When robots think for themselves
This week on 60 Minutes, Charlie Rose reported on the future of artificial intelligence and interviewed Sophia, a robot that looks human. Her creator, David Hanson, hopes Sophia will get to “human-level wisdom and beyond.” But a few viewers warned that those who don’t learn from sci-fi are doomed to live in “The Twilight Zone”:
@60Minutes @charlierose pic.twitter.com/iSsNZKZJkg
— Jason Cwiklinski (@Jay_Cwik) October 9, 2016
@60Minutes @hansonrobotics Robots looking like humans is how they take over. :) I like my robots to look like robots.
— velveeta_rabbit (@velveeta_rabbit) October 10, 2016
@60Minutes @CMU_Robotics most Syfy revolves around 1 smart machine who takes over the worker machines
— Scott Day (@Naplesryder) October 10, 2016
Arnold promised he’d be back -- and he was, in many viewers’ tweets:
@60Minutes @charlierose haven't you fools seen @_TheTerminator_ before!?
— Smeeeebs (@smeby13) October 9, 2016
@60Minutes @charlierose We do not need AI to think like humans. The Sophia robot was disturbing.Did this guy not watch Terminator?
— BigBlondeHead#1 (@teresaparrish23) October 10, 2016
Catching up on last night's @60Minutes story on artificial intelligence. Skynet appears to be very close. Start protecting Sarah Connor NOW!
— Doug Eberhardt (@ebehoops) October 10, 2016
One viewer offered a plan:
Kill 👏 It 👏 With 👏 Fire 👏 https://t.co/kv0X8tWIXd pic.twitter.com/asDvMNWnp0
— Alex Warren (@lxwarren) October 10, 2016
Some viewers accept robots as reality, and frankly, they’re OK with it:
I for one would like to welcome our new quipping robot overlords. @KNX1070 https://t.co/reZTwe0SAI
— Rob Archer (@KNXarcher) October 10, 2016
@60Minutes @charlierose that's cool and all, any word on a cable box that can fix itself so I can stop calling "customer service"
— Matthew Fisher (@TheMattyFish) October 10, 2016
2016 is a weird year. I saw a robot with A.I. tell 60 Minutes it plans to outsmart humans last night & Chiptole still doesn't have queso
— Garret Sparks (@GSparks40) October 10, 2016