As far as AI has come in the last few years there are still a few things that machines can't do as well as humans. However, all of that might soon change as OpenAI and Meta are both reported to be on the brink of releasing AIs capable of reasoning and planning. Leaders of both companies suggest that the latest versions of their AI models are coming soon and will be a lot more powerful. According to their reports, ChatGPT-5 and Llama-3 will not just generate text but start to do something that looks a lot more like thinking. Joelle Pineau, vice-president of AI research at Meta says: 'We are hard at work in figuring out how to get these models not just to talk, but actually to reason, to plan... to have memory.'

From Terminator to Ex Machina, machines overthrowing their human creators is a staple of science fiction. But the robot uprising could be closer than you think, as Elon Musk warns AI will surpass the abilities of humanity by the end of next year. Speaking in an interview on X, the Tesla CEO claimed that AI would become more intelligent than the smartest human within two years. And, within five years, Musk even predicts that'sentient' AIs will outnumber humans. However, humanity might have a chance as Musk also claims that a shortage in advanced chips and electricity could hold back AI's development.

Our society has interpreted the sudden, dizzying rise of this new chatbot generation through the pop cultural lens of our youth. With it comes the sense that the straightforward "robots will kill us all" stories were prescient (or at least accurately captured the current vibe), and that there was a staggering naivete in the more forgiving "AI civil rights" narratives--famously epitomized by Star Trek's Commander Data, an android who fought to be treated the same as his organic Starfleet colleagues. Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard, defending Data in a trial to prove his sapience, thundered, "Your honor, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life: Well, there it sits! But far from being a relic of a bygone, more optimistic age, the AI civil rights narrative is more relevant than ever. It just needs to be understood in its proper context.

However, a macrotrend like AI adoption can create economic winners and losers. Measuring the labor impact of tech innovation wouldn't be as straightforward as counting job losses--research from Berkeley found job quality, rather than quantity, may decline. And in 2020, the World Economic Forum warned that with technological changes (and the pandemic), inequality will grow larger--unless we decide to do something about it.

With the excitement of every technological advancement comes a wave of fear and uncertainty. We've seen this scenario play out repeatedly since the Industrial Revolution as people wrestled with the impact of new technology on their lives and work. Today we see that fear bubble up in the wake of every AI breakthrough. Despite huge progress in recent years, AI is still in its early days and with that comes a level of uncertainty. This uncertainty is only compounded when glitches arise or expectations outweigh reality, which leads to misunderstanding and anxiety.

When you read the word'robot', what comes into your mind? Most people think of a'metal man', a large humanoid figure with a square head, rather like the Tin Man in the film The Wizard of Oz or R2D2 in Star Wars. But if you ask people whether they have come across a robot in their own lives, they will usually describe a robot vacuum cleaner, or lawnmower. Successful robots keep it simple. Robots lawnmowers and vacuum cleaners are really not amazingly intelligent.

Sci-fi is a large and interesting genre for anyone who gets curious about what the future may hold. From flying cars to dystopian corporations, nothing is outside its range. RELATED: 10 2000s Sci-Fi Masterpieces You've Probably Never Seen There are tons of robot movies, B-grade schlock-fests like Chopping Mall, and big budget productions like Blade Runner: 2049. There's no such thing as an objective film rating, but IMDb is great for getting a consensus from the public. Let's see what they have to tell us about robots!

Dr Ian Pearson, an ex-cybernetics engineer, says our species risks a future "robot uprising". The futurologist said manufacturers who do not follow guidelines risk leaving robots to turn against us. He told Daily Star Online: "Military robots obviously would be able to kill people, but only a few. "To be an existential threat, there would need to be many millions of them that have become a threat without anyone noticing, and that seems unlikely. "Although again, it assumes a modicum of intelligence in regulation. "Robots plus online AI is a different threat.

With the excitement of every technological advancement comes a wave of fear and uncertainty. We've seen this scenario play out repeatedly since the Industrial Revolution as people wrestled with the impact of new technology on their lives and work. Today we see that fear bubble up in the wake of every AI breakthrough. Despite huge progress in recent years, AI is still in its early days and with that comes a level of uncertainty. This uncertainty is only compounded when glitches arise or expectations outweigh reality, which leads to misunderstanding and anxiety. All of this shows that, to some degree, we find ourselves caught up in a dangerous and unnecessary hype cycle.

Vadim Berman is director of engineering at Aspect Software. He came to Aspect with the acquisition of LinguaSys in 2015. Vadim co-founded LinguaSys in 2010 and was the chief technology officer. He recently moved to Massachusetts from Melbourne, Australia. Give a journalist a buzzword and you've fed him for a day.