简介： TheBBC'sHorizonprogrammebeganin1964,andsincethenhasproducedfilmslookingatcomputertechnologyandtheemergenceof'artificialintelligence'.
Ourdreamsalwaysbeginwithideologyandoptimism,onlyforthisoptimismtobereplacedwithsuspicionthatAImachineswilltakeover.However,astheHorizonarchiveshows,throughouteachdecadeoncewehavelearnttolivewiththenewemergingtechnologyofthetime,thepatternbeginsagain.Webecomeoncemoreoptimistic,beforebecomingfearfulofit.ThedreamfordecadeshadbeenforacomputerwithAItobeembeddedwithinahumanoidrobot,butjustasscientistsbegantoperfectmachineswiththesequalities,somethinghappenednobodyexpected.
Today,AIsystemspowerourdailylivesthroughsmarttechnology.WearecurrentlyexperiencingaleveloffearaboutthepowerofAI,butwillweenterthenextdecadeoptimisticaboutallthatAIcandeliver-orfearfulofitsabilitytocontrolvastareasofourlives?
