9 ways AI isn't going to be like Hollywood

Because AI gives us a window into our own souls by challenging us to consider what it means to be human, what it means to think, and what our place in the world is. It's a topic that's ripe for philosophical discussion, and hard-hitting directors such as Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, and Spike Jonze have all used it as a platform to explore what a world of AI looks like -- and what it might mean to live in it. There's also a long history of villainous AI, perhaps because those "just a machine" antagonists make human leads seem all the more heroic, or perhaps because science fiction has become increasingly dystopian over time. But while Hollywood gets some of it right, there's plenty of artistic license at work. Let's take a look at some of the things that Hollywood gets wrong about AI, and why.