Comments | ryangraybill: 2001: Space Odyssey

ryangraybill

2001: Space Odyssey

Mar 01, 2007 17:10

In 2001: Space Odyssey, the computer tries to take over and create a distopic society. As humans, we are afraid of a computer’s potentially limitless power and superiority over the human brain. Naturally, when any animal feels threatened by another, their first reaction is fear. However, although computers are theoretically limitless, the computer ( Read more... )

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sflowe01 March 4 2007, 03:54:10 UTC

Yes I do agree with you on the point that artificial intelligence can only go as far as humans allow it, as of present day. But in a decade from now while technology is rapidly advancing will we as a people, as the creator, have the power that we do now. Or will computers control us as so many sci-fi films have shown?

Simone F.

Just following orders abacch02 March 4 2007, 18:05:14 UTC

I don't think that HAL necessarily tried to take over to create something. I think the scary part about him was, he just did what he was programmed to do.

Your point at the end about whether emparting artificial intelligence is morally right is a good one for this reason: No matter how advanced we may become at giving human capabilities and instructions to machines, we will probably still not get it correct.

If you give a machine a thought process to consider, it will do so. However it will not adapt and evolve much beyond that. So problems arise with a machine such as HAL and Mike. They are only doing what we have told them to do. They only adapt mentally in certain ways, not taking into consideration things that humans do.