AI: An ancient nightmare?
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The History Extra Podcast: AI and the Future of Science Fiction
Michael Waldridge: Are there any cultural or literary depictions of AI that you think get anywhere near close to the real life counterparts? The best science fiction program I found uncannily good in recent years at portraying various different aspects of AI and how things might go wrong is black mirror. He says when you use chat GPT it's easy to imagine that you're dealing with something which is at the level of hell for example from the 2001 movies but he adds that doesn't mean it's intelligent. You can read more from Michael on artificial intelligence in his book the road to conscious machines the story of AI published now by pelican books.
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