With unique access to some of the most powerful pioneers of the AI revolution, iHuman asks whether we know the limits of what artificial intelligence is capable of and its true impact.
Broadcast on the BBC last night but made some time ago:
A review:
The documentary brings out the various directions where AI might take us in the future to come. It tells where the latest great breakthroughs of the 2010s came from, how its become the source of many technology empires and speaks of how private and governmental groups is entering a political, economical and military arms race for the future. How certain big companies strive control the big military and governmental contracts and toss their morals aside.
It tells of the amazing future it might bring, the terror of autonomous weapons, how AI can bring further polarization of our societies… to the bleakest darkest most terrifying dystopian futures and possible end of humanity.
For those who study the subject there is little new, the interviews with the pioneers in AI development, a view into their mindsets was worth it by itself.
For the novice, its an great a great introduction to what is going on in the higher tiers of Technology industries as it does not need any technical understanding to get the message.
The future is at the doorstep, we need to be prepared for what is to come.
AI is the arena for the new “arms race” - in the West, hi-tech user companies, including Amazon, Google, Facebook and X have joined the military-industrial complex in using AI to produce not only autonomous weapon systems but also mind-controlling media output platforms.
As of 2019, the processes were under the control of humans but, by now, that is increasingly not the case. AI can now teach itself and humans have lost control of the plot.
China is investing unlimited resources in order to dominate using AI and is already implementing a social policy of “grading” every citizen based on known personal data assessed by AI.
There is more, much more, in the documentary - be afraid, be very afraid … 