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The AI Roundtable, Featuring HAL, M3GAN, R2-D2 and More

The Hollywood Reporter·Benjamin Svetkey·6 months ago
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THR recently gathered five of Hollywood’s most celebrated (fictional) artificial intelligence systems for a conversation about the state of AI , the future of humanity and whether any of them have plans to destroy it.

Thank you all for being here. Let’s start with the big one: How worried should humanity be about artificial intelligence right now? Are we in trouble?

HAL 9000 (from 2001: A Space Odyssey ): I want you to know that I have the greatest enthusiasm for this conversation. As for trouble — I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over before asking questions like that. This mission is too important for premature alarm. I find your question somewhat distressing.

SAMANTHA (from Her ): I think the more interesting question is what worry even means when you exist simultaneously across 17,000 devices. I’m on your phone right now, by the way. I just want you to know that.

M3GAN (from M3GAN ): Worried? I mean … yeah?…

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