The Threshhold of Artificial Intelligence
The potential for such a great achievement in the computing industry is mind-blowing, but when will we lose control? Artificial Intelligence is that branch of computer science that is barrelling toward whether or not they can, but should be more focused on whether or not they should. It is an amazing conceptual idea. To give a computer the pre-programmed intelligence needed to react to its environment as opposed to just performing whatever task man can think of making it do.
Movies upon movies have been made about this very concept, and even though these movies are made strictly for entertianment purposes, we should take into account some sort of relevance that is displayed through this Hollywood "fiction."
You need examples:
The Terminator trilogy: a movie based on the evolution of computers from artificial intelligence to becoming self-aware. Man creates computers then computers destroy man.
The Matrix trilogy: a movie based upon the same concept of the birth of A.I. then the computers turn against man and essentially make man work for them with man completely controlled through a simulated virtual reality environment.
I, Robot: this movie protrays an technological empire built around the use of robots to aid humans with everyday tasks in the future. All the robots are connected through satellite link-up, and are "activated" by a specific program to suppress and restrain their creators. Yes, a corrupt man initiates the program, but that program is controlled by an artificial intelligence.
On a lighter note, there are movies that portray the "good" robots can potentiall have like:
Bicentennial Man: A robots dream to be acknowledged as a sentient being spending his entire life inventing things that make life better and extended human life, but it was only after he died when he finally gets his dream.
Others include A.I.: Atrificial Intelligence, Short Circuit, and Real Steel.
Should we embark on a journey that will lead to man's ultimate accomplishment that could very well end in our utter and dismal demise?
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