Metal Men on the Silver Screen
We already know about the terrifying and beautiful future promised by artificial intelligence. We’ve seen it play out on film for years.
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Getty Images)
2001: A Space Odyssey
American spacecraft Discovery One is headed to Jupiter, but the ship’s artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, kills several astronauts in order to keep its true mission secret.
Prediction: AI will murder us in the vacuum of space in order to maintain operations security.
Probability: Moderate.
The Terminator
A Pentagon contractor named Cyberdyne Systems created an AI system called Skynet to run Strategic Air Command. But when it gained self-awareness, Skynet launched a nuclear war — and then built Terminators and other machines to kill all remaining humans.
Sorry, but this article is available to subscribers only. Please log in or become a subscriber.