


But fears of AI’s potential negative impact on humanity remain as seen in its projection into characters like Ultron, a super-intelligence accidentally created by the Avengers.īut what relation do the evil AIs of the movies have to scientific reality? Could an AI take over the world? How would it do it? And why would it want to? AI movie villains need to consider the whodunit staples of motive and opportunity. AI in our mobile phones apply and adapt their rules to learn to serve us better, for example. AI is becoming ever present in our lives, at least in the form of software tools that demonstrate elements of human-like intelligence. ‘Robot Mech Machine’ Image by Computerizer from PixabayĪvengers: Age of Ultron is the latest film about robots or artificial intelligences ( AI) trying to take over the world. By Peter McOwan, Queen Mary University of London (written in 2015)
