Can sci-fi films teach us anything about an AI threat?

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Can sci-fi films teach us anything about an AI threat?
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Researchers have cited the plot of Pixar's WALL-E in a series of AI 'disaster scenarios'.

- and whether we can trust the technology with life-and-death scenarios.

The astronauts decide to disconnect HAL and take things over themselves. But HAL - who knows things the astronauts don't - decides this jeopardises the mission. The astronauts are in the way. HAL tricks the astronauts - and kills most of them. Sometimes, that's because the instructions were not clear enough and sometimes it's because the AI is smart enough to find a shortcut.

The story - about how most people live their lives not realising their world is a digital fake - is a good metaphor for the current explosion of AI-generated misinformation. ChatGPT and image generators are already manufacturing vast reams of culture that looks real but might be entirely wrong or made up.that is extremely difficult for victims to fight against.

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