The Sci-Fi Myth of Killer Machines

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 6, 2014 @07:26AM from the so-say-we-all dept.

malachiorion writes: "Remember when, about a month ago, Stephen Hawking warned that artificial intelligence could destroy all humans? It wasn't because of some stunning breakthrough in AI or robotics research. It was because the Johnny Depp-starring Transcendence was coming out. Or, more to the point, it's because science fiction's first robots were evil, and even the most brilliant minds can't talk about modern robotics without drawing from SF creation myths. This article on the biggest sci-fi-inspired myths of robotics focuses on R.U.R, Skynet, and the ongoing impact of allowing make-believe villains to pollute our discussion of actual automated systems."

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Re:Way to long to read. by CanHasDIY · 2014-06-06 07:37 · Score: 5, Informative

I tried, honestly, but it's all bullshit.
Yea, here's the TL;DR version:
"Killer robots can't happen because people have made movies about them, and movies are fiction."

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Re:I accidentally created self-replicating... by DMUTPeregrine · 2014-06-06 17:22 · Score: 3, Informative

It's posts like that one which make /. worth reading.

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