![]() That’s because we, at a basic level, fear anything that is greater than ourselves. In short, it seems there has been few narratives about artificial intelligence in which it turns out to be a positive thing. He can bring back the dead, he’s benevolent, wise, and everything we hope an artificial intelligence would be… and yet we destroy him anyway, out of the fear of what he could become. Then there’s Transcendence, in which Johnny Depp is a scientist who imprints his consciousness on a supercomputer, thereby bringing the Internet to life. In the Terminator movies, the machines are hell-bent on killing off humanity. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Hal systematically kills off the crew to protect itself. In AI, we ultimately become extinct and are replaced by our impossibly advanced creations. In The Matrix, we’re submerged into an artificial reality, while our bodies are used as batteries to power the machines. Like the way someone before the electrical age couldn’t comprehend an iPhone.Ĭautionary tales abound about the evils of computers taking over the world. What is that going to look like? The one thing scientists who believe in the singularity seem to agree on is that it’s impossible for us to comprehend. In theory, that is the year that we merge with our technology. ![]()
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