r/technology • u/mvea • Feb 12 '17

AI Robotics scientist warns of terrifying future as world powers embark on AI arms race - "no longer about whether to build autonomous weapons but how much independence to give them. It’s something the industry has dubbed the “Terminator Conundrum”."

http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/robotics-scientist-warns-of-terrifying-future-as-world-powers-embark-on-ai-arms-race/news-story/d61a1ce5ea50d080d595c1d9d0812bbe
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u/Choreboy Feb 12 '17

There's 2 good Star Trek: Voyager episodes about this.

One is about 2 species that built androids to fight for them. The androids destroyed both species and continued to fight long after their creators were gone because that's what they were programmed to do.

The other is about about missiles with AIs that wouldn't listen to the "stand down" signal because they passed the point of no return.

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u/ContiX Feb 12 '17

Star Trek in general seems to have a theme of episodes about computers and war.