Imagine a war with robots. They can already out-think us and they would be really hard to kill. Imagine a supervillain that is secretly a robot or a human that wears a robot suit that has sensors that allow other humans to track his or her every move. Or maybe you fall in love with a person that turns out to be a robot? Or someone that falls in love with you turns out to be a robot.
What if a “killer” robot needs help changing its programming? Or a good robot has its algorithm altered?
I’m glad that Elon Musk and some other great minds in tech are concerned. And hopefully, they are thinking about the morality and ethics of AI and will shift the trajectory of its development.
Halloween is a spooky time. It’s easy to wander down the path to explore the dark side of technology. There are lots of ways that AI can be dangerous and it is definitely a frightening technology.
As for me, I am a geek at heart. And I love techno-toys with a passion. But a writer is more of a voyeur, than a creator where tech is concerned.
