Gabriel Luna as the Rev 9: Ectoskeleton and Endoskeleton star in "TERMINATOR: DARK FATE."Paramount Pictures
NBC: 'Terminator' at 35: How AI and the militarization of tech has evolved
Scientists scoff at the idea that AI poses an existential threat, but military applications of the technology pose concern.
"Terminator: Dark Fate," the sixth installment in the long-running science-fiction franchise, opens Friday and posits a world in which a self-aware computer builds an army of killer robots it then uses in an attempt to wipe humanity off the face of the Earth.
It's the same vision that filmmaker James Cameron dreamed up for the first "Terminator" movie in 1984, well before the advent of autonomous drones and advanced machine learning made the premise seem a little less science fiction.
In that 35-year span, a variety of technological advancements in AI and robotics have brought elements of "Terminator" closer to reality. Artificial intelligence experts are confident, however, that the kind of independent AI and humanoid robots of the movie franchise are still far off.
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WNU Editor: Big fan of the first two films and the TV series "The Sarah Conn0r Chronicles". Films #3, #4, and #5 .... not so much.
I think looking at AI inside advertising would be better. Can't compete with a international private company, i mean look at Elon Musk sending rockets to space while NASA flounders, hasnt made a massive breakthrough since sending the first rover to mars.
ReplyDeleteFirst 2 were epic, the last ones are cringe
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