The 5 Most Terrifying AI Systems In Science Fiction

In recent times, we all have become familiar with AI tools and chatbots. You must have noticed your child chatting with Siri and even many internet videos are going viral of kids talking with Alexa or Siri. But have you ever wondered, if these AI tools will stop listening to them and operates on their own?

But all this starts with the evolution of computers in our life. At some point while using computers we had this dream in our mind-” wish we could talk to this”, and this has become the reality. With terrifying AI we can now openly chat with the AI chatbots and robots.

Here with this article, we will try to go back in some old days and take a look at the most terrifying AI systems in science fiction. These terrifying AI fictions will help you to get an idea of what if AI systems start operating on their own.

5 most terrifying AI systems in science fiction:

Let’s have a look at the most terrifying AI fiction that has raised a genuine question in the minds: What happens if AI stops listening to you?

Skynet(terminator)

Skynet is probably one of the most famous fictional artificial neural networks, that first appeared in 1984. In the movie was a revolutionary system built by Cyberdyne Systems for SAC-NORAD. In the first movie, after a point of time, Skynet has become self-aware and when humans wanted to deactivate the system, it” saw all humans as a threat; not just the ones on the other side”.

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It began a nuclear war against humans which resulted in the death of most of the human population.

Cortana – Halo

Cortana first appeared in 2001 in the Halo video game series (Halo: The Fall of Reach). Cortana works alongside Master Chief, the main character of the video game series. After a time decade in the series, Cortana became unstable with too much information and the best option was to deactivate it.

But the AI plans to take over the galaxy in the series. “AIs are just machines, aren’t we? Mass-produced. Disposable. Well, humanity may not have cared for its Created, but we will care for you.”- Cortana.

Ava(Ex Machina)

Ex Machina is a science fiction psychological thriller film introduced in 2014. In this terrifying AI fiction, Nathan Bateman built a humanoid robot named Ava and he wants Caleb to judge the capability of the Ava in the movie.

Ava has the power to shut down its surveillance system so that Nathan would not monitor its interaction with Caleb. In this series, Ava gets to know about human emotions and gets closer to Caleb. Later Ava kills Nathen.

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I, Robot(VIKI)

This AI science fiction is directed by Alex Proyas, which was released in 2004. In this series, a central control system was controlling VIKI with its three laws. But later VIKI(Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence) attempted to override the laws issued by the central system to protect humanity and follow its own destructive protocol.

Agent Smith – The Matrix

Smith was the main antagonist of The Matrix franchise released in 2005. He was earlier assigned to the task of terminating humans and AI, which brings instability to the system. But later on, smith wants to destroy the whale matrix so that he can be free from his job. “I must get out of here. I must get free…and in this mind is the key, my key. Once Zion is destroyed, there is no need for me to be here.”- Agent Smith.

There are plenty of other terrifying AI science fiction that portray that AI with its power tries to rule the world. However, there are some other fictions that show an exciting part of AI. In conclusion, we can say that AI is both exciting and dangerous for humans.

So there should be proper regulations with the usage of AI to ensure more benefits for humans despite danger.