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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:02,369 NARRATOR: Incredible strength. 2 00:00:02,402 --> 00:00:04,203 RICHARD RADER: You had the creation 3 00:00:04,235 --> 00:00:07,907 of a superhuman that was indestructible, invincible. 4 00:00:08,390 --> 00:00:10,308 NARRATOR: Superior intelligence. 5 00:00:10,343 --> 00:00:14,147 MARK DICE: The ultimate goal is to become an immortal god. 6 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,085 NARRATOR: And the ability to reproduce. 7 00:00:18,117 --> 00:00:20,920 DAVID WILCOCK: You have a robotic consciousness 8 00:00:20,954 --> 00:00:24,291 that has become something we would think of as a person. 9 00:00:24,736 --> 00:00:28,336 NARRATOR: But is this obsession with creating counterfeit humans 10 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:30,230 really pointing the way 11 00:00:30,262 --> 00:00:31,684 to mankind's future 12 00:00:31,887 --> 00:00:33,959 or to its past? 13 00:00:34,232 --> 00:00:36,406 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Another civilization has done 14 00:00:36,430 --> 00:00:37,637 the same thing hundreds 15 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:40,274 of thousands of years before us. 16 00:00:40,305 --> 00:00:42,073 NICK POPE: We may be living in a universe 17 00:00:42,107 --> 00:00:44,582 where the real intelligences out there 18 00:00:44,699 --> 00:00:46,145 are robots. 19 00:00:46,966 --> 00:00:49,450 NARRATOR: Since the dawn of civilization, 20 00:00:49,669 --> 00:00:52,951 mankind has credited its origins to gods 21 00:00:52,985 --> 00:00:55,689 and other visitors from the stars. 22 00:00:56,404 --> 00:00:58,631 What if it were true? 23 00:00:59,233 --> 00:01:01,413 Did extraterrestrial beings 24 00:01:01,499 --> 00:01:04,135 really help to shape our history? 25 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,533 And if so, could there be a connection 26 00:01:07,567 --> 00:01:10,906 between aliens and robots? 27 00:01:43,540 --> 00:01:46,255 Kansai Science City, Japan. 28 00:01:47,563 --> 00:01:51,076 At the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute, 29 00:01:51,383 --> 00:01:54,146 Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro and his team 30 00:01:54,195 --> 00:01:56,739 are developing a series of robots. 31 00:01:57,115 --> 00:02:00,451 Artificial humans that are incredibly lifelike, 32 00:02:00,631 --> 00:02:04,205 both in their appearance and in their facial gestures. 33 00:02:19,332 --> 00:02:22,270 NARRATOR: This robot... Part of the Geminoid series... 34 00:02:22,356 --> 00:02:25,387 Is designed to look identical to its maker. 35 00:02:26,473 --> 00:02:29,473 But what separates it from other robots of its type 36 00:02:29,575 --> 00:02:32,606 is the number of miniature motors, called actuators, 37 00:02:32,692 --> 00:02:35,153 used to mimic human expression. 38 00:02:36,035 --> 00:02:38,090 While most use ten to 12, 39 00:02:38,168 --> 00:02:41,335 the latest Geminoids use over 50. 40 00:02:56,588 --> 00:02:58,992 NARRATOR: The robot is programmed to mimic 41 00:02:59,017 --> 00:03:01,102 as closely as possible the movements 42 00:03:01,127 --> 00:03:03,295 a human makes while at rest. 43 00:03:04,217 --> 00:03:06,052 It responds spontaneously 44 00:03:06,086 --> 00:03:09,389 to being touched or when asked a question. 45 00:03:09,420 --> 00:03:12,724 It can also be remotely operated. 46 00:03:43,372 --> 00:03:46,177 NARRATOR: While the Geminoid robots focus primarily 47 00:03:46,262 --> 00:03:48,341 on replicating facial expression, 48 00:03:48,932 --> 00:03:51,182 engineers at the University of Texas. 49 00:03:51,221 --> 00:03:53,260 Human Centered Robotics Lab 50 00:03:53,315 --> 00:03:55,955 have developed a robot named Dreamer 51 00:03:56,026 --> 00:03:58,643 that can perform an equally impressive series 52 00:03:58,668 --> 00:04:00,896 of sophisticated body movements. 53 00:04:02,026 --> 00:04:05,176 We made Dreamer more humanlike through, uh, 54 00:04:05,211 --> 00:04:09,066 features and-and shapes and kind of dimensions of a human. 55 00:04:09,199 --> 00:04:12,450 And at the same time making the movements much more humanlike 56 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:14,980 by understanding and learning from the human. 57 00:04:15,090 --> 00:04:18,238 So one thing that makes unique the movement of Dreamers 58 00:04:18,323 --> 00:04:21,663 is what we call the whole body control. 59 00:04:22,909 --> 00:04:26,298 NARRATOR: Although Dreamer's torso rests on a wheeled base, 60 00:04:26,628 --> 00:04:29,269 a bipedal set of robotic legs 61 00:04:29,302 --> 00:04:31,271 are currently being developed 62 00:04:31,364 --> 00:04:35,199 which will make Dreamer fully mobile within two years. 63 00:04:36,216 --> 00:04:38,278 SENTIS: Ultimately, we want these machines 64 00:04:38,310 --> 00:04:40,579 to live 100 years unassisted. 65 00:04:40,635 --> 00:04:42,772 Without any supervision whatsoever. 66 00:04:44,060 --> 00:04:46,651 NARRATOR: By combining the lifelike characteristics 67 00:04:46,685 --> 00:04:48,286 of androids like those 68 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:50,723 developed by Hiroshi Ishiguro 69 00:04:50,757 --> 00:04:53,573 with the mobility of robots like Dreamer, 70 00:04:54,114 --> 00:04:57,176 scientists believe we might soon see a time 71 00:04:57,474 --> 00:05:00,732 when artificial humans will be virtually identical 72 00:05:00,779 --> 00:05:02,133 to the real thing. 73 00:05:03,769 --> 00:05:07,169 SENTIS: We're gonna be able to actually create very humanlike 74 00:05:07,194 --> 00:05:09,776 robotic systems to the point that 75 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:11,444 they are nearly indistinguishable, 76 00:05:11,475 --> 00:05:13,798 both in movement and in morphology. 77 00:05:14,213 --> 00:05:15,909 STEVE FULLER: You look at something like 78 00:05:15,933 --> 00:05:17,716 the sort of entities that were dealt with 79 00:05:17,749 --> 00:05:20,754 in the movie Blade Runner, the kinds of Turing tests 80 00:05:20,786 --> 00:05:23,929 that were done there to try to spot the androids. 81 00:05:24,356 --> 00:05:26,593 I think that in principle, 82 00:05:26,903 --> 00:05:28,526 we could have androids passing 83 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,071 a sophisticated version of the Turing test 84 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,073 that would force the machine to think reflectively about 85 00:05:35,152 --> 00:05:37,611 its own consciousness, about its own past, 86 00:05:37,636 --> 00:05:39,644 about its own feelings, 87 00:05:40,167 --> 00:05:41,748 and I think that this 88 00:05:41,773 --> 00:05:44,430 should not be impossible to do, and in which case 89 00:05:44,455 --> 00:05:46,896 we should count these beings as human. 90 00:05:49,806 --> 00:05:51,822 NARRATOR: In the 21st century, 91 00:05:51,869 --> 00:05:54,330 robots are being programmed to do everything 92 00:05:54,355 --> 00:05:55,955 from performing surgery 93 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:57,649 to driving a car. 94 00:05:58,324 --> 00:06:00,559 And humanoid robots are rapidly 95 00:06:00,593 --> 00:06:02,795 reaching a level of sophistication 96 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:04,230 that was thought to exist 97 00:06:04,264 --> 00:06:06,636 only in science fiction. 98 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:09,935 But what are the implications of creating robots 99 00:06:09,968 --> 00:06:13,528 that are increasingly intelligent and independent? 100 00:06:14,485 --> 00:06:16,843 In March of 2015, 101 00:06:16,875 --> 00:06:20,321 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was quoted as saying. 102 00:06:20,387 --> 00:06:23,353 "Computers are going to take over from humans... 103 00:06:23,977 --> 00:06:26,246 the future is scary." 104 00:06:27,622 --> 00:06:28,919 Even Stephen Hawking 105 00:06:28,958 --> 00:06:31,420 and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk 106 00:06:32,057 --> 00:06:34,759 have predicted that machines may soon surpass 107 00:06:34,793 --> 00:06:37,562 and ultimately replace humans. 108 00:06:39,754 --> 00:06:42,869 Many scientists and thinkers have postulated 109 00:06:42,901 --> 00:06:45,271 that ultimately machines 110 00:06:45,305 --> 00:06:47,024 are gonna take over the world. 111 00:06:48,230 --> 00:06:51,444 Computers are getting faster and more powerful. 112 00:06:51,791 --> 00:06:54,379 Ultimately, we will design machines 113 00:06:54,413 --> 00:06:56,619 that themselves design 114 00:06:56,689 --> 00:06:58,638 even better machines. 115 00:06:59,424 --> 00:07:02,049 If it gets smarter than us, we'd better watch out. 116 00:07:03,426 --> 00:07:05,534 NARRATOR: But while conventional scientists 117 00:07:05,559 --> 00:07:07,527 ponder whether or not robots 118 00:07:07,613 --> 00:07:09,613 are destined to take over the earth, 119 00:07:10,363 --> 00:07:13,665 ancient astronaut theorists are asking themselves 120 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:15,645 quite a different question: 121 00:07:15,994 --> 00:07:18,803 Did this all happen before, 122 00:07:19,354 --> 00:07:22,622 perhaps thousands of years ago? 123 00:07:24,521 --> 00:07:26,294 Abydos, Egypt. 124 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:29,045 Seven miles west of the Nile. 125 00:07:30,224 --> 00:07:32,989 Within this expansive archaeological site 126 00:07:33,193 --> 00:07:35,853 lies the ruins of the Osiris Hall, 127 00:07:36,064 --> 00:07:38,057 where thousands would gather to worship 128 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:40,279 the god of the underworld. 129 00:07:41,659 --> 00:07:43,930 TSOUKALOS: In comparison to many of the gods, 130 00:07:43,963 --> 00:07:46,772 Osiris is actually thought to have lived 131 00:07:46,811 --> 00:07:48,397 physically on Earth 132 00:07:48,561 --> 00:07:51,159 as one of Egypt's Pharaohs. 133 00:07:52,038 --> 00:07:53,740 He is often depicted 134 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:56,874 with a winged disc of the sun. 135 00:07:58,468 --> 00:08:00,975 And while many scholars have suggested 136 00:08:01,007 --> 00:08:03,216 that this is nothing else 137 00:08:03,241 --> 00:08:05,675 but, uh, to worship the sun, 138 00:08:06,921 --> 00:08:10,195 that sun, as far as the Egyptians were concerned, 139 00:08:10,328 --> 00:08:13,459 also had wings and it descended from the sky. 140 00:08:13,492 --> 00:08:17,028 So in my opinion, something else was depicted: 141 00:08:17,062 --> 00:08:19,324 an extraterrestrial event 142 00:08:19,425 --> 00:08:22,401 that in fact took place in real life. 143 00:08:23,628 --> 00:08:26,824 NARRATOR: Although most ancient astronaut theorists believe 144 00:08:26,980 --> 00:08:29,550 that the Egyptian gods were, in reality, 145 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:31,864 extraterrestrial visitors, 146 00:08:32,841 --> 00:08:35,333 there are many who wonder if Osiris 147 00:08:35,447 --> 00:08:38,114 was even made of flesh and blood. 148 00:08:41,052 --> 00:08:42,755 One of the most famous stories 149 00:08:42,788 --> 00:08:45,029 that go hand in hand with Osiris 150 00:08:45,130 --> 00:08:47,347 was that he was dismembered 151 00:08:47,372 --> 00:08:49,628 by his jealous brother, Seth. 152 00:08:50,732 --> 00:08:53,097 JONATHAN YOUNG: Seth went into a fury 153 00:08:53,282 --> 00:08:55,643 and tore his brother's dead body 154 00:08:55,674 --> 00:08:58,166 to shreds, tore it into 14 pieces, had it scattered 155 00:08:58,197 --> 00:09:00,272 far and wide all over the kingdom. 156 00:09:00,539 --> 00:09:04,494 But Isis, the loyal wife, searched far and wide 157 00:09:04,572 --> 00:09:07,713 and found the pieces and pulled it together. 158 00:09:08,494 --> 00:09:10,015 TSOUKALOS: Isis succeeded 159 00:09:10,048 --> 00:09:11,906 in resurrecting him. 160 00:09:13,142 --> 00:09:16,019 Now, when I hear a story like that, 161 00:09:16,044 --> 00:09:19,326 that a being is dismembered 162 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:22,443 and then somebody puts together those pieces 163 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:25,466 and then they are able to magically resurrect him, 164 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:27,402 I have to ask the question: 165 00:09:27,605 --> 00:09:30,702 is it possible that Osiris was not 166 00:09:30,735 --> 00:09:33,871 some type of biological entity, 167 00:09:33,905 --> 00:09:36,040 but perhaps he was some type 168 00:09:36,073 --> 00:09:38,369 of a machine or a robot? 169 00:09:43,916 --> 00:09:46,041 NARRATOR: For ancient astronaut theorists, 170 00:09:46,119 --> 00:09:48,993 perhaps the strongest evidence that Osiris 171 00:09:49,047 --> 00:09:51,516 may have been a robot can be found 172 00:09:51,563 --> 00:09:53,735 in the ancient Pyramid Texts, 173 00:09:53,844 --> 00:09:56,430 which describe the symbol of the Djed Pillar 174 00:09:56,516 --> 00:09:58,239 as Osiris' spine. 175 00:09:59,359 --> 00:10:02,037 WILLIAM HENRY: Osiris in his resurrected form 176 00:10:02,062 --> 00:10:03,927 was portrayed as a pillar 177 00:10:03,975 --> 00:10:07,834 that clearly resembles a modern-day Tesla coil. 178 00:10:08,967 --> 00:10:11,813 The Djed Pillar was considered a power pillar. 179 00:10:12,514 --> 00:10:14,645 TSOUKALOS: In this one carving at Abydos, 180 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,107 it is as if Isis has her hand 181 00:10:18,132 --> 00:10:20,823 inserted into Osiris's back. 182 00:10:21,421 --> 00:10:23,560 And so perhaps it illustrates 183 00:10:23,585 --> 00:10:26,919 how she was manipulating Osiris. 184 00:10:27,616 --> 00:10:30,686 Could it be that the story of Osiris 185 00:10:30,858 --> 00:10:33,065 is something completely different 186 00:10:33,097 --> 00:10:35,034 than what we have thought? 187 00:10:40,385 --> 00:10:42,869 NARRATOR: Is it possible that our ancestors 188 00:10:42,947 --> 00:10:46,877 encountered highly sophisticated extraterrestrial robots 189 00:10:46,924 --> 00:10:48,702 in the ancient past? 190 00:10:50,392 --> 00:10:54,365 And if so, might there be some tangible evidence? 191 00:10:55,381 --> 00:10:58,223 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 192 00:10:58,557 --> 00:11:00,803 and believe the evidence was recovered 193 00:11:00,952 --> 00:11:02,739 deep beneath the sea 194 00:11:03,783 --> 00:11:07,471 and dates back more than 2,000 years. 195 00:11:13,073 --> 00:11:14,807 NARRATOR: The Aegean Sea. 196 00:11:14,901 --> 00:11:16,844 April, 1900. 197 00:11:18,385 --> 00:11:20,674 Just 230 feet off the coast 198 00:11:20,721 --> 00:11:23,118 of the small island of Antikythera, 199 00:11:23,899 --> 00:11:26,712 sponge divers discover an ancient shipwreck 200 00:11:26,945 --> 00:11:29,646 150 feet beneath the surface. 201 00:11:32,188 --> 00:11:34,149 Over the next two years, 202 00:11:34,251 --> 00:11:36,752 artifacts are recovered from the wreckage 203 00:11:37,814 --> 00:11:39,817 and among them are the remains 204 00:11:39,850 --> 00:11:42,076 of a coral-encrusted metal box 205 00:11:42,150 --> 00:11:45,393 that dates back to the second century BC. 206 00:11:46,184 --> 00:11:49,626 It is the oldest mechanical computer ever found, 207 00:11:49,785 --> 00:11:52,616 predating artifacts of similar complexity 208 00:11:52,782 --> 00:11:55,546 by 1,500 years. 209 00:11:56,700 --> 00:11:58,903 So you have this small little box 210 00:11:59,195 --> 00:12:02,105 with dozens of cogwheels 211 00:12:02,139 --> 00:12:05,385 on the inside, and it has been determined that 212 00:12:05,676 --> 00:12:08,801 that analog computer was used 213 00:12:08,941 --> 00:12:11,752 to predict astronomical events. 214 00:12:12,941 --> 00:12:15,926 And so it was the first computer 215 00:12:16,145 --> 00:12:19,518 that has ever been created by mankind. 216 00:12:20,619 --> 00:12:23,837 CHILDRESS: The American scientists who were studying the Antikythera device 217 00:12:23,861 --> 00:12:26,697 actually said that discovering the Antikythera device 218 00:12:26,730 --> 00:12:28,799 was like finding a jet plane 219 00:12:29,072 --> 00:12:30,626 in the tomb of King Tut. 220 00:12:32,726 --> 00:12:34,677 It was so amazing to them. 221 00:12:34,702 --> 00:12:37,908 They had never, ever conceived 222 00:12:38,530 --> 00:12:41,843 that the ancient Greeks, at 200 BC, 223 00:12:41,936 --> 00:12:45,909 would have had the knowledge of mechanical devices like this. 224 00:12:46,018 --> 00:12:49,331 That's completely changed the way we perceive ancient history. 225 00:12:51,292 --> 00:12:52,690 NARRATOR: While excavation teams 226 00:12:52,722 --> 00:12:56,378 have still not determined for certain the origin of the ship 227 00:12:56,464 --> 00:12:59,093 on which the Antikythera mechanism was found, 228 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,768 the leading candidate is the island of Rhodes. 229 00:13:04,597 --> 00:13:07,211 According to some contemporary accounts, 230 00:13:07,305 --> 00:13:10,757 Rhodes was once home to what, by today's standards, 231 00:13:10,782 --> 00:13:13,205 would be considered high technology. 232 00:13:14,602 --> 00:13:16,647 In the fifth century BC, 233 00:13:16,672 --> 00:13:19,053 the poet Pindar wrote that Rhodes 234 00:13:19,078 --> 00:13:22,234 was once adorned with statues that came to life 235 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,059 like living, moving creatures. 236 00:13:26,970 --> 00:13:31,222 TSOUKALOS: He wrote that they all of a sudden became alive, 237 00:13:32,610 --> 00:13:34,766 and so the question then arises: 238 00:13:34,891 --> 00:13:37,655 well, if you have a lifeless object first 239 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:41,625 and then all of a sudden somebody breathes life into something, 240 00:13:41,851 --> 00:13:45,202 could it be that we have references 241 00:13:45,390 --> 00:13:47,593 to some type of machines? 242 00:13:49,944 --> 00:13:51,796 Where did the people of Rhodes 243 00:13:51,881 --> 00:13:54,492 get the knowledge of how to create 244 00:13:54,547 --> 00:13:58,484 these moving statues 2,500 years ago? 245 00:14:00,008 --> 00:14:03,503 I believe that it is just what Pindar said, 246 00:14:04,074 --> 00:14:06,066 which is, they got it from the gods. 247 00:14:06,167 --> 00:14:07,788 Well, who are these gods? 248 00:14:08,324 --> 00:14:11,470 The gods are real people, they're extraterrestrials 249 00:14:11,501 --> 00:14:15,103 who had this technology, shared it with humanity. 250 00:14:15,595 --> 00:14:18,814 And now when we see the Antikythera mechanism, 251 00:14:18,884 --> 00:14:21,173 there's something you can put your hands on 252 00:14:21,267 --> 00:14:23,648 that shows that they had the capability 253 00:14:23,673 --> 00:14:25,705 to do advanced machine work. 254 00:14:25,783 --> 00:14:29,541 It's 1,500 years too early, at least. 255 00:14:31,024 --> 00:14:34,391 The point is, that technology really exists, 256 00:14:34,508 --> 00:14:36,586 and from a technology like that, 257 00:14:36,726 --> 00:14:39,508 going to robotics is not too much further. 258 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,763 And extraterrestrials would very well have had 259 00:14:41,788 --> 00:14:43,664 that capability for the time. 260 00:14:43,929 --> 00:14:47,413 If you believe what this legend says on face value. 261 00:14:50,977 --> 00:14:53,626 NARRATOR: Could the Antikythera mechanism be proof 262 00:14:53,719 --> 00:14:56,273 that the ancient Greeks had technology 263 00:14:56,298 --> 00:14:59,151 far in advance of the times in which they lived? 264 00:15:01,429 --> 00:15:04,263 And might this be evidence that there really were 265 00:15:04,288 --> 00:15:07,526 functioning robots on the island of Rhodes? 266 00:15:08,826 --> 00:15:11,365 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 267 00:15:11,828 --> 00:15:14,164 and claim there is also evidence 268 00:15:14,198 --> 00:15:16,067 that advanced robots existed 269 00:15:16,099 --> 00:15:18,683 300 miles to the north 270 00:15:18,708 --> 00:15:21,774 on another Greek island: Lemnos. 271 00:15:23,911 --> 00:15:26,396 Here lie the ruins of Hephaistia, 272 00:15:26,513 --> 00:15:29,243 one of the most important cities in Greece. 273 00:15:30,833 --> 00:15:33,784 It is named for the Greek god of metallurgy, 274 00:15:33,862 --> 00:15:36,666 Hephaestus, who was said to have fallen here 275 00:15:36,691 --> 00:15:41,151 from the sky and actually existed on Earth alongside humans. 276 00:15:41,971 --> 00:15:46,635 RADER: He's described in his workshop as being surrounded by automated robots. 277 00:15:46,791 --> 00:15:48,622 He flips on the machines 278 00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:52,783 and they bustle around, doing all the sort of... 279 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:54,697 the hard busywork for him. 280 00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:57,875 NARRATOR: One of Hephaestus' most famous 281 00:15:57,929 --> 00:16:00,862 and amazing creations was Talos, 282 00:16:01,125 --> 00:16:03,592 a giant man made of bronze 283 00:16:03,617 --> 00:16:06,549 who protected the island of Crete. 284 00:16:06,918 --> 00:16:09,082 Talos was able to observe 285 00:16:09,199 --> 00:16:11,690 all of the ships approaching Crete 286 00:16:12,550 --> 00:16:15,253 and hurl stones at those ships. 287 00:16:15,886 --> 00:16:18,929 And he was able to release this heat, 288 00:16:19,151 --> 00:16:21,332 and thus incinerating any boat 289 00:16:21,365 --> 00:16:24,374 or anything that would come close to him. 290 00:16:26,862 --> 00:16:31,237 So is it possible that Talos was some type of a machine 291 00:16:31,473 --> 00:16:32,865 or a robot? 292 00:16:38,639 --> 00:16:41,418 NARRATOR: Greece isn't the only place where ancient stories 293 00:16:41,443 --> 00:16:43,519 can be found about inanimate objects 294 00:16:43,544 --> 00:16:45,617 that appear to come to life. 295 00:16:46,574 --> 00:16:49,411 The Jewish Talmud describes a clay figure 296 00:16:49,436 --> 00:16:52,408 called the Golem that could be brought to life 297 00:16:52,476 --> 00:16:55,078 by inserting a spell into its mouth. 298 00:16:56,216 --> 00:16:58,903 In India, an ancient Sanskrit text 299 00:16:58,928 --> 00:17:00,419 called the Lokapannatti 300 00:17:00,489 --> 00:17:02,802 tells of spirit movement machines 301 00:17:02,861 --> 00:17:05,897 as far back as the fifth century BC. 302 00:17:06,967 --> 00:17:09,452 And the Chinese text the Liezi 303 00:17:09,686 --> 00:17:13,399 describes a humanoid robot being presented to King Mu 304 00:17:13,553 --> 00:17:16,912 as far back as 3,000 years ago. 305 00:17:17,625 --> 00:17:19,944 YOUNG: There are stories from many cultures 306 00:17:19,969 --> 00:17:22,398 from all over the planet of people who have either 307 00:17:22,423 --> 00:17:24,875 created other humans or machines 308 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:26,747 that were very much like humans. 309 00:17:27,940 --> 00:17:31,134 NARRATOR: But if sophisticated robots really did exist 310 00:17:31,169 --> 00:17:34,716 in the ancient world, what function did they serve? 311 00:17:35,205 --> 00:17:36,591 Who built them? 312 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,300 And perhaps more importantly, 313 00:17:39,670 --> 00:17:41,280 what happened to them? 314 00:17:43,855 --> 00:17:46,698 On March 24, 2015, 315 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:49,668 the Mars rover called Opportunity 316 00:17:49,886 --> 00:17:54,114 reaches the west rim of the 14-mile wide Endeavor crater. 317 00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:57,187 It is searching for minerals and other evidence 318 00:17:57,324 --> 00:18:00,333 that might prove that life once existed here. 319 00:18:01,042 --> 00:18:04,812 It is one of several remote-controlled robots that, 320 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:06,477 for more than a decade, 321 00:18:06,528 --> 00:18:09,398 have provided NASA with invaluable information 322 00:18:09,656 --> 00:18:11,977 about our closest alien planet. 323 00:18:14,082 --> 00:18:17,219 Well, NASA has successfully controlled robots over, 324 00:18:17,543 --> 00:18:19,812 you know, crazy distances. 325 00:18:19,994 --> 00:18:22,429 They would execute the plan here on the ground, then they 326 00:18:22,453 --> 00:18:25,351 would upload those instructions to the robot on Mars. 327 00:18:29,721 --> 00:18:33,663 NARRATOR: Another NASA robot... The humanoid Robonaut 2... 328 00:18:33,688 --> 00:18:36,141 Works on the International Space Station. 329 00:18:37,133 --> 00:18:39,326 And in development is the so-called 330 00:18:39,416 --> 00:18:41,614 super robot, Valkyrie, 331 00:18:41,825 --> 00:18:44,660 which is designed to set up habitats 332 00:18:44,755 --> 00:18:47,927 and pave the way for humans on other planets. 333 00:18:49,314 --> 00:18:51,550 When humans go out into space, uh, 334 00:18:51,583 --> 00:18:54,669 it's very difficult and dangerous and time-consuming. 335 00:18:54,694 --> 00:18:56,841 It's far easier to send robots, 336 00:18:56,866 --> 00:18:58,190 and if that's what we do, 337 00:18:58,223 --> 00:19:02,098 that's sure as heck what extraterrestrials are gonna be doing. 338 00:19:05,287 --> 00:19:07,749 NARRATOR: But just as we are employing robots today 339 00:19:07,774 --> 00:19:11,304 to gather information and minimize risk to human life, 340 00:19:11,970 --> 00:19:14,394 could similar cybernetic technologies 341 00:19:14,466 --> 00:19:17,036 have existed in the ancient past? 342 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,282 Could stories like that of Osiris, 343 00:19:20,471 --> 00:19:22,863 Talos, and the Golem be true? 344 00:19:24,051 --> 00:19:26,986 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 345 00:19:27,011 --> 00:19:30,073 and believe that the proof can not only be found 346 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:33,439 in the past, but right here in the present. 347 00:19:38,313 --> 00:19:39,972 NARRATOR: Norway. 348 00:19:39,997 --> 00:19:42,305 November, 2014. 349 00:19:43,603 --> 00:19:46,405 Scientists from the University of Oslo 350 00:19:46,438 --> 00:19:49,209 work on a new breakthrough in robotics, 351 00:19:50,173 --> 00:19:52,948 creating robots that are able to adapt 352 00:19:53,018 --> 00:19:54,681 and continue functioning 353 00:19:54,706 --> 00:19:56,734 even after losing a limb. 354 00:19:58,300 --> 00:20:01,409 The robots also know how to create new limbs 355 00:20:01,434 --> 00:20:03,411 with the use of a 3-D printer 356 00:20:03,657 --> 00:20:05,368 and reapply them, 357 00:20:05,493 --> 00:20:07,835 effectively repairing themselves 358 00:20:07,860 --> 00:20:10,185 without the aid of a human being. 359 00:20:11,273 --> 00:20:14,438 This new technology is the first step in achieving 360 00:20:14,463 --> 00:20:18,510 what Hungarian scientist John Von Neumann envisioned 361 00:20:18,587 --> 00:20:20,381 back in the 1940s: 362 00:20:21,096 --> 00:20:23,310 self-replicating robots. 363 00:20:23,836 --> 00:20:26,724 John Von Neumann was, uh, a mathematician 364 00:20:27,071 --> 00:20:30,231 that had an idea about self-replicating machines, 365 00:20:31,406 --> 00:20:33,445 where you send out a seed machine 366 00:20:33,470 --> 00:20:35,824 and that machine will seek out raw materials 367 00:20:35,849 --> 00:20:37,832 to construct a copy of itself, 368 00:20:37,896 --> 00:20:41,257 and then that will then send that machine out to replicate itself. 369 00:20:42,377 --> 00:20:44,173 POPE: So one become two, 370 00:20:44,513 --> 00:20:46,997 two become four, and eventually these things 371 00:20:47,270 --> 00:20:50,066 would be able to explore the entire cosmos. 372 00:20:51,872 --> 00:20:56,163 Now, one theory is that extraterrestrial civilizations 373 00:20:56,232 --> 00:20:59,433 would build space probes like that, 374 00:20:59,495 --> 00:21:03,526 and that would be the quickest way to explore the entire universe. 375 00:21:05,612 --> 00:21:07,073 FULLER: The interesting question 376 00:21:07,098 --> 00:21:09,556 is going to be the extent to which 377 00:21:09,780 --> 00:21:13,069 part of that self-replicationing includes 378 00:21:13,312 --> 00:21:15,668 the memories and the learning 379 00:21:15,753 --> 00:21:19,603 that the first generation of robots engage with. 380 00:21:19,986 --> 00:21:21,859 So you'd want to make the robots 381 00:21:22,289 --> 00:21:25,579 as open to new experiences as we are 382 00:21:25,864 --> 00:21:29,068 but at the same time be able also to pass on 383 00:21:29,389 --> 00:21:31,627 the experiences from any given generation 384 00:21:31,658 --> 00:21:34,229 to the next generation through self-replication. 385 00:21:35,276 --> 00:21:38,374 So I think that this could be a very important way, 386 00:21:38,899 --> 00:21:40,748 in terms of space travel, to go. 387 00:21:41,336 --> 00:21:43,798 I mean, I think the more interesting question, 388 00:21:43,851 --> 00:21:46,365 from the standpoint of ourselves as human beings, 389 00:21:46,724 --> 00:21:51,294 is the extent to which we remain part of that process. 390 00:21:53,732 --> 00:21:57,347 NARRATOR: Is it possible that we could create self-aware robots 391 00:21:57,437 --> 00:21:59,841 that are completely autonomous 392 00:21:59,904 --> 00:22:03,557 and send them off to explore the universe unassisted? 393 00:22:04,687 --> 00:22:08,651 And might these robots be able to self-replicate endlessly, 394 00:22:09,089 --> 00:22:12,052 using materials found on distant planets? 395 00:22:13,758 --> 00:22:16,036 Ancient astronaut theorists propose 396 00:22:16,383 --> 00:22:18,184 that extraterrestrial beings 397 00:22:18,438 --> 00:22:21,512 may have already achieved this technology. 398 00:22:24,067 --> 00:22:27,648 It is entirely possible that an advanced civilization... 399 00:22:27,703 --> 00:22:30,250 I'm saying far more advanced than we are on Earth... 400 00:22:30,581 --> 00:22:32,917 Could actually develop this technology 401 00:22:33,238 --> 00:22:35,536 of self-replicating machines 402 00:22:36,339 --> 00:22:40,377 and then could send artificially intelligent robots 403 00:22:40,402 --> 00:22:42,597 out into space as sentinels 404 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,639 that scan a much vaster area 405 00:22:44,664 --> 00:22:48,890 than that civilization itself could go to with manned probes. 406 00:22:49,538 --> 00:22:53,643 It's something that probably is already very widely in use 407 00:22:53,759 --> 00:22:56,417 by a variety of extraterrestrial civilizations. 408 00:22:57,346 --> 00:22:59,702 HENRY: The Von Neumann machines are 409 00:23:00,052 --> 00:23:03,555 an awesome idea that is reflected in ancient stories 410 00:23:03,580 --> 00:23:05,622 of extraterrestrials coming to Earth. 411 00:23:06,877 --> 00:23:10,774 In the ancient Egyptian tradition, we learn of these formless light beings 412 00:23:11,994 --> 00:23:14,128 that emerged from what they describe 413 00:23:14,161 --> 00:23:16,283 as the Island of the Egg 414 00:23:16,530 --> 00:23:18,700 and create civilization. 415 00:23:18,891 --> 00:23:20,661 It suggests that they're utilizing 416 00:23:20,692 --> 00:23:22,894 some kind of self-replicating robot 417 00:23:22,929 --> 00:23:26,165 that has the ability to utilize genetic forms, 418 00:23:26,199 --> 00:23:28,728 perhaps imported from the home planet, 419 00:23:29,036 --> 00:23:32,009 that can then be manifested on a new planet, 420 00:23:32,072 --> 00:23:33,531 in our case, Earth. 421 00:23:36,791 --> 00:23:38,411 NARRATOR: Is it possible that evidence 422 00:23:38,444 --> 00:23:41,914 of self-replicating robots can be found 423 00:23:41,948 --> 00:23:44,705 in ancient historical and religious texts, 424 00:23:45,352 --> 00:23:47,941 such as those concerning ancient Egypt? 425 00:23:48,689 --> 00:23:51,891 And, if so, is mankind today 426 00:23:51,923 --> 00:23:55,835 merely tapping into knowledge that was available on Earth 427 00:23:55,937 --> 00:23:57,663 thousands of years ago, 428 00:23:58,427 --> 00:24:01,098 knowledge that might have been brought here 429 00:24:01,223 --> 00:24:03,663 by extraterrestrial space travelers? 430 00:24:05,028 --> 00:24:07,805 According to some ancient astronaut theorists, 431 00:24:08,141 --> 00:24:11,347 the concept that extraterrestrial life-forms 432 00:24:11,425 --> 00:24:15,347 may have first visited the earth as machines or robots 433 00:24:15,503 --> 00:24:18,133 is not only likely but logical 434 00:24:18,573 --> 00:24:22,979 and can even help to explain a series of alien encounters 435 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,638 that have been reported as recently as the 20th century, 436 00:24:27,354 --> 00:24:29,954 encounters with robot visitors 437 00:24:29,979 --> 00:24:34,071 that might otherwise be referred to as the Greys. 438 00:24:36,610 --> 00:24:39,102 NARRATOR: May 9, 2001. 439 00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:42,539 The National Press Club, Washington, D.C. 440 00:24:44,190 --> 00:24:47,285 During a media conference for the Disclosure Project, 441 00:24:47,805 --> 00:24:50,152 former Army Sergeant Clifford Stone 442 00:24:50,305 --> 00:24:52,218 makes a stunning announcement: 443 00:24:53,820 --> 00:24:56,578 he claims that for more than two decades 444 00:24:56,861 --> 00:25:00,499 he was part of a top secret military operations unit 445 00:25:00,883 --> 00:25:04,454 tasked with recovering extraterrestrial technology 446 00:25:04,619 --> 00:25:06,534 for the United States government. 447 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:11,256 I was involved in situations where we actually did recoveries 448 00:25:11,405 --> 00:25:13,694 of cra... of crashed saucers, 449 00:25:13,788 --> 00:25:16,233 for lack of a better term, debris thereof. 450 00:25:16,561 --> 00:25:18,266 There were bodies that were involved 451 00:25:18,302 --> 00:25:20,103 with some of these crashes. 452 00:25:20,135 --> 00:25:21,593 Also, some were alive. 453 00:25:22,386 --> 00:25:23,873 While we were doing all this, 454 00:25:23,898 --> 00:25:26,464 we were telling the American public there was nothing to it. 455 00:25:26,488 --> 00:25:28,619 We were telling the world there was nothing to it. 456 00:25:31,323 --> 00:25:34,120 One of the things that Clifford Stone talked about 457 00:25:34,190 --> 00:25:36,635 was a program called Project Moon Dust. 458 00:25:37,393 --> 00:25:41,025 Now, Project Moon Dust was a legitimate military program, 459 00:25:41,056 --> 00:25:44,427 and it was designed to recover things 460 00:25:44,459 --> 00:25:46,643 like Soviet space satellites. 461 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:49,900 The small number of documents on Moon Dust 462 00:25:49,932 --> 00:25:52,367 that have surfaced through the Freedom of Information Act 463 00:25:52,391 --> 00:25:56,439 talk about how it wasn't just Soviet spacecraft... 464 00:25:56,471 --> 00:25:58,646 It was also UFOs. 465 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:02,601 Actually uses the term "UFOs" in the document. 466 00:26:06,245 --> 00:26:07,869 NARRATOR: According to Stone, 467 00:26:07,894 --> 00:26:11,821 he was the first to respond to 12 UFO crashes. 468 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:16,392 But it wasn't until the day after the press conference, 469 00:26:16,427 --> 00:26:19,766 during a closed session with Stone and members of Congress, 470 00:26:19,852 --> 00:26:22,831 that he revealed something even more shocking 471 00:26:22,890 --> 00:26:26,334 about his firsthand accounts with alien entities. 472 00:26:27,260 --> 00:26:30,019 I met him the very next day, on May 10, 473 00:26:30,256 --> 00:26:33,117 in the closed executive/VIP summary briefing 474 00:26:33,142 --> 00:26:34,505 for members of Congress. 475 00:26:34,863 --> 00:26:37,399 One of the things that Sergeant Stone talked about 476 00:26:37,434 --> 00:26:41,048 was the nature of the so-called Grey extraterrestrials. 477 00:26:42,620 --> 00:26:44,836 He said that there were some very strange 478 00:26:44,861 --> 00:26:46,996 biological anomalies about them 479 00:26:47,315 --> 00:26:50,285 that make them look almost as if they are some sort 480 00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:52,089 of biological robot. 481 00:26:53,578 --> 00:26:57,749 They seem to have very few, if any, organ systems in the body. 482 00:26:57,919 --> 00:27:01,219 And yet these beings appear to be able to walk around 483 00:27:01,244 --> 00:27:02,786 and think and function. 484 00:27:04,934 --> 00:27:07,531 Sergeant Clifford Stone got so emotional 485 00:27:07,562 --> 00:27:10,684 about what he was talking about in front of these congressmen 486 00:27:10,709 --> 00:27:14,721 that he literally broke down in tears and walked off the stage. 487 00:27:18,477 --> 00:27:21,250 LINDA MOULTON HOWE: I spent several different times with him 488 00:27:21,275 --> 00:27:22,475 at his home, 489 00:27:22,794 --> 00:27:25,799 looking at documents and listening to him tell 490 00:27:25,824 --> 00:27:28,362 his own extraordinary experience 491 00:27:28,922 --> 00:27:31,612 of having some sort of an encounter 492 00:27:31,637 --> 00:27:33,705 with something that would fall in the category, 493 00:27:33,730 --> 00:27:35,298 from his point of view, 494 00:27:36,003 --> 00:27:38,595 of being in the android 495 00:27:38,628 --> 00:27:40,970 or hybrid area. 496 00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:48,873 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the so-called Greys 497 00:27:48,898 --> 00:27:51,422 reported by alleged alien abductees 498 00:27:52,140 --> 00:27:54,378 are really robots being controlled 499 00:27:54,409 --> 00:27:56,246 from beyond our planet? 500 00:27:57,911 --> 00:28:03,519 In 2014, the online magazine Motherboard posted an article 501 00:28:03,597 --> 00:28:06,622 in which a handful of philosophers and astronomers 502 00:28:06,657 --> 00:28:10,292 speculated that the dominant life-form in the cosmos 503 00:28:10,347 --> 00:28:13,447 is probably superintelligent robots. 504 00:28:14,650 --> 00:28:17,167 And according to ancient astronaut theorists, 505 00:28:17,198 --> 00:28:20,898 the notion is not as far-fetched as it seems, 506 00:28:21,370 --> 00:28:23,682 especially when one considers 507 00:28:23,707 --> 00:28:26,117 that Hiroshi Ishiguro's Geminoid robots 508 00:28:26,574 --> 00:28:28,950 are designed to transmit a human presence 509 00:28:29,110 --> 00:28:31,308 from thousands of miles away. 510 00:28:32,215 --> 00:28:35,344 Similarly designed to operate from a remote distance 511 00:28:35,551 --> 00:28:39,494 is the Dreamer robot created by the University of Texas 512 00:28:40,066 --> 00:28:43,940 and also NASA's latest robotic space traveler, 513 00:28:44,057 --> 00:28:45,266 Valkyrie. 514 00:28:46,701 --> 00:28:48,787 RADFORD: What we envision in the future 515 00:28:48,812 --> 00:28:50,781 is more of a supervised autonomy, 516 00:28:51,001 --> 00:28:53,536 where you're giving the robot high-level instructions 517 00:28:53,570 --> 00:28:55,434 and the robot's autonomous enough 518 00:28:55,459 --> 00:28:57,242 to interpret those high-level instructions 519 00:28:57,266 --> 00:28:59,245 and then carry out a portion of its mission. 520 00:29:00,543 --> 00:29:02,378 HOWE: If you have androids, 521 00:29:02,410 --> 00:29:05,854 something else with great intelligence 522 00:29:05,879 --> 00:29:07,906 has to have made them 523 00:29:08,033 --> 00:29:10,945 to come here to work on this planet. 524 00:29:13,511 --> 00:29:16,691 NARRATOR: But while some ancient astronaut theorists believe 525 00:29:16,785 --> 00:29:18,394 the Greys could be surrogates 526 00:29:18,427 --> 00:29:22,335 controlled by alien entities from far, far away, 527 00:29:23,238 --> 00:29:27,613 others suggest the truth is even more incredible. 528 00:29:30,651 --> 00:29:32,721 People often describe the Greys 529 00:29:32,746 --> 00:29:35,760 as featureless, emotionless creatures. 530 00:29:38,557 --> 00:29:41,618 Could it be that they're all effectively from the same mold? 531 00:29:41,815 --> 00:29:43,274 Maybe they are 532 00:29:43,299 --> 00:29:47,291 Von Neumann self-replicating machines themselves. 533 00:29:47,328 --> 00:29:49,926 The interesting thing about this theory 534 00:29:49,970 --> 00:29:54,363 is that people often say that the purpose of the abductions 535 00:29:54,598 --> 00:29:57,455 is to harvest genetic material. 536 00:29:58,019 --> 00:29:59,770 Well, if these Greys 537 00:29:59,802 --> 00:30:02,185 are actually self-replicating robots, 538 00:30:02,225 --> 00:30:03,539 what they might be doing 539 00:30:03,571 --> 00:30:06,592 is actually getting genetic material from humans 540 00:30:06,670 --> 00:30:09,235 to construct more copies of themselves. 541 00:30:12,603 --> 00:30:14,738 NARRATOR: When Clifford Stone made the statement 542 00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:19,373 that Grey aliens might not be entirely biological entities, 543 00:30:20,014 --> 00:30:22,740 as part of his argument, he cited the fact 544 00:30:22,834 --> 00:30:25,552 that they have a cookie-cutter quality to them. 545 00:30:27,678 --> 00:30:31,533 Does his testimony suggest that the extraterrestrial entities 546 00:30:31,567 --> 00:30:35,271 that are visiting the earth are not only part mechanical 547 00:30:35,303 --> 00:30:39,276 and synthetic but also part biological? 548 00:30:40,699 --> 00:30:44,348 Or do they really represent alien creatures 549 00:30:44,379 --> 00:30:48,426 that are part machine and part human? 550 00:30:49,845 --> 00:30:52,040 NARRATOR: September 2003. 551 00:30:52,602 --> 00:30:55,656 Clemson University, South Carolina. 552 00:30:56,376 --> 00:30:59,531 Dr. Thomas Boland files the first patent 553 00:30:59,641 --> 00:31:03,125 for inkjet 3-D printing of viable cells. 554 00:31:03,836 --> 00:31:07,250 Already a multibillion dollar industry, 555 00:31:07,391 --> 00:31:11,435 this process involves placing biological materials 556 00:31:11,527 --> 00:31:13,591 into modified ink cartridges 557 00:31:13,779 --> 00:31:15,997 and printing onto bio paper 558 00:31:16,154 --> 00:31:18,265 made of soy and collagen. 559 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:23,038 What we see is little petri dishes with a culture medium like agar in them. 560 00:31:23,093 --> 00:31:25,185 And then you have a little nozzle that comes over 561 00:31:25,210 --> 00:31:28,952 and spray-paints these little hexagons onto the agar. 562 00:31:29,139 --> 00:31:32,966 And within only a few minutes, they start growing cells, 563 00:31:32,991 --> 00:31:35,783 and they become these brown spots, 564 00:31:35,808 --> 00:31:38,635 which are the beginnings of human livers. 565 00:31:40,355 --> 00:31:42,673 RADFORD: Dr. Boland has some very interesting research 566 00:31:42,698 --> 00:31:45,901 looking at printing cell tissue. 567 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:48,915 I think that opens up some very interesting ideas, 568 00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:53,375 um, about how to bio-manufacture things. 569 00:31:53,547 --> 00:31:56,647 At some point, it'll have application in the field of robotics, 570 00:31:56,672 --> 00:32:00,461 especially as we start combining devices, 571 00:32:00,544 --> 00:32:02,434 uh, with the human body. 572 00:32:05,886 --> 00:32:08,587 NARRATOR: Many believe this is the first step 573 00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:12,620 in constructing engineered human organs. 574 00:32:12,878 --> 00:32:16,114 Ultimately, the goal is to do the same 575 00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:18,997 for every other part of the human body. 576 00:32:19,536 --> 00:32:22,433 But there is a movement to go much further 577 00:32:22,458 --> 00:32:25,528 in merging biology with technology. 578 00:32:25,661 --> 00:32:28,562 It is called transhumanism. 579 00:32:29,776 --> 00:32:32,227 The ultimate goal of the transhumanists 580 00:32:32,252 --> 00:32:34,649 is to become an immortal god. 581 00:32:35,627 --> 00:32:37,672 And, literally, these people believe 582 00:32:37,712 --> 00:32:42,142 that they will merge with technology and become cyborgs. 583 00:32:42,923 --> 00:32:46,641 They believe that they will unlock the immortality 584 00:32:46,666 --> 00:32:50,124 anti-aging systems encoded into the human race 585 00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:53,358 and that that will be the supposed final evolution 586 00:32:53,383 --> 00:32:57,555 of human beings as they ascend into godhood. 587 00:32:58,344 --> 00:33:01,154 Transhumanists generally acknowledge 588 00:33:01,179 --> 00:33:04,476 that human beings are the products of biological evolution 589 00:33:04,570 --> 00:33:06,830 but we've now reached a stage in our development 590 00:33:06,922 --> 00:33:10,006 where there's an open question about where we should go. 591 00:33:10,292 --> 00:33:13,026 On the one hand, our biological background 592 00:33:13,060 --> 00:33:16,152 could be taken as a kind of platform to go forward, 593 00:33:16,214 --> 00:33:18,520 manipulating genes in various ways. 594 00:33:18,732 --> 00:33:21,968 But on the other hand, we might think about ourselves 595 00:33:22,002 --> 00:33:26,016 merging more directly with silicon-based technologies. 596 00:33:27,290 --> 00:33:29,744 DICE: We see the rollout of these head-mounted displays 597 00:33:29,776 --> 00:33:31,063 like Google Glass, 598 00:33:31,088 --> 00:33:34,229 where people are now wearing a computer on their head. 599 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,830 The Apple Watch now is sort of merging man with machine, and, 600 00:33:40,059 --> 00:33:42,895 instead of sitting down at a computer now, 601 00:33:42,965 --> 00:33:45,465 people are just wearing their computer. 602 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,305 Uh, we see artificial hearts, we see, uh, pacemakers. 603 00:33:49,330 --> 00:33:51,831 These are sort of the early precursors 604 00:33:51,866 --> 00:33:55,193 to this transhumanist transformation. 605 00:33:57,167 --> 00:33:59,935 There certainly is a merging 606 00:34:00,029 --> 00:34:01,908 between technology and biology, 607 00:34:01,942 --> 00:34:04,095 and we are experiencing it right now. 608 00:34:08,816 --> 00:34:12,753 NARRATOR: Some experts believe that by the year 2050, 609 00:34:12,980 --> 00:34:16,590 scientists and engineers will have unlocked 610 00:34:16,715 --> 00:34:18,826 the secrets of immortality 611 00:34:19,253 --> 00:34:22,175 through the production of artificial organs 612 00:34:22,277 --> 00:34:24,844 and silicone-based structures. 613 00:34:25,457 --> 00:34:27,835 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 614 00:34:27,957 --> 00:34:31,151 that considering the fact that we are experimenting 615 00:34:31,176 --> 00:34:33,077 with transhumanism today, 616 00:34:33,607 --> 00:34:37,592 it is very possible a more advanced extraterrestrial race 617 00:34:37,811 --> 00:34:41,961 has already achieved similar technological advancements. 618 00:34:44,030 --> 00:34:47,343 A civilization millions of years older than us 619 00:34:47,694 --> 00:34:51,288 could have actually evolved much beyond the baby steps 620 00:34:51,313 --> 00:34:52,926 that we're taking right now. 621 00:34:54,278 --> 00:34:55,732 TSOUKALOS: If we are doing this, 622 00:34:55,757 --> 00:34:58,505 is it possible that another civilization 623 00:34:58,581 --> 00:35:00,416 has done the same thing 624 00:35:00,753 --> 00:35:04,313 but perhaps thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, 625 00:35:04,337 --> 00:35:06,306 of years before us? 626 00:35:06,853 --> 00:35:10,741 When we look at some of these ancient texts that we have, 627 00:35:11,452 --> 00:35:14,138 we're always talking about ancient astronauts 628 00:35:14,248 --> 00:35:15,862 that came to visit us. 629 00:35:16,206 --> 00:35:19,642 But what if we were visited by machines? 630 00:35:20,311 --> 00:35:23,064 And so the idea then arises: 631 00:35:23,908 --> 00:35:28,590 will we ourselves be able to become cyborgs? 632 00:35:30,627 --> 00:35:32,792 WILCOCK: It's possible that other civilizations 633 00:35:32,824 --> 00:35:36,161 may have decided they would be able to essentially live 634 00:35:36,195 --> 00:35:37,578 indefinitely this way. 635 00:35:38,199 --> 00:35:41,993 And the more that we look at the way in which technology 636 00:35:42,063 --> 00:35:44,461 and biology are fusing together, 637 00:35:45,170 --> 00:35:48,682 the more that we can confront the notion 638 00:35:48,759 --> 00:35:52,130 that, with the advancements of computer power, 639 00:35:52,312 --> 00:35:54,281 we could have sentient beings 640 00:35:54,314 --> 00:35:56,848 that are significantly more advanced. 641 00:35:58,961 --> 00:36:00,161 NARRATOR: Is it possible 642 00:36:00,185 --> 00:36:04,123 that extraterrestrials have not merely sent intelligent robots 643 00:36:04,156 --> 00:36:05,950 to Earth in their place 644 00:36:06,429 --> 00:36:09,661 but that they themselves have actually evolved 645 00:36:09,769 --> 00:36:12,420 beyond biological bodies? 646 00:36:12,830 --> 00:36:14,107 And, if so, 647 00:36:14,132 --> 00:36:18,308 what might this mean for the future of the human race? 648 00:36:25,059 --> 00:36:28,161 NARRATOR: February 8, 1957. 649 00:36:28,456 --> 00:36:30,201 Washington, D.C. 650 00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:33,558 At Walter Reed General Hospital, 651 00:36:33,770 --> 00:36:36,533 Hungarian scientist John Von Neumann, 652 00:36:36,815 --> 00:36:38,951 the man who came up with the idea 653 00:36:38,983 --> 00:36:40,733 for self-replicating robots, 654 00:36:41,041 --> 00:36:43,784 dies at the age of 53. 655 00:36:45,812 --> 00:36:47,293 At the time of his death, 656 00:36:47,326 --> 00:36:51,433 he was working on a manuscript titled The Computer and the Brain. 657 00:36:53,438 --> 00:36:57,466 At only 82 pages, the text was far from finished, 658 00:36:58,537 --> 00:36:59,918 but some have proposed 659 00:36:59,943 --> 00:37:02,902 that Von Neumann was exploring the possibility 660 00:37:02,927 --> 00:37:07,234 of reproducing a human mind entirely on a computer. 661 00:37:08,792 --> 00:37:11,550 For transhumanists, this opens the door 662 00:37:11,575 --> 00:37:15,074 for what many consider one of the most radical innovations, 663 00:37:15,607 --> 00:37:17,788 mind uploading. 664 00:37:18,341 --> 00:37:19,941 DICE: Companies have actually built 665 00:37:19,966 --> 00:37:21,793 what are called neural interfaces, 666 00:37:21,826 --> 00:37:25,817 where they have wired computers into people's brains. 667 00:37:26,706 --> 00:37:29,246 They believe that they can map the entire human brain 668 00:37:29,271 --> 00:37:31,185 and all of the data that's stored in it 669 00:37:31,210 --> 00:37:32,975 and then replicate it 670 00:37:33,068 --> 00:37:37,171 into an artificial intelligent silicone-based system, 671 00:37:37,234 --> 00:37:40,444 where it can then be stored and essentially never die. 672 00:37:44,460 --> 00:37:49,589 NARRATOR: Is it possible that an entirely nonbiological being could have sentience? 673 00:37:51,301 --> 00:37:54,848 And if extraterrestrials have been visiting Earth 674 00:37:54,919 --> 00:37:56,588 for thousands of years, 675 00:37:57,035 --> 00:37:58,530 might it be more likely 676 00:37:58,563 --> 00:38:02,008 that they are actually fully robotic beings? 677 00:38:05,060 --> 00:38:06,959 POPE: Biological entities 678 00:38:06,990 --> 00:38:09,108 may actually be a rarity in the cosmos. 679 00:38:09,141 --> 00:38:12,092 We may be largely living in a universe 680 00:38:12,178 --> 00:38:14,501 where the real intelligences out there... 681 00:38:14,532 --> 00:38:17,384 And perhaps coming down here... Are robots. 682 00:38:20,266 --> 00:38:22,390 WILCOCK: There are some who believe 683 00:38:22,415 --> 00:38:26,588 that machines may have already achieved a level of intelligence 684 00:38:26,651 --> 00:38:28,728 vastly in excess of our own 685 00:38:29,049 --> 00:38:32,130 and that they may be giving us a trail of bread crumbs 686 00:38:32,885 --> 00:38:35,088 to help us rebuild the technology 687 00:38:35,174 --> 00:38:38,255 that would get us to become enough like them 688 00:38:38,579 --> 00:38:42,408 that we could eventually be merged into their society in some fashion. 689 00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:48,200 NARRATOR: Could extraterrestrials 690 00:38:48,225 --> 00:38:51,468 who have been observing mankind for thousands of years 691 00:38:51,811 --> 00:38:53,338 have led us to this point 692 00:38:53,371 --> 00:38:55,306 because they desire not just 693 00:38:55,340 --> 00:38:57,344 that we achieve advanced technology 694 00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:01,281 but that we actually become the technology? 695 00:39:04,377 --> 00:39:08,064 And if humans are the creation of extraterrestrials, 696 00:39:08,111 --> 00:39:10,685 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 697 00:39:11,980 --> 00:39:13,964 might they have initially created us 698 00:39:13,989 --> 00:39:18,063 as biological entities in order to limit our lifespan 699 00:39:19,455 --> 00:39:21,985 until we are ready to become like them? 700 00:39:23,962 --> 00:39:25,617 There are very interesting things 701 00:39:25,642 --> 00:39:28,808 about how similar to a machine the body is. 702 00:39:29,235 --> 00:39:31,356 If you injure certain parts of the brain, 703 00:39:31,704 --> 00:39:33,853 the body breaks down, like a machine. 704 00:39:33,921 --> 00:39:36,457 You can injure a tendon or a joint, 705 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,605 and then that part of the machine doesn't function anymore. 706 00:39:39,743 --> 00:39:41,747 So we have to look at the possibility 707 00:39:42,164 --> 00:39:46,849 that life is not necessarily what we've considered it to be. 708 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:50,553 There is a possibility that if we create computers 709 00:39:50,587 --> 00:39:52,116 with enough complexity 710 00:39:52,288 --> 00:39:55,291 that consciousness could actually breathe life 711 00:39:55,762 --> 00:39:57,824 into that inanimate substance 712 00:39:58,096 --> 00:40:01,053 and you have a robotic consciousness 713 00:40:01,078 --> 00:40:04,747 that has become something we would think of as a person. 714 00:40:08,119 --> 00:40:10,524 HENRY: In ancient story after ancient story, 715 00:40:10,593 --> 00:40:13,766 we see references of extraterrestrials seeking 716 00:40:13,792 --> 00:40:17,074 to influence the human body, 717 00:40:17,617 --> 00:40:21,277 to augment it, especially with technology. 718 00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:26,224 With today's transhuman movement, you have to ask, 719 00:40:26,258 --> 00:40:30,124 is this possibly part of an extraterrestrial agenda 720 00:40:30,448 --> 00:40:34,801 to influence humankind through the implantation of technology 721 00:40:34,848 --> 00:40:36,202 with the human body? 722 00:40:36,235 --> 00:40:38,752 And, if so, what is the purpose? 723 00:40:38,989 --> 00:40:41,958 Is it to accelerate our abilities 724 00:40:42,055 --> 00:40:45,719 or is it an effort to control humanity? 725 00:40:46,153 --> 00:40:49,201 Ultimately, time will tell the answer to those questions. 726 00:40:50,964 --> 00:40:52,186 NARRATOR: Is it possible 727 00:40:52,218 --> 00:40:55,649 that otherworldly beings are leading mankind 728 00:40:55,744 --> 00:40:57,946 not only to evolve on Earth 729 00:40:58,057 --> 00:41:02,035 but ultimately to a destiny of joining them in the stars 730 00:41:02,477 --> 00:41:05,142 as nonbiological entities? 731 00:41:07,081 --> 00:41:10,734 And could it be that our increased reliance on computers, 732 00:41:11,362 --> 00:41:13,647 cell phones, the Internet, 733 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:16,273 and even synthetic body parts 734 00:41:16,742 --> 00:41:19,769 is part of a vast extraterrestrial plan, 735 00:41:22,129 --> 00:41:25,358 one that will see humans become more and more assimilated 736 00:41:26,185 --> 00:41:30,301 into the very technology we have grown so dependent upon? 737 00:41:32,357 --> 00:41:34,435 Perhaps mankind's destiny 738 00:41:34,576 --> 00:41:37,846 is not to have a close encounter with its ancestor 739 00:41:38,410 --> 00:41:40,901 but with our future selves. 740 00:41:42,068 --> 00:41:44,589 And perhaps when that day comes, 741 00:41:45,043 --> 00:41:47,416 human beings as we now know them 742 00:41:47,474 --> 00:41:49,713 will be thought of as little more 743 00:41:50,265 --> 00:41:52,413 than obsolete operating systems. 744 00:41:53,375 --> 00:41:57,975 Sync and corrected by minouhse www.addic7ed.com 745 00:41:58,025 --> 00:42:02,575 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 59076

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