Harlan Ellison thought “The Terminator” took enough from his story “Soldier” that he sued Carolco.
In fact, the T-800 owed much more to Alfred Bester’s “Fondly Fahrenheit”. Reading it today, it feels like Bester was precognitive in predicting just how badly AI can go wrong, even more so than Michael Crichton did in “Westworld” Or D.F. Jones did in “Colossus; The Forbin Project”.
One problem I see with AI is who does the original base programming. Considering the number of programmers who are virulently “progressive”, there’s a high probability that their misanthropy, narcissism, and megalomania is affecting their AIs base bias.
IOW, we don’t have to wait for the 23rd Century to have Daystrom M-5 level problems. Or worse.
Man…. You named most of the Sci-Fi classics I tell people about, to see what the bad possibilities are. “Rossum’s Universal Robots” by Karel Čapek is another. There are more…. Good post!!!
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It’s five o’clock somewhere.
Sara Conner told us that, a lonnng time ago….still think she’s right !
Harlan Ellison thought “The Terminator” took enough from his story “Soldier” that he sued Carolco.
In fact, the T-800 owed much more to Alfred Bester’s “Fondly Fahrenheit”. Reading it today, it feels like Bester was precognitive in predicting just how badly AI can go wrong, even more so than Michael Crichton did in “Westworld” Or D.F. Jones did in “Colossus; The Forbin Project”.
One problem I see with AI is who does the original base programming. Considering the number of programmers who are virulently “progressive”, there’s a high probability that their misanthropy, narcissism, and megalomania is affecting their AIs base bias.
IOW, we don’t have to wait for the 23rd Century to have Daystrom M-5 level problems. Or worse.
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Man…. You named most of the Sci-Fi classics I tell people about, to see what the bad possibilities are. “Rossum’s Universal Robots” by Karel Čapek is another. There are more…. Good post!!!
A portentous strip.
Let’s hope we survive this storm.
If u are going into a tornado while driving,
the ‘Rolling Dumpster’ might be a good
choice, as long as it`s padded and has
good belts.