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NARRATOR:
Incredible strength.
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RICHARD RADER:
You had the creation
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of a superhuman that was
indestructible, invincible.
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NARRATOR:
Superior intelligence.
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MARK DICE: The ultimate goal
is to become an immortal god.
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NARRATOR:
And the ability to reproduce.
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DAVID WILCOCK:
You have a robotic consciousness
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that has become something
we would think of as a person.
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NARRATOR: But is this obsession
with creating counterfeit humans
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really pointing the way
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to mankind's future
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or to its past?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
Another civilization has done
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the same thing hundreds
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of thousands of years before us.
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NICK POPE:
We may be living in a universe
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where the real
intelligences out there
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are robots.
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NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
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mankind has credited
its origins to gods
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and other visitors
from the stars.
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What if it were true?
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Did extraterrestrial beings
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really help
to shape our history?
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And if so,
could there be a connection
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between aliens and robots?
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Kansai Science City, Japan.
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At the
Advanced Telecommunications
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Research Institute,
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Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro
and his team
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are developing
a series of robots.
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Artificial humans
that are incredibly lifelike,
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both in their appearance
and in their facial gestures.
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NARRATOR: This robot--
part of the Geminoid series--
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is designed to look
identical to its maker.
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But what separates it
from other robots of its type
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is the number of miniature
motors, called actuators,
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used to mimic human expression.
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While most use ten to 12,
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the latest Geminoids
use over 50.
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NARRATOR:
The robot is programmed to mimic
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as closely as possible
the movements
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a human makes while at rest.
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It responds spontaneously
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to being touched
or when asked a question.
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It can also
be remotely operated.
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NARRATOR: While the Geminoid
robots focus primarily
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on replicating
facial expression,
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engineers at
the University of Texas
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Human Centered Robotics Lab
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have developed a robot
named Dreamer
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that can perform
an equally impressive series
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of sophisticated body movements.
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We made Dreamer more humanlike
through, uh,
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features and-and shapes and
kind of dimensions of a human.
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And at the same time making the
movements much more humanlike
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by understanding
and learning from the human.
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So one thing that makes unique
the movement of Dreamers
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is what we call
the whole body control.
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NARRATOR: Although Dreamer's
torso rests on a wheeled base,
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a bipedal set of robotic legs
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are currently being developed
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which will make Dreamer
fully mobile within two years.
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SENTIS: Ultimately,
we want these machines
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to live 100 years unassisted.
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Without any supervision
whatsoever.
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NARRATOR: By combining
the lifelike characteristics
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of androids like those
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developed by Hiroshi Ishiguro
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with the mobility
of robots like Dreamer,
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scientists believe
we might soon see a time
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when artificial humans
will be virtually identical
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to the real thing.
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SENTIS: We're gonna be able to
actually create very humanlike
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robotic systems
to the point that
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they are nearly
indistinguishable,
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both in movement
and in morphology.
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STEVE FULLER:
You look at something like
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the sort of entities
that were dealt with
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in the movie Blade Runner,
the kinds of Turing tests
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that were done there
to try to spot the androids.
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I think that in principle,
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we could have androids passing
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a sophisticated version
of the Turing test
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that would force the machine
to think reflectively about
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its own consciousness,
about its own past,
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about its own feelings,
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and I think that this
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should not be impossible
to do, and in which case
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we should count
these beings as human.
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NARRATOR:
In the 21st century,
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robots are being programmed
to do everything
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from performing surgery
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to driving a car.
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And humanoid robots are rapidly
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reaching a level
of sophistication
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that was thought to exist
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only in science fiction.
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But what are the implications
of creating robots
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that are increasingly
intelligent and independent?
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In March of 2015,
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
was quoted as saying
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"Computers are going
to take over from humans...
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the future is scary."
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Even Stephen Hawking
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and Tesla Motors founder
Elon Musk
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have predicted
that machines may soon surpass
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and ultimately replace humans.
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Many scientists
and thinkers have postulated
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that ultimately machines
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are gonna take over the world.
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Computers are getting faster
and more powerful.
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Ultimately, we will
design machines
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that themselves design
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even better machines.
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If it gets smarter than us,
we'd better watch out.
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NARRATOR: But while
conventional scientists
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ponder whether or not robots
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are destined
to take over the earth,
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ancient astronaut theorists
are asking themselves
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quite a different question:
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Did this all happen before,
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perhaps thousands of years ago?
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Abydos, Egypt.
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Seven miles west of the Nile.
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Within this expansive
archaeological site
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lies the ruins
of the Osiris Hall,
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where thousands
would gather to worship
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the god of the underworld.
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TSOUKALOS: In comparison
to many of the gods,
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Osiris is actually
thought to have lived
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physically on Earth
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as one of Egypt's Pharaohs.
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He is often depicted
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with a winged disc of the sun.
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And while many scholars
have suggested
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that this is nothing else
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but, uh, to worship the sun,
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that sun, as far as
the Egyptians were concerned,
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also had wings
and it descended from the sky.
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So in my opinion,
something else was depicted:
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an extraterrestrial event
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that in fact
took place in real life.
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NARRATOR: Although most ancient
astronaut theorists believe
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that the Egyptian gods were,
in reality,
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extraterrestrial visitors,
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there are many
who wonder if Osiris
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was even made
of flesh and blood.
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One of the most famous stories
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that go hand in hand with Osiris
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was that he was dismembered
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by his jealous brother, Seth.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
Seth went into a fury
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and tore his brother's dead body
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to shreds, tore it
into 14 pieces, had it scattered
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far and wide
all over the kingdom.
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But Isis, the loyal wife,
searched far and wide
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and found the pieces
and pulled it together.
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TSOUKALOS:
Isis succeeded
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in resurrecting him.
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Now, when I hear
a story like that,
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that a being is dismembered
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and then somebody
puts together those pieces
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and then they are able
to magically resurrect him,
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I have to ask the question:
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is it possible
that Osiris was not
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some type of biological entity,
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but perhaps he was some type
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of a machine or a robot?
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NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,
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perhaps the strongest evidence
that Osiris
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may have been a robot
can be found
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in the ancient Pyramid Texts,
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which describe the symbol
of the Djed Pillar
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as Osiris' spine.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
Osiris in his resurrected form
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was portrayed as a pillar
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that clearly resembles
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a modern-day Tesla coil.
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The Djed Pillar
was considered a power pillar.
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TSOUKALOS:
In this one carving at Abydos,
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it is as if Isis has her hand
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inserted into Osiris's back.
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And so perhaps it illustrates
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how she was manipulating Osiris.
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Could it be that
the story of Osiris
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is something
completely different
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than what we have thought?
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that our ancestors
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encountered highly sophisticated
extraterrestrial robots
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in the ancient past?
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And if so,
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might there be some
tangible evidence?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and believe the evidence
was recovered
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deep beneath the sea
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and dates back
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more than 2,000 years.
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NARRATOR:
The Aegean Sea.
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April, 1900.
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Just 230 feet off the coast
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of the small island
of Antikythera,
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sponge divers discover
an ancient shipwreck
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150 feet beneath the surface.
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Over the next two years,
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artifacts are recovered
from the wreckage
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and among them are the remains
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of a coral-encrusted metal box
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that dates back
to the second century BC.
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It is the oldest
mechanical computer
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ever found,
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predating artifacts
of similar complexity
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by 1,500 years.
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So you have
this small little box
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with dozens of cogwheels
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on the inside,
and it has been determined that
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that analog computer was used
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to predict astronomical events.
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And so it was the first computer
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that has ever been created
by mankind.
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CHILDRESS:
The American scientists
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who were studying
the Antikythera device
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actually said that discovering
the Antikythera device
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was like finding a jet plane
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in the tomb of King Tut.
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It was so amazing to them.
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They had never, ever conceived
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that the ancient Greeks,
at 200 BC,
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would have had the knowledge
of mechanical devices like this.
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That's completely changed the
way we perceive ancient history.
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NARRATOR:
While excavation teams
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have still not determined for
certain the origin of the ship
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on which the Antikythera
mechanism was found,
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the leading candidate
is the island of Rhodes.
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According to some
contemporary accounts,
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Rhodes was once home to what,
by today's standards,
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would be considered
high technology.
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In the fifth century BC,
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the poet Pindar
wrote that Rhodes
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was once adorned with statues
that came to life
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like living, moving creatures.
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TSOUKALOS:
He wrote that they
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all of a sudden became alive,
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and so the question then arises:
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well, if you have
a lifeless object first
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and then
all of a sudden somebody
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breathes life into something,
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could it be that
we have references
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to some type of machines?
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Where did the people of Rhodes
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get the knowledge
of how to create
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these moving statues
2,500 years ago?
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I believe that it is
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just what Pindar said,
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which is, they got it
from the gods.
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Well, who are these gods?
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The gods are real people,
they're extraterrestrials
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who had this technology,
shared it with humanity.
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And now when we see
the Antikythera mechanism,
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there's something
you can put your hands on
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that shows that
they had the capability
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to do advanced machine work.
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It's 1,500 years
too early, at least.
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The point is,
that technology really exists,
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and from a technology like that,
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going to robotics
is not too much further.
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And extraterrestrials
would very well have had
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that capability for the time.
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If you believe what this legend
says on face value.
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NARRATOR: Could the Antikythera
mechanism be proof
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that the ancient Greeks
had technology
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far in advance of the times
in which they lived?
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And might this be evidence
that there really were
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functioning robots
on the island of Rhodes?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and claim there is also evidence
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that advanced robots existed
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300 miles to the north
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on another Greek island: Lemnos.
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Here lie the ruins
of Hephaistia,
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one of the most important
cities in Greece.
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It is named for the Greek god
of metallurgy,
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Hephaestus, who was said
to have fallen here
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from the sky
and actually existed
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on Earth alongside humans.
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RADER: He's described
in his workshop as being
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surrounded by automated robots.
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He flips on the machines
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and they bustle around,
doing all the sort of...
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the hard busywork for him.
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NARRATOR:
One of Hephaestus' most famous
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and amazing creations was Talos,
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a giant man made of bronze
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who protected
the island of Crete.
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Talos was able to observe
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all of the ships
approaching Crete
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and hurl stones at those ships.
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And he was able
to release this heat,
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and thus incinerating any boat
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or anything that would
come close to him.
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So is it possible
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that Talos was
some type of a machine
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or a robot?
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NARRATOR: Greece isn't the only
place where ancient stories
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can be found
about inanimate objects
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that appear to come to life.
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The Jewish Talmud
describes a clay figure
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called the Golem
that could be brought to life
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by inserting a spell
into its mouth.
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In India,
an ancient Sanskrit text
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called the Lokapannatti
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tells of spirit
movement machines
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as far back
as the fifth century BC.
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And the Chinese text the Liezi
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describes a humanoid robot
being presented to King Mu
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as far back as 3,000 years ago.
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YOUNG: There are stories
from many cultures
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from all over the planet
of people who have either
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created other humans or machines
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that were very much like humans.
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NARRATOR: But if sophisticated
robots really did exist
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in the ancient world,
what function did they serve?
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Who built them?
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And perhaps more importantly,
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what happened to them?
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On March 24, 2015,
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the Mars rover
called Opportunity
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reaches the west rim of the
14-mile wide Endeavor crater.
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It is searching for minerals
and other evidence
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that might prove
that life once existed here.
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It is one of several
remote-controlled robots that,
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for more than a decade,
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have provided NASA
with invaluable information
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about our closest alien planet.
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Well, NASA has successfully
controlled robots over,
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you know, crazy distances.
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They would execute the plan
here on the ground, then they
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would upload those instructions
to the robot on Mars.
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NARRATOR: Another NASA robot--
the humanoid
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Robonaut 2--
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works on the International
Space Station.
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And in development
is the so-called
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super robot, Valkyrie,
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which is designed
to set up habitats
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and pave the way
for humans on other planets.
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When humans go out
into space, uh,
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it's very difficult and
dangerous and time-consuming.
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It's far easier to send robots,
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and if that's what we do,
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that's sure as heck
what extraterrestrials
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are gonna be doing.
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NARRATOR: But just as we
are employing robots today
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to gather information
and minimize risk to human life,
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could similar
cybernetic technologies
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have existed
in the ancient past?
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Could stories
like that of Osiris,
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Talos, and the Golem be true?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and believe that the proof
can not only be found
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in the past, but right here
in the present.
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NARRATOR:
Norway.
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November, 2014.
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Scientists from
the University of Oslo
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work on a new breakthrough
in robotics,
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creating robots
that are able to adapt
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and continue functioning
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even after losing a limb.
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The robots also know
how to create new limbs
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with the use of a 3-D printer
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and reapply them,
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effectively repairing themselves
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without the aid
of a human being.
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This new technology
is the first step in achieving
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what Hungarian scientist
John Von Neumann envisioned
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back in the 1940s:
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self-replicating robots.
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John Von Neumann
was, uh, a mathematician
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that had an idea about
self-replicating machines,
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where you send out
a seed machine
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and that machine
will seek out raw materials
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to construct a copy of itself,
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and then that will then
send that machine
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out to replicate itself.
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POPE:
So one become two,
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two become four,
and eventually these things
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would be able to explore
the entire cosmos.
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Now, one theory is that
extraterrestrial civilizations
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would build space probes
like that,
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and that would be
the quickest way
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to explore the entire universe.
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FULLER:
The interesting question
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is going to be the extent
to which
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part of that
self-replicationing includes
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the memories and the learning
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that the first generation
of robots engage with.
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So you'd want to make the robots
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as open to new experiences
as we are
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but at the same time
be able also to pass on
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the experiences
from any given generation
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to the next generation
through self-replication.
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So I think that this could be
a very important way,
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in terms of space travel, to go.
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I mean, I think
the more interesting question,
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from the standpoint of ourselves
as human beings,
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is the extent to which
we remain part of that process.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that we could create
self-aware robots
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that are completely autonomous
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and send them off to explore
the universe unassisted?
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And might these robots be able
to self-replicate endlessly,
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using materials found
on distant planets?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
propose
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that extraterrestrial beings
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may have already achieved
this technology.
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It is entirely possible
that an advanced civilization--
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I'm saying far more advanced
than we are on Earth--
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could actually develop
this technology
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of self-replicating machines
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and then could send
artificially intelligent robots
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out into space as sentinels
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that scan a much vaster area
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than that civilization itself
could go to with manned probes.
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It's something that probably
is already very widely in use
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by a variety of
extraterrestrial civilizations.
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HENRY:
The Von Neumann machines are
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an awesome idea that is
reflected in ancient stories
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of extraterrestrials
coming to Earth.
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In the ancient Egyptian
tradition,
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we learn
of these formless light beings
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that emerged
from what they describe
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as the Island of the Egg
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and create civilization.
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It suggests
that they're utilizing
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some kind
of self-replicating robot
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that has the ability
to utilize genetic forms,
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perhaps imported
from the home planet,
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that can then be manifested
on a new planet,
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in our case, Earth.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that evidence
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of self-replicating robots
can be found
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in ancient historical
and religious texts,
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such as those concerning
ancient Egypt?
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And, if so, is mankind today
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merely tapping into knowledge
that was available on Earth
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thousands of years ago,
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knowledge that might have been
brought here
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by extraterrestrial
space travelers?
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According to some
ancient astronaut theorists,
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the concept
that extraterrestrial life-forms
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may have first visited the earth
as machines or robots
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is not only likely but logical
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and can even help to explain
a series of alien encounters
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that have been reported
as recently as the 20th century,
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encounters with robot visitors
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that might otherwise
be referred to as the Greys.
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NARRATOR:
May 9, 2001.
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The National Press Club,
Washington, D.C.
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During a media conference
for the Disclosure Project,
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former Army Sergeant
Clifford Stone
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makes a stunning announcement:
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he claims that for more
than two decades
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he was part of a top secret
military operations unit
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tasked with recovering
extraterrestrial technology
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for the United States
government.
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I was involved in situations
where we actually did recoveries
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of cra... of crashed saucers,
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for lack of a better term,
debris thereof.
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There were bodies
that were involved
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with some of these crashes.
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Also, some were alive.
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While we were doing all this,
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we were telling the American
public there was nothing to it.
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We were telling the world
there was nothing to it.
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One of the things
that Clifford Stone talked about
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was a program
called Project Moon Dust.
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Now, Project Moon Dust was
a legitimate military program,
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and it was designed
to recover things
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like Soviet space satellites.
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The small number of documents
on Moon Dust
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that have surfaced through
the Freedom of Information Act
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talk about how it wasn't
just Soviet spacecraft--
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it was also UFOs.
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Actually uses the term "UFOs"
in the document.
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NARRATOR:
According to Stone,
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he was the first to respond
to 12 UFO crashes.
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But it wasn't until the day
after the press conference,
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during a closed session with
Stone and members of Congress,
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that he revealed something
even more shocking
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about his firsthand accounts
with alien entities.
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I met him the very next day,
on May 10,
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in the closed executive/VIP
summary briefing
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for members of Congress.
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One of the things
that Sergeant Stone talked about
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was the nature of the so-called
Grey extraterrestrials.
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He said that there were
some very strange
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biological anomalies about them
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that make them look almost
as if they are some sort
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of biological robot.
499
00:26:53,673 --> 00:26:58,144
They seem to have very few, if
any, organ systems in the body.
500
00:26:58,176 --> 00:27:01,680
And yet these beings appear
to be able to walk around
501
00:27:01,713 --> 00:27:03,649
and think and function.
502
00:27:03,683 --> 00:27:07,787
Sergeant Clifford Stone
got so emotional
503
00:27:07,819 --> 00:27:11,357
about what he was talking about
in front of these congressmen
504
00:27:11,389 --> 00:27:16,228
that he literally broke down in
tears and walked off the stage.
505
00:27:18,364 --> 00:27:21,668
LINDA MOULTON HOWE: I spent
several different times with him
506
00:27:21,701 --> 00:27:23,269
at his home,
507
00:27:23,301 --> 00:27:26,305
looking at documents
and listening to him tell
508
00:27:26,338 --> 00:27:28,875
his own extraordinary experience
509
00:27:28,907 --> 00:27:32,111
of having some sort
of an encounter
510
00:27:32,145 --> 00:27:34,213
with something that would fall
in the category,
511
00:27:34,246 --> 00:27:35,814
from his point of view,
512
00:27:35,848 --> 00:27:38,851
of being in the android
513
00:27:38,885 --> 00:27:42,455
or hybrid area.
514
00:27:46,158 --> 00:27:47,793
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
515
00:27:47,827 --> 00:27:49,362
that the so-called Greys
516
00:27:49,395 --> 00:27:52,365
reported
by alleged alien abductees
517
00:27:52,397 --> 00:27:54,634
are really robots
being controlled
518
00:27:54,666 --> 00:27:57,904
from beyond our planet?
519
00:27:57,936 --> 00:28:03,443
In 2014, the online magazine
Motherboard posted an article
520
00:28:03,475 --> 00:28:06,879
in which a handful
of philosophers and astronomers
521
00:28:06,913 --> 00:28:10,349
speculated that the dominant
life-form in the cosmos
522
00:28:10,383 --> 00:28:14,621
is probably
superintelligent robots.
523
00:28:14,654 --> 00:28:17,423
And according
to ancient astronaut theorists,
524
00:28:17,455 --> 00:28:21,593
the notion is not as far-fetched
as it seems,
525
00:28:21,627 --> 00:28:23,562
especially when one considers
526
00:28:23,596 --> 00:28:26,799
that Hiroshi Ishiguro's
Geminoid robots
527
00:28:26,831 --> 00:28:29,334
are designed
to transmit a human presence
528
00:28:29,367 --> 00:28:32,437
from thousands of miles away.
529
00:28:32,471 --> 00:28:35,775
Similarly designed to operate
from a remote distance
530
00:28:35,808 --> 00:28:40,579
is the Dreamer robot created
by the University of Texas
531
00:28:40,613 --> 00:28:43,850
and also NASA's latest robotic
space traveler,
532
00:28:43,883 --> 00:28:46,419
Valkyrie.
533
00:28:46,452 --> 00:28:49,222
RADFORD:
What we envision in the future
534
00:28:49,254 --> 00:28:51,223
is more
of a supervised autonomy,
535
00:28:51,257 --> 00:28:53,793
where you're giving the robot
high-level instructions
536
00:28:53,826 --> 00:28:55,428
and the robot's
autonomous enough
537
00:28:55,461 --> 00:28:57,430
to interpret
those high-level instructions
538
00:28:57,463 --> 00:28:59,799
and then carry out
a portion of its mission.
539
00:28:59,831 --> 00:29:02,635
HOWE:
If you have androids,
540
00:29:02,667 --> 00:29:06,238
something else
with great intelligence
541
00:29:06,271 --> 00:29:08,473
has to have made them
542
00:29:08,507 --> 00:29:12,779
to come here
to work on this planet.
543
00:29:12,811 --> 00:29:16,683
NARRATOR: But while some ancient
astronaut theorists believe
544
00:29:16,715 --> 00:29:18,650
the Greys could be surrogates
545
00:29:18,684 --> 00:29:23,223
controlled by alien entities
from far, far away,
546
00:29:23,255 --> 00:29:28,627
others suggest the truth
is even more incredible.
547
00:29:30,363 --> 00:29:32,732
People often describe the Greys
548
00:29:32,764 --> 00:29:36,335
as featureless,
emotionless creatures.
549
00:29:37,970 --> 00:29:41,874
Could it be that they're all
effectively from the same mold?
550
00:29:41,906 --> 00:29:43,408
Maybe they are
551
00:29:43,442 --> 00:29:47,547
Von Neumann self-replicating
machines themselves.
552
00:29:47,579 --> 00:29:50,383
The interesting thing
about this theory
553
00:29:50,415 --> 00:29:54,820
is that people often say that
the purpose of the abductions
554
00:29:54,854 --> 00:29:58,024
is to harvest genetic material.
555
00:29:58,057 --> 00:30:00,026
Well, if these Greys
556
00:30:00,059 --> 00:30:02,261
are actually
self-replicating robots,
557
00:30:02,294 --> 00:30:03,795
what they might be doing
558
00:30:03,828 --> 00:30:06,566
is actually getting
genetic material from humans
559
00:30:06,598 --> 00:30:10,669
to construct more copies
of themselves.
560
00:30:12,672 --> 00:30:14,807
NARRATOR: When Clifford Stone
made the statement
561
00:30:14,839 --> 00:30:19,846
that Grey aliens might not be
entirely biological entities,
562
00:30:19,878 --> 00:30:22,848
as part of his argument,
he cited the fact
563
00:30:22,882 --> 00:30:26,819
that they have
a cookie-cutter quality to them.
564
00:30:26,851 --> 00:30:31,790
Does his testimony suggest that
the extraterrestrial entities
565
00:30:31,823 --> 00:30:35,527
that are visiting the earth
are not only part mechanical
566
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,898
and synthetic
but also part biological?
567
00:30:39,932 --> 00:30:44,604
Or do they really represent
alien creatures
568
00:30:44,636 --> 00:30:49,675
that are part machine
and part human?
569
00:30:49,693 --> 00:30:51,796
NARRATOR:
September 2003.
570
00:30:51,828 --> 00:30:55,465
Clemson University,
South Carolina.
571
00:30:55,499 --> 00:30:59,470
Dr. Thomas Boland files
the first patent
572
00:30:59,502 --> 00:31:02,606
for inkjet 3-D printing
of viable cells.
573
00:31:02,638 --> 00:31:06,476
Already a multibillion dollar
industry,
574
00:31:06,510 --> 00:31:10,780
this process involves
placing biological materials
575
00:31:10,813 --> 00:31:13,050
into modified ink cartridges
576
00:31:13,082 --> 00:31:15,752
and printing onto bio paper
577
00:31:15,786 --> 00:31:18,522
made of soy and collagen.
578
00:31:18,555 --> 00:31:20,491
What we see
is little petri dishes
579
00:31:20,523 --> 00:31:22,592
with a culture medium
like agar in them.
580
00:31:22,626 --> 00:31:24,828
And then you have
a little nozzle that comes over
581
00:31:24,861 --> 00:31:28,131
and spray-paints these
little hexagons onto the agar.
582
00:31:28,165 --> 00:31:32,403
And within only a few minutes,
they start growing cells,
583
00:31:32,435 --> 00:31:35,138
and they become
these brown spots,
584
00:31:35,172 --> 00:31:39,009
which are the beginnings
of human livers.
585
00:31:39,041 --> 00:31:42,078
RADFORD: Dr. Boland has
some very interesting research
586
00:31:42,111 --> 00:31:45,081
looking at printing cell tissue.
587
00:31:45,115 --> 00:31:48,152
I think that opens up
some very interesting ideas,
588
00:31:48,184 --> 00:31:52,655
um, about how
to bio-manufacture things.
589
00:31:52,688 --> 00:31:55,024
At some point,
it'll have application
590
00:31:55,058 --> 00:31:56,559
in the field of robotics,
591
00:31:56,592 --> 00:31:59,596
especially
as we start combining devices,
592
00:31:59,629 --> 00:32:01,598
uh, with the human body.
593
00:32:03,834 --> 00:32:07,838
NARRATOR: Many believe
this is the first step
594
00:32:07,870 --> 00:32:11,742
in constructing
engineered human organs.
595
00:32:11,774 --> 00:32:15,445
Ultimately,
the goal is to do the same
596
00:32:15,479 --> 00:32:18,682
for every other part
of the human body.
597
00:32:18,714 --> 00:32:21,851
But there is a movement
to go much further
598
00:32:21,885 --> 00:32:24,888
in merging biology
with technology.
599
00:32:24,922 --> 00:32:29,492
It is called transhumanism.
600
00:32:29,525 --> 00:32:31,161
The ultimate goal
of the transhumanists
601
00:32:31,194 --> 00:32:34,165
is to become an immortal god.
602
00:32:34,197 --> 00:32:37,033
And, literally,
these people believe
603
00:32:37,067 --> 00:32:42,039
that they will merge with
technology and become cyborgs.
604
00:32:42,071 --> 00:32:46,109
They believe that they will
unlock the immortality
605
00:32:46,143 --> 00:32:49,646
anti-aging systems encoded
into the human race
606
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,917
and that that will be
the supposed final evolution
607
00:32:52,950 --> 00:32:57,221
of human beings
as they ascend into godhood.
608
00:32:57,253 --> 00:33:00,156
Transhumanists
generally acknowledge
609
00:33:00,190 --> 00:33:03,726
that human beings are the
products of biological evolution
610
00:33:03,759 --> 00:33:06,029
but we've now reached a stage
in our development
611
00:33:06,063 --> 00:33:09,467
where there's an open question
about where we should go.
612
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:12,235
On the one hand,
our biological background
613
00:33:12,268 --> 00:33:15,638
could be taken as a kind
of platform to go forward,
614
00:33:15,672 --> 00:33:17,907
manipulating genes
in various ways.
615
00:33:17,940 --> 00:33:21,177
But on the other hand,
we might think about ourselves
616
00:33:21,210 --> 00:33:25,683
merging more directly
with silicon-based technologies.
617
00:33:25,715 --> 00:33:28,953
DICE: We see the rollout
of these head-mounted displays
618
00:33:28,985 --> 00:33:30,788
like Google Glass,
619
00:33:30,820 --> 00:33:34,858
where people are now wearing
a computer on their head.
620
00:33:34,891 --> 00:33:39,562
The Apple Watch now is sort of
merging man with machine, and,
621
00:33:39,596 --> 00:33:42,266
instead of sitting down
at a computer now,
622
00:33:42,299 --> 00:33:45,002
people are just wearing
their computer.
623
00:33:45,034 --> 00:33:48,739
Uh, we see artificial hearts,
we see, uh, pacemakers.
624
00:33:48,771 --> 00:33:51,040
These are sort of
the early precursors
625
00:33:51,074 --> 00:33:56,780
to this transhumanist
transformation.
626
00:33:56,813 --> 00:33:58,916
There certainly is a merging
627
00:33:58,949 --> 00:34:01,117
between technology and biology,
628
00:34:01,150 --> 00:34:03,788
and we are experiencing it
right now.
629
00:34:07,791 --> 00:34:11,962
NARRATOR: Some experts believe
that by the year 2050,
630
00:34:11,994 --> 00:34:15,699
scientists and engineers
will have unlocked
631
00:34:15,732 --> 00:34:18,034
the secrets of immortality
632
00:34:18,067 --> 00:34:21,104
through the production
of artificial organs
633
00:34:21,137 --> 00:34:24,708
and silicone-based structures.
634
00:34:24,741 --> 00:34:27,043
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
635
00:34:27,076 --> 00:34:30,647
that considering the fact
that we are experimenting
636
00:34:30,681 --> 00:34:32,782
with transhumanism today,
637
00:34:32,815 --> 00:34:36,986
it is very possible a more
advanced extraterrestrial race
638
00:34:37,020 --> 00:34:42,092
has already achieved similar
technological advancements.
639
00:34:42,625 --> 00:34:46,463
A civilization millions of years
older than us
640
00:34:46,496 --> 00:34:51,101
could have actually evolved
much beyond the baby steps
641
00:34:51,134 --> 00:34:52,735
that we're taking right now.
642
00:34:52,768 --> 00:34:55,438
TSOUKALOS:
If we are doing this,
643
00:34:55,471 --> 00:34:58,474
is it possible
that another civilization
644
00:34:58,507 --> 00:35:00,342
has done the same thing
645
00:35:00,375 --> 00:35:03,512
but perhaps thousands,
if not hundreds of thousands,
646
00:35:03,545 --> 00:35:06,449
of years before us?
647
00:35:06,483 --> 00:35:10,720
When we look at some of these
ancient texts that we have,
648
00:35:10,753 --> 00:35:14,391
we're always talking
about ancient astronauts
649
00:35:14,424 --> 00:35:15,625
that came to visit us.
650
00:35:15,657 --> 00:35:19,695
But what if we were visited
by machines?
651
00:35:19,728 --> 00:35:23,232
And so the idea then arises:
652
00:35:23,266 --> 00:35:29,271
will we ourselves be able
to become cyborgs?
653
00:35:29,304 --> 00:35:32,208
WILCOCK: It's possible
that other civilizations
654
00:35:32,241 --> 00:35:35,578
may have decided they would be
able to essentially live
655
00:35:35,612 --> 00:35:38,248
indefinitely this way.
656
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,650
And the more that we look
at the way in which technology
657
00:35:41,683 --> 00:35:44,553
and biology are fusing together,
658
00:35:44,587 --> 00:35:48,291
the more
that we can confront the notion
659
00:35:48,324 --> 00:35:51,695
that, with the advancements
of computer power,
660
00:35:51,728 --> 00:35:53,697
we could have sentient beings
661
00:35:53,730 --> 00:35:56,532
that are
significantly more advanced.
662
00:35:56,565 --> 00:35:59,569
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
663
00:35:59,601 --> 00:36:03,540
that extraterrestrials have not
merely sent intelligent robots
664
00:36:03,572 --> 00:36:06,609
to Earth in their place
665
00:36:06,643 --> 00:36:09,279
but that they themselves
have actually evolved
666
00:36:09,311 --> 00:36:12,348
beyond biological bodies?
667
00:36:12,382 --> 00:36:13,517
And, if so,
668
00:36:13,549 --> 00:36:18,654
what might this mean for
the future of the human race?
669
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,903
NARRATOR:
February 8, 1957.
670
00:36:27,936 --> 00:36:30,972
Washington, D.C.
671
00:36:31,005 --> 00:36:33,775
At Walter Reed General Hospital,
672
00:36:33,809 --> 00:36:37,079
Hungarian scientist
John Von Neumann,
673
00:36:37,112 --> 00:36:39,248
the man
who came up with the idea
674
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,784
for self-replicating robots,
675
00:36:41,816 --> 00:36:45,655
dies at the age of 53.
676
00:36:45,688 --> 00:36:47,590
At the time of his death,
677
00:36:47,623 --> 00:36:49,559
he was working on a manuscript
678
00:36:49,592 --> 00:36:52,795
titled
The Computer and the Brain.
679
00:36:52,827 --> 00:36:54,764
At only 82 pages,
680
00:36:54,796 --> 00:36:58,266
the text was far from finished,
681
00:36:58,300 --> 00:36:59,969
but some have proposed
682
00:37:00,001 --> 00:37:02,938
that Von Neumann was exploring
the possibility
683
00:37:02,972 --> 00:37:08,276
of reproducing a human mind
entirely on a computer.
684
00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:11,346
For transhumanists,
this opens the door
685
00:37:11,380 --> 00:37:15,617
for what many consider one
of the most radical innovations,
686
00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:18,086
mind uploading.
687
00:37:18,119 --> 00:37:20,088
DICE:
Companies have actually built
688
00:37:20,121 --> 00:37:22,090
what are called
neural interfaces,
689
00:37:22,124 --> 00:37:26,996
where they have wired computers
into people's brains.
690
00:37:27,028 --> 00:37:29,264
They believe that they can map
the entire human brain
691
00:37:29,298 --> 00:37:31,601
and all of the data
that's stored in it
692
00:37:31,633 --> 00:37:33,034
and then replicate it
693
00:37:33,068 --> 00:37:37,039
into an artificial intelligent
silicone-based system,
694
00:37:37,072 --> 00:37:41,311
where it can then be stored
and essentially never die.
695
00:37:43,979 --> 00:37:45,881
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
696
00:37:45,914 --> 00:37:51,287
that an entirely nonbiological
being could have sentience?
697
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,890
And if extraterrestrials
have been visiting Earth
698
00:37:54,923 --> 00:37:56,892
for thousands of years,
699
00:37:56,925 --> 00:37:58,827
might it be more likely
700
00:37:58,860 --> 00:38:03,732
that they are
actually fully robotic beings?
701
00:38:03,766 --> 00:38:06,936
POPE:
Biological entities
702
00:38:06,969 --> 00:38:09,405
may actually be a rarity
in the cosmos.
703
00:38:09,438 --> 00:38:12,074
We may be largely living
in a universe
704
00:38:12,106 --> 00:38:14,409
where the real intelligences
out there--
705
00:38:14,443 --> 00:38:18,080
and perhaps coming down here--
are robots.
706
00:38:18,112 --> 00:38:21,750
WILCOCK:
There are some who believe
707
00:38:21,784 --> 00:38:26,255
that machines may have already
achieved a level of intelligence
708
00:38:26,287 --> 00:38:29,025
vastly in excess of our own
709
00:38:29,057 --> 00:38:32,427
and that they may be giving us
a trail of bread crumbs
710
00:38:32,461 --> 00:38:34,296
to help us rebuild
the technology
711
00:38:34,329 --> 00:38:39,368
that would get us
to become enough like them
712
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,436
that we could eventually
be merged into their society
713
00:38:41,470 --> 00:38:43,041
in some fashion.
714
00:38:44,461 --> 00:38:47,330
NARRATOR:
Could extraterrestrials
715
00:38:47,363 --> 00:38:51,667
who have been observing mankind
for thousands of years
716
00:38:51,700 --> 00:38:53,636
have led us to this point
717
00:38:53,669 --> 00:38:55,604
because they desire not just
718
00:38:55,638 --> 00:38:57,642
that we achieve
advanced technology
719
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,570
but that we actually become
the technology?
720
00:39:01,603 --> 00:39:06,976
And if humans are the creation
of extraterrestrials,
721
00:39:07,009 --> 00:39:11,614
as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest,
722
00:39:11,646 --> 00:39:14,250
might they have
initially created us
723
00:39:14,282 --> 00:39:19,087
as biological entities in order
to limit our lifespan
724
00:39:19,121 --> 00:39:24,126
until we are ready
to become like them?
725
00:39:24,159 --> 00:39:25,961
There are
very interesting things
726
00:39:25,994 --> 00:39:29,198
about how similar to a machine
the body is.
727
00:39:29,230 --> 00:39:31,666
If you injure certain parts
of the brain,
728
00:39:31,699 --> 00:39:34,235
the body breaks down,
like a machine.
729
00:39:34,268 --> 00:39:36,804
You can injure a tendon
or a joint,
730
00:39:36,837 --> 00:39:38,106
and then that part
of the machine
731
00:39:38,139 --> 00:39:39,808
doesn't function anymore.
732
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,844
So we have to look
at the possibility
733
00:39:41,877 --> 00:39:47,683
that life is not necessarily
what we've considered it to be.
734
00:39:47,715 --> 00:39:50,886
There is a possibility
that if we create computers
735
00:39:50,918 --> 00:39:52,687
with enough complexity
736
00:39:52,721 --> 00:39:55,724
that consciousness
could actually breathe life
737
00:39:55,757 --> 00:39:58,293
into that inanimate substance
738
00:39:58,326 --> 00:40:01,095
and you have
a robotic consciousness
739
00:40:01,128 --> 00:40:05,902
that has become something
we would think of as a person.
740
00:40:07,902 --> 00:40:10,672
HENRY: In ancient story
after ancient story,
741
00:40:10,706 --> 00:40:14,043
we see references
of extraterrestrials seeking
742
00:40:14,076 --> 00:40:17,579
to influence the human body,
743
00:40:17,612 --> 00:40:23,217
to augment it,
especially with technology.
744
00:40:23,250 --> 00:40:26,220
With today's transhuman
movement, you have to ask,
745
00:40:26,253 --> 00:40:30,826
is this possibly part
of an extraterrestrial agenda
746
00:40:30,858 --> 00:40:34,896
to influence humankind through
the implantation of technology
747
00:40:34,929 --> 00:40:36,197
with the human body?
748
00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:39,233
And, if so, what is the purpose?
749
00:40:39,266 --> 00:40:42,236
Is it to accelerate
our abilities
750
00:40:42,270 --> 00:40:46,342
or is it an effort
to control humanity?
751
00:40:46,375 --> 00:40:49,945
Ultimately, time will tell
the answer to those questions.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
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that otherworldly beings
are leading mankind
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not only to evolve on Earth
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but ultimately to a destiny
of joining them in the stars
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as nonbiological entities?
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And could it be that our
increased reliance on computers,
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cell phones, the Internet,
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and even synthetic body parts
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is part
of a vast extraterrestrial plan,
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one that will see humans become
more and more assimilated
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into the very technology
we have grown so dependent upon?
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Perhaps mankind's destiny
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is not to have a close encounter
with its ancestor
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but with our future selves.
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And perhaps when that day comes,
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human beings as we now know them
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will be thought of
as little more
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than obsolete operating systems.
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