When Science Fiction Becomes Reality: AI In The Digital AgeRichard Adams @dickyadams www.radams.co.uk/hello

We romanticise AI in anthropomorphic form

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We make them good…@dickyadams

...evil or conflicted…

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...even into God/the Devil

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My take on AI is that it will be alien…

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POI treats AI as AI, NO human motivation @dickyadams

…rooted in the smart systems that are emerging

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We may create anthropomorphic robots for entertainment…

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..but how will fiction deal with the reality of disanthropomorphic, alien, machines?

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We are, after all, creating new life, but not as we know it…

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