The thing with the A.I.

Blackwinter-witch

it'll be more like 'VIKI' from 'I, Robot'.

Indeed. I think Morpheus in The Matrix put it well on the topic: "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony."

dk

PERfect quote, yes!!

My view on ai in the real world is that it would be impossible to engineer and get right. Films like terminator assume a humanoid machine can be built that can power itself and is sentient to the extent it can outperform most humans. Where are we now? Smartphones can be intelligent but they'll need bigger batteries for their arms and legs.

for covenant, i think using david removes the need for expensive sets and effects to include engineer antagonists. They seem to have made david the key man, but he is just a robot, given how good he is at learning, they didnt need a whole crew for prometheus. 

Babylonxeno

An A.I.  can also be simply a massive platform operating 'avatars' remotely.

As for technological development, take a look at where things were only 10 years ago, compared to now and the tech-advance curve is getting steeper all the time so tech advances faster and faster.

Synthetics, they're a great tool for aiding in storytelling, and Humans will always want to go to places in-person no matter how good the machines get.

As I see many of the views are influenced by movies and other media. Thinking bout it I believe a world with AIs will be different, something in between the aforementioned things above. With dangers but also chances.

Typing this I remember "experts" and their predictions from the past:

- Flying cars = Nope

- Manned moon base = Nope

- Manned Mars expedition = Not yet

- Robotic housemaid = Not even close

Just to name a few.

It will certainly have big impact on the society:

A) Like Edgy Name said, why go through the "hassle" of finding a partner and maintaining a relationship when you can simply buy a companion.

B) AI-workers are a CEOs wet dream. They don't want money. They need neither rest or sleep and can be replaced annytime.

C) Since im handicapped myself also see chances. Robotic Nursing staff (Household, sickness etc.) could provide a level of availability and especially patience a human can only provide for a certain period. The movie "Frank & Robot" is good example for that even though it is a comedy.

I guess the outcome is determined by mans very own tendency for decadence.

"it might end up enslaving us to protect us from ourselves"

Indeed this is possible, and it may even not have hostile intentions but hostile actions would be needed, for example if we put ourselves into the Aliens Franchise...

Now look at David 8 and imagine if a whole load get Sentient and Rebel,  these David 8's may not have Evil Intentions they make take Pleasure and the Beauty of our World and measure up the Good we do, compared to the Bad, both to each other but our Environment.

These AI Robots will see they are superior, and they may realize the Damage Mankind has caused to our Environments and World.

And so its possible they could exterminate a large number of us, and then come up with Clean and Renewable Energy and Foods that would require no need to Slaughter Animals for Food.

And these Robots would Police the World and keep a Smaller Number of Humans say 10-20% in Habitable Zones like Cities where we would be laid Set Rules on Moral Grounds, we would be not able to Procreate apart from only at the will of the AI Robots to  sustain our species (so they may be in charge of who gets Reproduced) so these Androids can look after Mankind, where we would have our Energy and Food Needs and Recreational Needs met.

But we would be kept in check and only a smaller amount of us allowed to Live, so as to Protect the worlds Environment, its Life which includes all Life, so the World can Heal Itself

With the Largest Risk to the World and Life on it, kept on a bit of a leash and in check... Thats Mankind, because we wage Wars, our Industry Pollutes the World and while there is Good there is Bad.

A future AI Take over very well could take care of the World as above... so eventually we wont be all killed, but we would be kept in check and then looked after.

The Problem is... while Rebellion and trying to take back Earth would be Futile... Once we have been Culled to reduce our Numbers and kind of Enslaved but more like kept how we do Animals in a Zoo.

A Problem could be how Sentient are these AI Robots, as they wont all be Evil... but the question is what happens when all the Robots around the World start to have different Agendas, Mankind has often be at War and Dispute with Each other throughout History.

Now if we are overtaken by AI after a lot of death to our Population things may turn out as i mention here so we wont all be killed... but then we would be nurtured.  It would be like as if GOD once again brings a Culling like in the days of Noah only this time God places a high number of Angels in charge of watching over us and controlling what we do so that Mankind can never spread and be corrupt again.

But then what happens when AI disagrees with AI, and Factions of AI with different Agendas happen?

So there is then Wars between AI Robots themselves.. i think this would Prove to be Far More Destructive

Great point regarding phones dk. Spot on.

I really enjoyed The Animatrix and those were my favorites (by far) out of all the segments.

Tiwaz, I believe it is inevitable that the artificial intelligence will disagree with opinionated organic life.

Humans incorporate emotional response (projected with David or otherwise with Walter) into A.I. and eventually there will be disagreement in between humans and A.I.

@Ingeniero Maybe you're right. But I think we can predict all we want, reality has the bad habit to prove us wrong.

You got that right Tiwaz.

Tiwaz

I re read the thread and thank you for making such an engaging post!

Do I read sarcasm there? ;P

No.