The Future of Life Institute, an AI watchdog organization supported by the likes of Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, has released quite a terrifying short film to warn of the dangers of technology gone awry.
The short film “Slaughterbots” imagines a nearby dystopian future, not unlike that in the popular Netflix show “Black Mirror”.
In the film, a CEO of a smart weapons company presents their new technology at a Silicon Valley-style extravagant product launch. Their tech is very good at killing, but only “the bad guys” as the CEO reminds several times.Of course, the AI-driven armed drone swarms developed by the company fall into the wrong hands and global chaos and destruction ensues.
Watch what happens for yourself:
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