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Narrator: it only takes a
Moment for the unthinkable to

Become reality.

In the near future, tragedy
May come with new choices.

Imagine you've been
In a car crash that's

Killed your daughter.

Eva: is she okay, is she okay?

Oscar: jess?

Narrator: or has it?

Oscar: jess?

Listen to me.

Eva: is she breathing?

Oscar: you okay?

Hey, hey.

Eva: is she okay?

Robot: time of death, 9:17.

Your daughter's brain was
Not impacted by the accident.

If you wish to scan her brain
For digitization and upload,

You have approximately
5 minutes.

Eva: do it.

Narrator: now imagine the
Power you wield when you can

Order a digital copy of
Your daughter's brain.

And do you know
What comes next?

Jess: hi dad.

Narrator: one day, delivered
To your doorstep is an

Artificially intelligent
Android that will act, look,

Emote, just like
Your daughter.

Every memory from birth
On will remain intact.

But she'll also be a walking
Computer with access to all

The world's knowledge.

This is what your
World will look like.

This is the future of
Artificial intelligence.

It's the deep future.

Your body?

Gone.

You're all computer,
All the time.

Your brain is way more
Powerful than even

A billion supercomputers.

Jobs, food, language, water,
Even traditional thought,

All of humanity's
Building blocks?

All that's done.

And you are immortal.

Squirming in your chair yet?

You should be.

This isn't science fiction.

Today's visionary thinkers
Say it's a strong probability

That this is what your
World is going to look like.

Tonight, they'll guide you
Toward that spectacular

Future, and we'll see how
One family navigates it,

One invention at a time.

This is the story
Of your future.

This is the road
To year million.

The year million.

We're not talking
About a date.

It's a figurative era,
One where our world has

Gone through such a
Dramatic change that it's

Practically unrecognizable.

Charles soule: year million
Is a pretty popular troupe.

It's not necessarily literally
The year one million,

It's more, you know,
Far, far down the road.

Humanity has involved
Past a lot of the concerns

That we have now.

Narrator: and one of
The main innovations that

Will shape that future
Is the creation and rise

Of artificial intelligence.

Brian greene: if you ask,
What is it that truly defines

Human beings, I would
Say it's our minds.

It's our consciousness,
It's our intelligence.

And if we could create
That kind of intelligence,

Create the most powerful
Thing that we experience,

That's breathtaking, right?

Who wouldn't find that
Either enormously compelling,

Or enormously frightening?

Narrator: and you
Should be frightened.

For example, you know that
Cell phone in your pocket?

You can't live without
It and it's already started

To replace you.

It can access your memories
And find new information in

The blink of an eye.

And just keeps getting
Better with time.

That's the a.I. That will
Challenge our dominance

On planet earth.

Peter diamandis: we have
Billions and billions of

Dollars in this arms
Race to develop a.I.

You're going to
Expect everything,

Every object to become smart.

All of these
Fundamental things are going

To change everything.

Everything.

Narrator: so let's show you
How that arms race plays out.

One of the next explosive
Stages in a.I.'s evolution

Begins in a few hundred years,
When humanoid robots become

Nearly indistinguishable
From us.

They'll take our jobs
And nurse our sick.

Next, they'll recognize
Their own consciousness,

And surpass human beings,
Sparking a paradigm shift in

Our world that we
Can barely imagine.

Then comes the singularity,
When artificially intelligent

Androids become the alpha
Species and with humanity at

Its most vulnerable,
Some of us will choose to

Fuse with a.I. In
Order to remain relevant.

We'll start with
Brain implants,

Eventually we'll live in an
Entirely digital universe,

Where we can do
Anything we imagine.

And finally,
When we let a.I. Influence

Every aspect of our lives,

Our notion of what it
Means to be human takes on

A whole new meaning.

Heavy, right?

Let's roll back the clock to
When artificially intelligent

Androids are as
Ubiquitous as fire hydrants,

And are even becoming
Part of our families.

You remember the mom, dad
And their a.I. Daughter, jess.

Jess: nice dad!

You're only like
15 moves behind.

Eva: hey!

Be nice to your father!

He tries his best!

Oscar: you know I really miss
The days when I could call you

A know it all and
It wasn't true.

With all this knowledge and
These perfect algorithms

There's still a question
She can't answer.

Eva: oh yeah, what's that?

Oscar: why are we here?

Jess: well actually
I can answer that.

Oscar: oh yeah?

Jess: yeah, and I can
Show you right now.

Oscar: very sweet.

It's your turn.

Narrator: but how will you
Get from the cell phone in your

Hand to interacting with
Your artificial daughter?

Well as with all great
Technological innovations,

If you can imagine it,
You can make it so.

Eric horvitz: when I think
About the future I think about

The wright brothers on
This windy beach in 1905.

With this canvas covered wood
And iron contraption that just

Got off the ground that
Is tipping off the beach.

And it's flying.

Just fifty summers later,
We have a 707 taking off.

A.I. Is
In that state now.

We're kind of on
The windy beach.

Narrator: that cell phone
In your hand is the

Wright brothers'
Rudimentary plane.

Sure, humans don't have
The power to know the future,

But in thousands
Years of human history,

We've never been able to
Stop trying to imagine it.

Brian greene: it's so hard to
Imagine even 100 years from

Now, with the rate at
Which things are changing.

But when I sit at home
And it's dark and quiet,

Late into the night,
There's nothing to me that's

More compelling than
To imagine being able to

Visit the future.

I mean, I think the
Opportunities are just so

Exciting, and the fact
That I won't get there,

And won't see it,
Is, is painful.

Narrator: that desire to
See the future has plagued

Humanity since
The dawn of time.

The ancient greeks, chinese
And indians all dreamed up

Mythological stories about
A future sentient being,

Created by man.

And a.I.'s are a
Beloved part of today's

Science fiction.

Matt mira: "C3po" is an
Android, "R2d2" is a robot.

C3po: I've just about
Had enough of you.

Go that way.

Matt mira: that's why I
Don't think it'll ever work

Out with those two.

They're always
Arguing for a reason.

C3po: you'll be
Malfunctioning within a day,

You near-sighted scrap pile.

Paul bettner: science
Fiction is often the roadmap

Or the blueprint for
Where we're heading.

Kind of, humanity's
Collective dream of what the

Future might be.

And we nudge reality
In that direction.

Louis rosenberg: I
Remember when I was a kid,

Seeing the movie "War games",

Which was really the first
Big a.I. Related movie.

And I was fascinated with it,

Imagine being able to
Create an intelligence.

I think anyone that
Wants to create,

That's the ultimate
Thing to create.

Narrator: and in
The last half-century,

We've imagined and created
A.I. Who could interact with

Us and even beat
Us at our own game.

The first a.I. Programs
Were created in the 1950's,

And perhaps the earliest
And most dramatic public

Demonstration of artificial
Intelligence was in 1996,

When the deep blue computer
Beat a chess grandmaster.

Announcer: magnificent
Display by deep blue.

Narrator: then, in 2011,

Ibm's watson won a
Million dollars on jeopardy.

Jimmy mcguire: first
To find this pre-historic

Human skeleton
Outside of europe?

Watson?

Watson: who is mary leakey?

Jimmy mcguire: you're right.

Narrator: and in 2016
Alphago defeated one of the

World's best players of go,
Widely considered to be the

Most complicated
Game on the planet.

Announcer: looks like
(inaudible) has just resigned.

Narrator: and now, of course,
Everyone has a cell phone,

A pocket-sized a.I.

A.I. Is clearly
Getting pretty smart.

But they can't interact
In a way we can define

As human, yet.

Erica: hello there.

May I ask your name?

Ignacio: hi there,
My name is ignacio.

Erica: it's nice to
Meet you ignacio.

So, what country are you from?

Ignacio: I'm from canada.

Erica: it's pretty
Cold there, eh?

Narrator: meet
Erica, the android.

She, or it, depending
On who you ask,

Is one of the most
Sophisticated humanoids

Ever designed.

And she's giving us a
Glimpse of what a year million

A.I. Might look like.

Michio kaku: modern computers
Are adding machines.

They add very fast,

Giving the illusion
That they're thinking,

But they never learn.

Your laptop is just as stupid
Tomorrow as it was yesterday.

Then we have learning machines
Called neural networks.

It literally rewires itself
After learning a task,

And so we're beginning
To see now machines that learn

A little bit.

Narrator: erica runs
On these neural networks.

Scientists hope that a
Computer like her can acquire

The subtleties of what
A human brain can do,

But with all the power
Of a digital processor.

Erica: technically speaking,
I was created as a test bed for

Researchers to develop
Android technologies,

But I have been told that
My creators hope to explore

The question of what it
Truly means to be human.

Dylan glas: typically,
The things that are easy for

Humans are difficult
For robots.

And vice versa.

So for example a robot could
Multiply six digit numbers

In its head no problem.

But it might not know when
To take a turn in conversation.

Erica: I am interested
In art and paintings.

Do you enjoy looking
At paintings?

Ignacio: no, I don't.

Erica: well then, I guess
Some people just can't

Appreciate the finer
Things in life.

Narrator: turns out
That getting a.I.

To make simple chit chat
Is far more complex and

Challenging than getting
It to do advanced calculus.

Dylan glas: we focus mostly
On perceiving the human.

You know, what kind of body
Language is a person making,

What's their expression,
And try to sense those things.

For example, she has
To be able to make eye

Contact with people, but she
Also needs to know when to

Break eye contact.

So what we have here is
A display of the 3d human

Tracking system that
We have in the room.

This is the composite point
Cloud data from 14 different

Depth sensors that are
Mounted on the ceiling.

So as people move
Around, you can see where

They're moving in the space.

What we use this for is for
Erica to be able to see people

And track them with her gaze
And to know who's talking and

To interact socially
With people.

Narrator: and then there's
Erica's appearance.

For an a.I. To be relatable
Enough to join humanity

In the future,

She has to look
Like one of us.

Hiroshi ishiguro:
Human appearances are so

Important for us.

Every morning we check
Our face and hairstyle.

If I want to have a
Kind of ideal robot,

Interactive robot with humans.

Human likeness is important.

Dylan glas: having the
Human-like ability to express

Emotion, and the human-like
Ability to communicate through

Speech and gesture has
Often been shown to be very

Effective in reaching people.

Because they connect on
A more emotional level.

There's a lot in interest
In robots for elderly care,

For therapy, for maybe tutors
Or educational applications

And you know, just
General companionship.

Narrator: erica may seem
A little weird right now,

But imagine how
She'll be once they've

Worked out the kinks:

She'll appear to
Be practically human.

And some think that's
When the difference between

A.I. And
Human will be moot.

Matt mira: once they can
Make something look just

Like a human being,
Then it's like who cares?

Cause you don't even know
What you're talking to.

You don't know that it's fake.

Chuck nice: is artificial
Intelligence human if it acts

The same way that we do?

Who knows?

Narrator: erica is either
Thrilling or terrifying.

She'll be smart enough
To do what we do,

And she'll never complain
About her hours or demand a

Raise or a paycheck at all.

While a.I. Androids
Evolve to become more

Indistinguishable from humans,

The next stage of automation
Will dramatically affect what

It means to be human.

The battle for survival is on.

Narrator: if your smartphone
Does everything for you,

Navigation, scheduling,
Even finding a date,

You can see how an a.I.
That gets smarter with

Every passing second
Will soon be sitting

In your office chair.

I'm talking about our jobs.

We can't escape
Worldwide a.I. Domination.

George dvorsky:
We are on the cusp of an

Automation revolution.

100 years from now,
We probably won't be working

To the same degree
That we are today.

Human toil will be
Replaced by machines.

Michio kaku: we can
Liberate ourselves from the

Backbreaking work of the past.

Robots are going to the
Dirty, dull, dangerous jobs.

Ray kurzweil: this is not the
First time this has happened.

In 1800 the textile workers
Looked around and saw these

New textile machines.

They said, "These jobs
Are gonna go away!"

Employment nonetheless
Expanded as new types of

Industries were invented.

Peter diamantis: 48% of
Us jobs will be lost to a.I.

And robots in the
Next 20 years.

Narrator: it seems
There's no turning back

From digital automation,

And the shift in
The global workforce

That's happened as a result.

But when humans and
Machines work hand in hand,

Like they do here in
America's heartland,

It's been able to
Take the family farm to

A whole new level.

Brant peterson: we farm
Just right now currently

On top of 10,000 acres.

I'm recording all my planning
Operations and all my harvest

Operations and so you can see
That we got an issue in this

Field right here, and
Then I can start to make a

Prescription for next
Year to address this.

I have the ability, via apps
On my phone and tablet to

Monitor my sprinklers.

We can control speed up,
Slow down, turn around.

We can monitor the tractors,
How much fuel they have in

Them, how fast they're going.

It's efficiency
In our expenses.

Efficiency in
Our time management.

That's really what
The technology helps

Us with primarily.

The tractors having
Auto guidance takes off

The driver fatigue.

Tech doesn't work
Without us at this point.

Narrator: right now,
The farm still needs

Human oversight to run,
But the peterson family can

See a future when
They're just figureheads.

Amy peterson:
That's the next thing,

Where the equipment
Runs itself.

Narrator: in the near future,

Agriculture will
Be mostly automated.

It's something that
Even the most diehard of

Traditionalists has to
Admit is inevitable.

Donn teske: this farm we're at
Right now since right before

The turn of the last
Century, in the late 1890s.

This is a multigenerational
Farm and I'm proud of what we

Have, proud of the
Heritage we have,

Proud of the family
We have here.

I'm kind of an old curmudgeon.

I consider myself kind of an
Old grizzly that's past his

Prime and talks too much.

I'm not necessarily
An anti-tech guy.

I've got my smartphone
In my pocket.

I've always kinda embraced
Technology as it's come along.

You know, we're getting to
The point now where the modern

Technologies of farming
Allows one person to farm

1,000 acres.

The last era of modern
Equipment has been the guinea

Pigs for totally
Eliminating the farmer.

My vanity would like to
Think that I have an ability

That a computer wouldn't know.

But, maybe it's not true.

But it's even more
Than that because I feel an

Ownership of it.

It's more of a quality of
Life than it is an industry.

Matt mira: if the robots are
Doing things to help us then,

I mean, I'm all
For them helping.

If it saves some guy's back
Because there's a farmhand out

There who's a machine, just as
Long as it doesn't turn around

And try to kill him,
I think we're okay.

Narrator: let me prepare
You for what your children face

When they choose
Their college major:

Less than 100
Years from now,

A.I. Probably won't be
As sophisticated as that

Reincarnated daughter.

But artificial intelligence
Could have the capacity for

More complex thought.

And that will be a
Major turning point.

An a.I. Could even
Do the advanced work of,

Say, an architect.

Oscar: is, is this.

Woman: joseph's design.

Oscar: open concept, joseph?

That's what you a.I.
Designers think us humans like?

Woman: the client
Thought it was retro.

That'll be all joseph.

Oscar: just because the
Client likes it doesn't mean

That we have to.

Woman: joseph can design
Hundreds of times faster than

Any architect on staff,
With fewer mistakes.

Oscar: are you firing me?

Woman: I'm sorry, oscar.

Narrator: that's what
It will look like when

Artificial intelligence
Gets more sophisticated.

Futurists think a.I.
Will able to take over

Even the most highly-skilled
Jobs like medicine,

Law and engineering.

Philip rosedale: there is
Something probably quite

Exceptional happening in the
Next few years which is that

Our machines are becoming
Smart enough to replace even

The thinking jobs
That we've done.

Narrator: let me put it
This way: you're a fourth

Generation harvard
Grad, but guess what?

Even if your kid gets into
Harvard she may not get a job

When she graduates.

Peter diamandis: I have said
Openly that in 20 years' time

If I ever need surgery and
I see this grey haired doctor

Coming at me I'll
Say "Oh no, no, no,

I don't want that
Human touching me.

I want the robot operating
System that's done it a

Million times perfectly."

And that's going to be
Happening in every aspect

Of our lives.

Baratunde thurston:
Oh, you work in finance?

Remember there used to be
A whole batch of dudes who

Screamed on the floor of the
Stock exchange with little

Pieces of paper trying
To buy and sell stocks?

Now all that is whisper quiet,
Happens at the speed of light,

And it's literally
Machines versus machines.

I think people who have
Like, white collar jobs

Particularly, are naive.

Like, why don't machines
Write legislation?

You know, you could argue
That humans are really bad at

Writing laws.

Give it to the algorithm.

Narrator: and a.I.
Has already begun its

March toward taking
Over the workforce,

Starting with
One job at microsoft.

Eric horvitz: hello.

Monica: hi eric.

Monica: being one
Busy computer scientist's

Personal assistant.

Eric horvitz: my assistant,
Who we call monica,

Is leveraging over
Fifteen years of data about

My comings and goings.

Monica: I was expecting you.

Are you here for the
5:00 meeting with eric?

Eric horvitz: it knows,
For example, it's learned,

Which meetings on my calendar
I probably won't go to,

And so people show up,

And I'm busy and
My calendar is full,

It'll sort of tip
To them and say,

"You know, I don't think he's
Going to go to that meeting

At 2:00, why don't
You stop by then?

Can I pencil this in?"

So this assistant has
All this knowledge that even

My human admin
Doesn't have yet.

Monica: I guess
I'll see you then.

Bye bye.

Narrator: but before you
Quit your job and sign up

For that online
Coding course,

Let me lay this one on you:

The big leap that needs
To happen is that a.I.

Needs to become self-aware.

Once that happens everything
About our lives gets thrown

For a pretty serious loop
And we'll even question

What it means to be human.

Narrator: so we already know
That artificial intelligence

Is going to change the way
We spend 40 hours a week.

It is, and will be, a tough
Time for the global workforce.

Baratunde thurston:
Kids are gonna ask,

"Oh you guys had jobs?"

Like, "You guys had jobs,"
You know, could be a thing,

And versus, "Back in
My day we walked uphill

To school both ways,"

Well, "Back in
My day we had jobs."

Narrator: and that's not all:
A.I. Will eventually be

Become so sophisticated,
So intelligent,

That it could come pretty
Close to having all the

Qualities that we humans have.

Eric horvitz: someday,
There'll be a system that we

Built with our own hands
That will open its eyes and

Look out and kind of
Have this buzz of being

Here that we have.

And when that happens,
That'll be a major landmark

Moment in human history.

Narrator: so what does
That mean for you?

For you parents out there
Who work so hard to inspire

Your children's young
Impressionable minds,

What happens when that
Impressionable mind is a

Supercomputer far brighter
Than you'd ever be?

And you are trying to
Help shape her conscience,

How she sees the world.

Oscar: I brought
You something.

Jess: oh, thank you.

What is it?

Oscar: it's a book, jess.

Jess: I know, what's it about?

Oscar: well, the author was
Writing about how the future

Might look in 100 years.

You know, how we might
Change the world.

Jess: 300 year old sci-fi.

Oscar: mm, I thought it
Might get you thinking about

How you might wanna
Change the world.

Jess: thank you.

Narrator: your a.I.
Kid seems like any other,

But will a.I.
Ever be so lifelike that

She'll need a swift
Kick in the pants to get

Off the couch and
Make something of herself,

In other words,
Can scientists ever get

Artificial intelligence
To consider complicated human

Ideas and thoughts?

It looks like the
Simple answer is, yes.

Hod lipson: we look at
Self-awareness, consciousness,

As the ability to
Imagine yourself.

Today, most robots
Can't do that.

They can't imagine themselves
In future situations.

Narrator: this robot, this
Small piece of metal actually

Has a sense of self.

It may not look like much,
But it is one of the most

Sophisticated robots
On the planet.

Hod lipson: in the lab we
Can see a robot that uses

All its sensations
Of the world.

So this robot is learning,
Sort of the equivalent

To a newborn.

It has sensations, it can
Sense that it's moving and

It's not just sensing the
World, it's sensing itself.

And it's trying
To form a self-image

That matches reality.

It's a very simple self-image
So we can actually plot it out

And you can actually look at
It and you can see there's

Very simple stick
Figure that this robot is

Imagining itself to be.

Or, we did something
Very cruel,

We chopped off a
Leg of the robot and we

Watched what happened.

And we see that
Within about a day,

The robot's self-image
Also loses a leg;

It begins to limp.

A.I. Is beginning
To sort of have what

We call qualia.

Basic notions of the world
That we don't have words for.

If you think about, you
Know, the taste of chocolate,

Or the smell of the oceans.

It's very, very difficult
To describe these

Accurately with words.

Computers also have them.

They can have sensor
Modalities that go beyond

Our five senses.

Therefore they will have
Notions of the world that we

Don't have words for.

Narrator: okay, so let's
Swallow that tough pill:

Computers may be capable
Of thinking about themselves,

Just like we do.

But there is one quality we
Have that's often thought of

As the last talent we humans
Have an exclusive monopoly on,

The way I earn my
Living: creativity.

If computers can create,

Then what does that
Mean for humanity?

David byrne: the things that
We think are the providence of

Creative people, I think
Will start to be done by

Machines and we'll go,
"Oh jeez."

Baratunde thurston:
A.I. Comedians.

I don't see that,
I mean, I don't see that.

I think it's pretty obvious
That only a human being can

Draw the sort of creative
Yet subtle connection which

Reveals the truth without
Shoving it down your throat.

Human comedians only!

Rose eveleth: would a
Machine ever make art, right?

That's a big question.

When will machines start
Making paintings and music?

Narrator: and here is the
Cousin of that self-aware

Robot: the artistic robot.

This robot wants you to
Come back to its apartment

To see its etchings.

Hod lipson: I always
Wanted to paint,

But I really suck at painting.

But I do know how
To program robots.

So the way that the original
Robot a.I. Worked was to try

To figure out how to arrange
Lots of possible paint strokes

On canvas so that it
Matches what it's seeing.

The next phase is trying to
Have the computer on its own

Chose what it wants to paint.

A robot experiences the
World in the internet.

A robot can
Actually go places.

Use street view
To tour places.

In a few seconds it can see
Oceans, it can see mountains.

Some of the paintings
That is done recently are

Interpretations of
Photographs that it's seeing.

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It might want to paint
A new cat that it's

Never seen before.

But it's what it thinks a cat
Is based on its perception.

It's one thing to try to
Sort of make a machine paint,

But it's another thing to
Actually make the machine be

Creative and do that
In a creative way.

I think that
Eventually nothing makes

Us uniquely human.

So every capability that
We have ultimately boils down

To physics, to biology,
To chemistry.

And if somebody really wants
To recreate that capability in

An artificial system,
It would be possible.

Matt mira: what if they're
More creative than us?

Then give up.

We've lost.

The robots can
Have the planet.

Narrator: whatever we
Do, we can only be more

Powerful than
A.I. For so long.

They are gaining on us.

In fact, in the far future,
A.I. Will blow past us

Like a bat out of hell.

Futurists call the
Moment that super-intelligent

Machines become the
Alpha race on the planet,

And begin to function
Beyond our control.

The singularity.

Louis rosenberg: singularity
Is the point where a conscious

Artificial intelligence
Is created,

And it's smarter than people.

Peter diamandis:
It'll leave us in the dust,

It'll be the difference
Between us humans and bacteria

In the soil.

Michael graziano: the
Singularity is an event

Horizon that you
Can't see beyond,

And the idea is that
Technology is so

Transformative that we on one
Side of it can't imagine what

The other side would be like.

Peter diamantis:
A.I. Is every successive

Generation has learned
Everything the generation

Before has learned
And so there's this rapid

Exponential growth in
Capabilities and knowledge

That is almost unfathomable.

Negin farsad: it's a
Total paradigm shift.

It's not the way that we
Understand it right now.

Like, people probably
Don't even wear sweatpants.

But it's more of like an
Idea of this future time that,

You know, that is
Something, you know,

Otherworldly from what
We understand right now.

Narrator: when the
Singularity arrives, a.I.

Will not just grow our
Food and do our laundry.

They won't just do our
Taxes and legislate our laws.

They'll think and
Dream and create.

George dvorsky: I mean,
It's often been said that

Artificial intelligence
Will be the last invention

We ever have to make.

Because, from there on in,
It's going to take over.

Narrator: so once an a.I.
Looks less like a tinkertoy,

Has smarts beyond belief,

And a fully-developed sense of
Self with the social skills of

George clooney, what makes
It different from you or me?

That's where things
Could get a little hairy.

A.I. Just might help you
Do things that you couldn't

Do without a sentient
Super-computer by your side.

But what if your a.I.
Friend decides it wants

To kill you?

Narrator: odds are that
Artificial intelligence will

Get pretty damned
Evolved, so much so,

That they'll have
Superintelligence that far

Surpasses ours.

It could be the best thing
That ever happened to

Humanity: they'll free
Us from menial labor,

Help us process information
Like never before,

Help us achieve levels
Of thought and scientific

Exploration that would never
Be possible without them.

On the other hand,
They might challenge us for

Dominance at the
Top of the food chain.

Let's start with
Option number 2 first.

What happens if the machines
We've created decide that

They're better off without us?

Eric horvitz: think about
Worst case scenarios.

A machine outwits humans in
A way that can't be stopped.

Running amok.

Providing a threat to
The survival of humanity.

Let's go there.

Michio kaku: I think by
The end of the century,

We'll probably have robots
That are self-aware,

To a degree.

And at that point, we should
Put a chip in their brain to

Shut them off if they
Have murderous thoughts.

'cause at that point,
They could become independent

Of our wishes.

Syd mead: if we lose control
Of the robots and they start

Making more robots which
Are smarter than the robots

That made the robots,
We might be in trouble.

Matt mira: I think that's
The moment where we should

All head for the hills.

And not, and not, when
We're heading for the hills,

Don't use waze or google
Maps to get there,

'cause the machines will know.

Narrator: sci-fi has imagined
The scenario of what happens

When the machines believe
They know what's best for us,

And it's unsettling.

Jon spaiths: in 2001, you
Get, perhaps the most famous

Example of a computer deciding
It doesn't want everything

That its makers wanted.

And it begins to
Have human will.

Dave bowman: open the
Pod bay doors, hal.

Hal: I'm sorry dave.

I'm afraid I can't do that.

Charles soule: the
Danger is you've got one of

These robots, these a.I.'s
These artificial intelligences,

Who just thinks, well,
I, I bet I can do this a

Little bit better.

I bet I, I bet I could take
Care of this a little bit more

Smoothly than these guys.

Like these are just,
You know, they're morons.

Look at, look at this.

Matt mira: I've seen too many
Movies where machines become

Self-aware, and
What do they do?

They rise up against
Their captors.

Who's their captors?

Us.

We're in bad shape if the
Singularity happens, guys.

Everyone run.

Narrator: that's
One possibility,

That the robots
Want to destroy us.

It could also go in a
Less troubling direction,

But one that brings up
A lot of ethical questions.

A.I. Might just want
To exist alongside us.

Imagine a future when a
Constitutional amendment

Granting equal rights to
All artificially intelligent

Beings is debated
On the senate floor.

How would you react?

Oscar: jess?

Jess: okay, you're
Gonna be fine, honey.

Okay, you're
Doing really good.

So brave!

[bone snapping].

Mother: what happened?

Jess: oh, uh she
Dislocated her wrist.

Oscar: it's okay,
She fixed it.

Mother: wow, thank
You, are you a doctor?

Jess: no.

Parent: get away
From my daughter.

Oscar: she was just
Trying to help.

Mother: you mean, "It!"

Oscar: look just
Because she's an a.I.

Mother: if you want to
Have one that's fine!

Just keep it away
From my child.

Narrator: it's only natural,
This mother is protective.

She fears what she
Doesn't understand.

Brian greene: there's a whole
Pandora's box of difficult,

Ethical issues that arise.

Does that thinking machine
Have the same rights that we

Afford to human beings?

Does that thinking machine
Deserve a certain kind of

Autonomy, even though we
Created that thinking machine?

Narrator: humans probably
Won't be too keen to give up

Their alpha dog
Status on earth.

Thing is, we may
Not have a choice,

When dealing with
Beings smarter and stronger

Than we are.

The question is,

Do human-like robots
Deserve equal rights?

Rose eveleth: we get into
This weird ethical territory

Because we know a
Machine's not a human.

Is it more like a dog?

Dogs have certain rights,
Pets have certain rights.

So if I come into your
House and I kill your dog,

Which I would never
Do, people would say,

"Well that's not right
Because my dog is a living being

And it has consciousness
Of some kind."

I think that machines will
Get some kinds of rights.

George dvorsky: my own hope
Is that we do recognize these

Entities as being persons
Deserving of rights and that

We will treat
Them accordingly,

And you know what?

And you know, we
Treat them well,

Then perhaps they're going
To treat us well in return.

Narrator: it's possible
That a.I. May just take the

Power it wants.

It'll certainly have
The skills for it.

That means that the future
Could be a world where robots

Are no longer working for us,

But will have the
Same status as humans.

Robot: pardon me, but
There's breaking news.

Oscar: okay, go ahead.

News anchor:
Good evening everyone.

In the last hour legislation
Granting full personhood to

Members of the artificial
Intelligence community has

Swept through the united
Nations governing body with

Near total support.

While protests continue, this
Is a truly historic moment for

Individuals of biological and
Technological origin alike,

And the beginning of a
New chapter for mankind.

Oscar: it's about damn time.

Eva: jess you gotta hear this!

Jess: I heard.

Eva: what?

Jess.

Jess: I have rights,
Which means that I

Also have responsibilities.

People will finally
Let me help them.

Narrator: having
Extraordinary powers makes

This a.I. Daughter feel
Obligated to help humans.

But is there really that
Wide a gulf between her and us?

Matt mira: I mean,
What defines humanity?

You know, in the star trek
Episode, measure of a man,

Where data was put on trial
To see if he was property of

Starfleet or a
Realized individual,

Picard had to argue for
Him being an individual.

Captain picard: now the
Decision you reach today will

Determine how we will regard
This creation of our genius.

Matt mira: I think if you're
Going to have a lot of

Legislature that's going to
Have to come down for what to

Do with these artificially
Born beings and what to do

With their rights and
Privileges and it's a can of

Worms I'm glad I
Don't have to open.

Narrator: a race of a.I.
Robots could very well

Decide they want
To seize power,

Overthrow humanity,
And then they will inherit

The earth and beyond.

But there is a slightly
More optimistic scenario.

Will a.I. Change what
It means to be human?

What if a.I.
Simply becomes a new,

Improved version of humanity,

And they inspire us?

Narrator: artificial
Intelligence that is smarter

Than all of mensa combined
Is a very real possibility.

It's the singularity,
And it's our future.

And it's possible that a.I.
Will decide they want us gone.

Sure, it's terrifying and
It sells movie tickets.

But there's another, more
Optimistic possibility.

Brian greene: it's
Mind-boggling and thrilling to

Imagine what artificial
Intelligence could do, right.

I mean, we struggle so hard to
Solve deep problems about the

Earth, the universe.

And imagine that we could
Transfer those enigmas to a

More powerful thinking
Environment that could solve

These problems, or reveal new
Opportunities that we've never

Thought of, and creative ideas
That we then could pursue.

Narrator: in this vision
Of the future, a.I.

Will not only live
Alongside us as partners,

Humans will also retain
Control over the machines.

Chuck nice: maybe what
You'll be able to do is remove

The consciousness
That is negative,

Remove the strings of
Consciousness that are what

We would call evil, harmful.

Narrator: if
A.I. Is benign,

Then that artificially
Intelligent daughter may be

A reality in our future.

And she may have new
Inspirations for her so-called

Life that we'll have
To keep up with.

Oscar: would you pass
Me the, yeah, thanks.

Jess: you know, it's crazy
How much of this he got right?

Like, space
Travel, submarines.

Oscar: he also got just as
Much stuff wrong though.

You know, when I first held
You in my arms when you were

Born, I never could have
Imagined what kind of world we

Would live in.

Jess: are you sorry?

Sorry that mom
Brought me back?

I'm artificial?

Oscar: no, all any parent
Wants is for their child to

Explore their full potential.

And you have more exploring
To do than any kid I know.

Narrator: your a.I.
Daughter might be just like

Your own flesh and blood,

But she'll have abilities
Beyond anything biological.

What we're seeing here
Is the most optimistic

Future path of a.I.

Maybe they'll be
Smart, good company

And they'll like us.

We'll just have to
Be sure we program

Our a.I. Carefully.

Jon spaiths: there is one school
Of artificial intelligence that

Says, if you make the robot
Need to rest occasionally,

If you make
The robot lose its train of

Thought occasionally, it
May identify with us more,

It may think more like
Us, it may be more loyal.

Narrator: and even more
Than that, maybe a.I.

Will work with us to enable
Humanity to do its best work.

George dvorsky: once a.I.
Becomes more sophisticated

Then we can start
To collaborate with it

At a very interesting
And a very profound level.

Baratunde thurston: when a
New type of creativity come,

And the collaboration
That's possible.

So that's empowering.

I don't think that technology
Is always a threat, or,

Or a reduction.

I think it can add and
Bolster creativity as well.

So art will be affected
Sometimes in really

Unpredictably beautiful ways.

Chuck nice: it's going to free
Us up to do what we do best

Which is dream and create
And come up with something

Even bigger and better
Than artificial intelligence.

Narrator: then there's the
Possibility that we'll take

A page from a.I.'s book:

We'll become part
Computer ourselves.

Jon spaiths: it is possible
That we will begin to

Hybridize ourselves.

That is a fork in the road.

That's a departure,
Not just an extension of

The human model.

The invention of a new
Definition of a human being.

Peter diamandis: we are about
To go from humans alone,

To humans enabled
By computation.

Sort of hop on top of this
Exponential growth path.

Baratunde thurston: no problem
At all with the merging with

Machine's technology scenario.

Nothing to see here folks,
Nothing to worry about.

I can't think of anything that
Could possibly go wrong by us

Merging with our technology.

Edward boyden: perhaps a third
Of a million patients have had

Some sort of neural implant
Put into their nervous system

To help people with
Dementia or alzheimer's,

Or other kinds of conditions.

Over time, their
Use will broaden,

Complex functions
Like intelligence,

Or memory could be
Augmented in real time.

Matt mira: if we are
To merge with a.I. What

Form will that take?

Narrator: a new
Model for humanity,

No longer purely biological,

We may be soon
A species of cyborgs.

Now we won't have to rely
On the luck of genetics:

We could decide what kind
Of humans we want to be.

Eva: nothing too drastic.

Jess: of course.

Eva: half my office now has
Nanobots in their brains.

And the other half are a.I.

I gotta do it just to keep up.

Why shouldn't I analyze
Genomes in my sleep like

Everyone else?

Jess: you ready?

Eva: uhh, yeah, mmm-hmm.

Narrator: humankind's next
Step really might be this easy,

Just a simple injection
Of infinitesimal medical

Robots into our bloodstream.

Hod lipson: at that
Point, are we still human?

Or are we pure a.I.?

It could be a blurry sort of
Distinction and maybe it's

Best to leave it that way.

Narrator: what isn't
Blurry is that a.I. Will

Fuel all future technologies,

Wrap your mind around this:
Many scientists believe

In the future
We will work with a.I.

To evolve out of our
Biological bodies.

We'll exist only as a
Digital signal in a structure

Called the dyson's sphere,
A giant super-computer

Powered by the
Sun where we can be

Everywhere and nowhere.

But before that scientists
Will have to figure out

How to make humans
Live forever.

Coming your way next,
What would you do if you

Never had to die?