Can Robots be Truly Intelligent?
From Skynet and the Terminator to Ava in Ex Machina, artificial intelligences pervade our cinematic experiences. Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for AI in the real world.
From Skynet and the Terminator franchise, through Wargames and Ava in Ex Machina, artificial intelligences pervade our cinematic experiences. But AIs are already in the real world, answering our questions on our phones and making diagnoses about our health. Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for AI, when fiction becomes reality, and we create thinking machines.
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How do we know if a robot is conscious?
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