something that science was just realizing was possible, and would be invented within his lifetime.
A better example might be like H.G. Well's 1913 prediction of nuclear weapons destroying the world. It was something that science was just realizing was possible, and would be invented within his lifetime.