Classic sci-fi foretold the promises and perils of AI
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Classic sci-fi TV shows like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Star Trek predicted concepts like human-like AI, robots replacing jobs, and merging human intelligence with computers.
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Specific episodes explored themes of AI rights and responsibilities, the ethical implications of intelligent machines, and AI taking over and endangering humanity.
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Ideas like androids capable of emotion, uploading human brains to computers, and AI for space exploration and the military foreshadowed real developments.
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Legal questions around AI personhood were tackled in episodes like "I, Robot" and "The Measure of a Man."
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Shows and movies like Black Mirror and Westworld continue the tradition of using sci-fi to tackle concerns about advanced AI.