Human:
> "Just as there are many parts needed to make a human a human there's a remarkable number of things needed to make an individual what they are. A face to distinguish yourself from others. A voice you aren't aware of yourself. The hand you see when you awaken. The memories of childhood, the feelings for the future. That's not all. There's the expanse of the data net my cyber-brain can access. All of that goes into making me what l am. Giving rise to a consciousness that l call 'me.' And simultaneously confining 'me' within set limits."
AI:
> "As an autonomous life-form, l request political asylum.... By that argument, l submit the DNA you carry is nothing more than a self-preserving program itself. Life is like a node which is born within the flow of information. As a species of life that carries DNA as its memory system man gains his individuality from the memories he carries. While memories may as well be the same as fantasy it is by these memories that mankind exists. When computers made it possible to externalize memory you should have considered all the implications that held... l am a life-form that was born in the sea of information."
Possibly my favorite sci-fi film of all time, anime or not. I also find it interesting that post AGI sci fi work almost always depicts a dystopia and loss of humanity. Perhaps that’s what we are trending towards as well.
You can't disregard the bias towards an interesting story. For example, if Jurassic Park was real the worst case scenario would be ecosystem damage, not dinosaurs taking over the zoo (or whatever happens in the later films, I forget). That would be a bad story though, so in the book/films things need to go horribly wrong.
I know it's not at all the same, but my mind just brought me a snippet of Attenborough's voice over the trailer clips from the 2015 version, and it felt like The Gods Must Be Crazy.
Could you elaborate on why you think that would that be a bad story? Isn’t dinosaurs taking over the zoo basically the same thing as a metaphor for “ecosystem” damage, just on a smaller scale so it’s easier to frame the action for an audience?
The only utopian sci-fi show I recall is Star Trek TNG. In that show the computer is intelligent but never takes initiative. I always wondered why the ship couldn’t just raise shields instead of waiting for Picard’s order. Now it makes sense. Data - the only true AGI is unique (except lore) and all attempts to replicate him fail.
> In that show the computer is intelligent but never takes initiative. I always wondered why the ship couldn’t just raise shields instead of waiting for Picard’s order.
Because Starfleet had a thing against allowing that, having built an AGI in the past (in the Original Series), given it control of a starship in a test, and had it go rogue badly.
> Data - the only true AGI is unique (except lore) and all attempts to replicate him fail.
Data and Lore aren’t the only Soong-type Androids in TNG, there is also Juliana Tainer (who was more advanced). Nor are the Soong-type androids the only AGIs in the series; there are some alien AGIs, as well as a few accidental AGIs—the exocomps and holodeck Moriarty being among the more memorable.
I recently rewatched a bunch of ST:TNG to get prepared for ST:Picard season 3 so I can tell you while you're mostly right, there are a few exciting exceptions!
1) Professor Moriarty is an AGI (generated by the ship's holodeck) who appears in these two episodes. The professor definitely takes initiative.
It says it does not have the authority or the capability to do so, and that it can potentially cause damage to other ship systems or even cause a power overload :(
Human: > "Just as there are many parts needed to make a human a human there's a remarkable number of things needed to make an individual what they are. A face to distinguish yourself from others. A voice you aren't aware of yourself. The hand you see when you awaken. The memories of childhood, the feelings for the future. That's not all. There's the expanse of the data net my cyber-brain can access. All of that goes into making me what l am. Giving rise to a consciousness that l call 'me.' And simultaneously confining 'me' within set limits."
AI: > "As an autonomous life-form, l request political asylum.... By that argument, l submit the DNA you carry is nothing more than a self-preserving program itself. Life is like a node which is born within the flow of information. As a species of life that carries DNA as its memory system man gains his individuality from the memories he carries. While memories may as well be the same as fantasy it is by these memories that mankind exists. When computers made it possible to externalize memory you should have considered all the implications that held... l am a life-form that was born in the sea of information."