A.I.

I decided to watch the film I, Robot. In this film, actor Will Smith chases what he presumes to be a robot that killed a human. He feels as some of us did in class. He feels that artificial intelligence will essentially outgrow us and take over society. This concept was not displayed in the movie we watched in class, but it was certainly a possibility that it could. In the movie we watched in class, the programs outgrew us, but they moved into their own "world." This is crazy because as the creators of the programs, we should be the ones leaving them or outgrowing them. Though they learn at a much faster rate, it still remains to be seen as to why we cannot learn just as fast, or at least store information at the rate and complexity they do. Artificial intelligence is a subject that can be scary depending on how you look at it. The robots in the film were controlled by another robot. Robots are a part of us already, just not to the extremity shown. It is amazing how their intelligence can cause them to be so ahead of us in both reality and society. The integration of advancing technology is such a tricky thing. If I ever had the choice of choosing in life between being a robot like creature and human, I would choose human every time.

Artificial Intelligence being Possible Human Downfall

Artificial Intelligence is something so powerful that it can stomp the human mind.  In the film, Her, Theodore learned the hard way that artificial intelligence (through Samantha) can surpass what it was originally created for.  Samantha became so real through the film that I actually began to believe that she was her own person.  Her program was so in depth that she actually seemed like she cared about Theodore as in a way normal human beings are believed to live.  She actually seemed more likeable that ninety-five percent of the people I know.

I, Robot on the other hand proved the problem of Robots actually being dangerous and taking over. People became so reliant on the technology that they lost sight of life without it.  What the fascinating aspect of it was to me as well is that it was set in 2035, nearly only 20 years from now. 

Humans in most segments of the world are so reliant on the use of technology to perform simple daily tasks.  From waking up, to reminders, to communications, the addiction to technology human beings have now could certainly lead to sole independence on future advancements in upgrading technology. Including Robots or OS systems that seem so real that even the viewers get attached. 

In The Most Human, Human, Brian Christian recalls an experiment where people have to communicate with a computer and eventually it has to guess who that person is. This concept of gathering information to expand that software is the same thing Samantha successfully accomplishes in Her.  She gains emotions, executes them, and can pull any information from the Internet in less than a nana second.  Samantha’s “brain” is limitless. I place quotes around brain because realistically she doesn’t have a natural brain, which makes me ask does having this certain large muscle in our skull possibly have a limit to learning?

Now, as well in I, Robot, their bodies do not have brains.  Unlike Samantha they can actually physically affect the human race.  Eventually they do by the end of the movie until Will Smith comes in and saves the day.  These robots make life and death decisions not based on morals (because they lack them) but based of statistical analysis in certain scenarios. 

How could the human race continue without morals, the knowing from right and wrong, not what scientific reasoning will succeed.  Once the robots develop and start multiplying in our world, what good can they really do besides turn us into liabilities?