Sentient AI is a trope in a wide variety of sci-fi media, but even remotely realistic depictions of an unfriendly superintelligence rising to power are sorely lacking, with the actual state of things having probably done more harm than good when it comes to AI safety’s credibility as a field.
Well, I’d like to see an example of remotely realistic depiction of climate change, then. An awful lot of “climate change” movies are just post-apocalyptic bullshit with “climate change!” used to justify the apocalypse (and of course, actual climate change will be bad but not at full-fledged apocalypse level). I’ve yet to see a movie where Venice or Miami is sinking but there’s no immediate danger everywhere else.
Movies like Transcendence or Superintelligence, or the Next and The Fear Index TV series, are far from being realistic depiction of AI risk, but I still think they are more or less pointing in the right direction. Even Hollywood has moved away from killer robots marching on the streets, give them a tiny little bit of credit.
Yeah, I’ll admit I am more iffy on the fiction side of this argument, Hollywood isn’t really kind to the reality of anything. I was actually not aware of any of these movies or shows (except superintelligence which I completely forgot about, whoops), it does seem things are getting better in this regard. Good! I hold that climate change still has a much stronger non-fiction presence though.
Well, I’d like to see an example of remotely realistic depiction of climate change, then. An awful lot of “climate change” movies are just post-apocalyptic bullshit with “climate change!” used to justify the apocalypse (and of course, actual climate change will be bad but not at full-fledged apocalypse level). I’ve yet to see a movie where Venice or Miami is sinking but there’s no immediate danger everywhere else.
Movies like Transcendence or Superintelligence, or the Next and The Fear Index TV series, are far from being realistic depiction of AI risk, but I still think they are more or less pointing in the right direction. Even Hollywood has moved away from killer robots marching on the streets, give them a tiny little bit of credit.
Yeah, I’ll admit I am more iffy on the fiction side of this argument, Hollywood isn’t really kind to the reality of anything. I was actually not aware of any of these movies or shows (except superintelligence which I completely forgot about, whoops), it does seem things are getting better in this regard. Good! I hold that climate change still has a much stronger non-fiction presence though.