Originally Posted by Sunset Poet
Originally Posted by Michael Zaneski
Originally Posted by VNORTH2
AI is old technology.....1968 2001 A Space Odyssey....I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"

Check it out

Great movie seen countless times. There's a rich history in speculative fiction where Sentient AI is a "character" --sometimes the bad guy as in Kubrick's movie, and sometimes the good guy, like in "WALL-E."

I posted the video a couple of pages back. The film sequence nailed it, years ago.

Yes, it's a powerful sequence, in part due to the fact that the ideas contained therein "resonate" with people on many levels. Many people have a "built in" fear that this is the kind of thing sentient AI would do, or at least be capable of doing, and I am not denying that possibility. Just saying that we DON'T know for sure, and offering up the possibility that sentient AI might surprise us.

We can point to the Hal clip NOT as "truth" --but just as how we can imagine things would go, in that situation. Key word here being "imagine."

Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)