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Theres a new Terminator movie coming out and artificial intelligence researchers really hope you dont see it.<\/p>\n
The issue lies in the films misrepresentation of AI, several experts told BBC News in a fascinating new story, which they worry could stir up irrational fears about the tech the same way Jaws once made moviegoers afraid to go in the water.<\/p>\n
[The films] paint a picture which is really not coherent with the current understanding of how AI systems are built today and in the foreseeable future, AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio told the outlet.<\/p>\n
The reality is that todays AI systems are hyper-specialized, with programmers often designing an AI to excel at just one task, such as playing a board game. Researchers havent come close to creating a Terminator-level artificial general intelligence capable of acting beyond the control of its creator.<\/p>\n
We are very far from super-intelligent AI systems, Bengio told BBC News, and there may even be fundamental obstacles to get much beyond human intelligence.<\/p>\n
Still, while todays AI systems may not resemble those of the Terminator films, that doesnt mean the public shouldnt consider the harm AI is already inflicting upon society and the dangers lurking ahead.<\/p>\n
AI is already helping us destroy our democracies and corrupt our economies and the rule of law, Joanna Bryson, an AI expert at the University of Bath, told BBC News, adding that it is good to get people thinking about the problems of autonomous weapons systems.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Why Terminator: Dark Fate is sending a shudder through AI labs [BBC News]<\/p>\n
More on autonomous weapons: Experts: Itd Be Relatively Easy to Deploy Killer Robots by 2021<\/p>\n
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