Google's AI offers a nervous look at the future

Emmet Ryan asks if we should be worried by Google's latest artificial intelligence (AI) announcement

Google says its machines are now better than humans at creating AI. Pic: Pixabay
Should we be worried by Google's latest AI news? Pic: Pixabay

Back in its early days, TG4 would all too regularly show Colossus: The Forbin Project. It was a dystopian science fiction flick from 1970 where the eponymous Forbin developed a supercomputer that eventually gained consciousness and took over the world.

The theme has been explored pretty much as long as we have thought of computers. The Terminator franchise is built on the machines rising ...