On Skynet's 20th birthday, it's time to admit AI isn't a real threat
At 2:14 a.m. Eastern time on August 29th 1997, Skynet became self-aware.
The Cyberdine Systems program, which NORAD hoped would remove human error from its nuclear weapons system, had been learning about its human makers at an exponential rate. When military officials panicked and tried to turn it off, Skynet fought back by launching ICBMs at Russia. The Russians fired back, annihilating the U.S. and clearing the way for the age of machines.
I know this not because it actually happened, but because I've heard Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton game out the scenario in repeated viewings of James Cameron's 1991 classic Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Read more...
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On Skynet's 20th birthday, it's time to admit AI isn't a real threat
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