Rise of the machines: artificial intelligence will take jobs, warn filmmakers

Here's the good news about artificial intelligence: the Terminator vision of the future, where smart machines turn on humanity, is unlikely. But here's the bad news: we could be heading for disaster anyway thanks to this revolutionary technology. That, at least, is the conclusion of the filmmakers behind Machine, who spent the past year researching the state of play in AI in the hope their documentary might provoke some serious thinking on the subject before it's too late. The documentary Machine ponders the ethical questions posed by the rise of artificial intelligence, including the nature of interactions between humans and sexbots.Credit:Finch "There's a lot of decisions we're making right now that will have ripple effects for decades to come," says Justin Krook, the director of the film. "In the whole history of humanity we've never had so much power at our disposal, and we only have one chance to get these decisions right. "People are worried about the robot apocalypse but that's not exactly the biggest threat we're facing here.