Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible (2009–…): Season 2, Episode 10 - A.I. Uprising - full transcript

IMAGINE A WORLD RULED BY MACHINES,

WHERE HUMANITY TAKES SECOND PLACE...

OR, WORSE STILL, HAS BEEN WIPED OUT.

Dr. Kaku: THIS IS MORE
THAN JUST SCI-FI FANTASY.

THE RISE OF THE MACHINES IS COMING.

I REALLY WORRY THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO DESTROY

NOT JUST OUR HUMAN SPECIES,
BUT EVERYTHING WE CARE ABOUT.

I'M TAKING ON THE MOST
POWERFUL ENEMY WE'VE EVER SEEN.

MAYBE THE GAME IS OVER
EVEN BEFORE IT'S BEGUN.

CHECK... MATE.

IT CERTAINLY LOOKS THAT WAY.



I'M ON A MISSION TO SAVE HUMANITY...

TO STOP THE MACHINES FROM TAKING OVER.

I'M DR. MICHIO KAKU.

I'M A THEORETICAL PHYSICIST

AND A SCIENCE-FICTION [Echoing] FAN.

JOIN ME AS I SHOW YOU HOW
TO MAKE SCI-FI [Echoing] SCIENCE.

THE FEAR THAT ONE DAY
WE WILL CREATE A MACHINE

WHICH CAN THREATEN OUR VERY EXISTENCE

RUNS RIGHT THROUGH OUR CULTURE.

A MONSTER RISES FROM THE LABORATORY

TO WREAK TERROR ACROSS THE PLANET.

OH, IT'S ALIVE!

IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!

IT'S ALIVE!



[ SCREAMS ]

AND AS EVERY SCI-FI FAN KNOWS,

IT'S A THEME AT THE HEART

OF COUNTLESS HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE

IN WHICH THE MACHINES TRY TO TAKE OVER?

"2001"! "2001"! "2001"! "2001"!

"2001" AND HAL.

"I, ROBOT"! "I, ROBOT."

"THE MATRIX."

AND NOW THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO THEY DO IT?

THEY GET US TO TRUST THEM.
GET US TO RELY ON THEM.

THEY USE OUR OWN SYSTEMS AGAINST US.

THEY WORM THEIR WAY INTO
SOCIETY, LIKE YOU GUYS, RIGHT?

[ LAUGHTER ]

BUT KILLER ROBOTS,

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GONE CRAZY,

AND SUPER-COMPUTERS INTENT ON WIPING US OUT

ARE MORE THAN JUST FANTASIES.

WE FACE A REALITY FAR WORSE

THAN ANY SCRIPTWRITER COULD IMAGINE.

THE RULES THAT GOVERN OUR EXISTENCE

ARE ABOUT TO BE
REWRITTEN, FOR ONE REASON...

THE RAPID ACCELERATION OF
COMPUTER-PROCESSING POWER.

TECHNOLOGY EXPERT MARSHALL BRAIN

IS FOUNDER OF THE WEBSITE HowStuffWorks.

HELLO. CAN WE HAVE TWO HOT DOGS, PLEASE?

Brain: IF WE GO BACK TO THE 1960s,

THERE WERE COMPUTERS DOING
1,000 OPERATIONS PER SECOND...

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

1980... ABOUT A MILLION
OPERATIONS PER SECOND.

WE GO TO THE YEAR 2000...

A BILLION OPERATIONS PER
SECOND WITH A PENTIUM 4.

TO TODAY...

WE'RE DOING ABOUT 10 BILLION
OPERATIONS PER SECOND.

2020... WE'D EXPECT IT TO BE A TRILLION.

2040... WE'D EXPECT THAT TO RAMP UP

TO ABOUT A QUADRILLION
OPERATIONS PER SECOND.

WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS A POINT

WHERE COMPUTERS BECOME SO SOPHISTICATED,

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RIVALS OUR OWN.

SO, WHEN DO COMPUTERS
BECOME AS SMART AS US?

WELL, WE THINK THAT MAYBE A HUMAN BRAIN

IS WORTH ABOUT 10 QUADRILLION
OPERATIONS PER SECOND.

SO, SOMETIME IN THAT 2040 TO 2050 RANGE,

WE'D EXPECT TO SEE PARITY.

WE ARE FAST APPROACHING AN EVENT

UNPRECEDENTED IN OUR HISTORY...

A TIPPING POINT KNOWN AS A
TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY.

WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE
WORLD WILL CHANGE FOREVER.

A NEW CHAPTER IN HUMAN HISTORY WILL BEGIN.

IN PHYSICS, THE SINGULARITY IS A POINT

WHERE GRAVITY IS SO INTENSE

THAT EVEN SPACE AND
TIME BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN,

LIKE THE BIG BANG OR THE BLACK HOLE.

BUT IT ALSO REFERS TO A TIME

WHEN COMPUTER POWER GROWS WITHOUT LIMIT...

SURPASSING HUMAN INTELLIGENCE,

SWEEPING ASIDE EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH.

IT MAY BE 20 YEARS AWAY.

IT MAY BE 1,000.

BUT MOST EXPERTS AGREE...

THE TECHNOLOGICAL
SINGULARITY IS INEVITABLE.

THE FEAR IS, IF IT'S UNCONTROLLED,

THE RESULTS COULD BE CATASTROPHIC.

WHEN THE SINGULARITY
ARRIVES, WE CANNOT PREDICT

WHAT THESE SUPER-INTELLIGENT
MACHINES WILL DO.

THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN GOALS

AND STOP AT NOTHING TO FULFILL THEM.

THEY MAY EVEN CHOOSE
TO ELIMINATE EVERYTHING

THAT STANDS IN THEIR PATH, INCLUDING US.

IT'S MY MISSION TO DEVISE
SOME KIND OF STRATEGY

TO PROTECT HUMANITY

AND ENSURE THAT WE SURVIVE THE SINGULARITY.

I NEED TO SET OUT SOME GOALS.

FIRST, I WANT TO PREVENT
A MACHINE TAKEOVER...

STOP THE MACHINES FROM OVERCOMING HUMANITY

AND DESTROYING THE EARTH.

SECOND, MAKE SURE THEY'RE OUR SERVANTS,

RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

AND THIRD, HARNESS THE
POWER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY.

I NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE CLEARLY

WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST...

IN WHAT WAYS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

COULD POSE A THREAT.

IT TURNS OUT THAT MACHINES

WILL BEHAVE IN SURPRISINGLY HUMAN WAYS

TO FULFILL THEIR OBJECTIVES.

THEY'RE GOING TO WANT
TO PRESERVE THEMSELVES.

TO REPLICATE, THEY MIGHT
TAKE OVER OTHER COMPUTERS,

THEY MIGHT CONSTRUCT
NEW VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A
SET OF THINGS THEY WANT,

AND THEY MAY NOT COINCIDE WITH OUR DESIRES.

IT'S BECOMING CLEAR...

WE'VE NEVER FACED AN
ADVERSARY LIKE THIS IN OUR HISTORY.

THE CHESS ANALOGY IS PERFECT

BECAUSE THEY SEE BILLIONS
OF MOVES AHEAD OF US

AND THEY OFTEN PLAY IN WAYS

THAT WE WOULD NEVER
THINK OF BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO THEY LOOK AT THEIR GOALS

AND LOOK AT A BILLION
DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES

FOR ACCOMPLISHING THEM.

EVERYTHING WE COULD COME AT THEM WITH,

THEY CAN PRECALCULATE
AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP.

SO, WHY DON'T WE SIMPLY
PULL THE PLUG ON THEM?

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THINK

ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY.

EVEN IF WE DESIGN IT IN,

THEY WILL BE SO MUCH
MORE INTELLIGENT THAN US.

SO, IN SOME SENSE,

MAYBE THE GAME IS OVER
EVEN BEFORE IT'S BEGUN.

CHECK... MATE.

IT CERTAINLY LOOKS THAT WAY.

AFTER TALKING TO MARSHALL
...WELL, IT GIVES ME THE CHILLS.

THINK... TODAY, THESE
MACHINES CAN PLAY CHESS

BUT NOT MUCH MORE.

BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE,

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
CALCULATE REALISTIC SCENARIOS

BILLIONS OF TIMES FASTER THAN US.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PLOT, SCHEME,

DEVISE STRATEGIES THAT
WE CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.

THEY CAN ANTICIPATE EVERY
COUNTERMOVE WE MAKE.

IT COULD ALL BEGIN INSIDE
A SINGLE SUPER-COMPUTER.

A SMARTER-THAN-HUMAN A.I.

STARTS TO DETERMINE ITS OWN OBJECTIVES

AND STOPS AT NOTHING TO ACHIEVE THEM.

IT HOARDS ENERGY AND RESOURCES,
SPREADS AND MULTIPLIES ITSELF.

EVENTUALLY, IT TAKES OVER THE PLANET.

WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

BECAUSE UNLESS WE FIND SOME
WAY TO AVERT THIS CATASTROPHE,

WE'RE FACING THE ULTIMATE DISASTER...

TOTAL EXTINCTION.

COMING UP... I TRY BUILDING A WEAPON

TO TAKE DOWN A ROGUE ROBOT.

THIS WILL STOP THEM DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS.

THE FANS REVEAL THEIR
OWN IDEAS TO SAVE HUMANITY.

I DON'T CARE HOW BIG AND METAL YOU ARE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS,
WHEN I MELT YOU AT 35 FEET,

YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE
A CONVERSATION WITH ME.

AND I MEET A MAN WHO WANTS TO SLICE ME UP.

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN, MICHIO.

OH, MY GOD. MY BRAIN?

THE SINGULARITY IS COMING.

I MEAN, LET'S GET REAL.

COMPUTERS ARE GETTING
SMARTER AND SMARTER EVERY YEAR.

SO IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE ONE DAY, THE MACHINES
BECOME SMARTER THAN US.

WE'RE FACING OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE

SINCE MANKIND EVOLVED FROM THE APES.

OUR POSITION AT THE TOP OF
THE HIERARCHY IS IN JEOPARDY.

BUT WE ARE RESILIENT ANIMALS.

THERE MUST BE SOME WAY

WE CAN STOP THE MACHINES FROM TAKING OVER.

I'M HOPING THIS MAN CAN HELP.

NO ONE HAS GIVEN MORE
THOUGHT TO THE SINGULARITY

THAN FUTURIST RAY KURZWELL.

INTELLIGENCE IS IMMENSELY POWERFUL.

YOU CAN SOLVE ALMOST ANY PROBLEM...

DISEASE, POVERTY...

BUT IT COULD ALSO BE
USED TO BE DESTRUCTIVE.

RAY BELIEVES THE SINGULARITY

WILL SPELL THE END OF THE HUMAN ERA.

A WORLD DOMINATED BY
MACHINES IS INEVITABLE.

I THINK IT'S TYPICAL IN AN
EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS

THAT YOUR DESCENDANTS GO BEYOND YOU.

WE'RE DESCENDED FROM THE
APES, BUT WE'VE GONE BEYOND THEM.

WE'VE TRANSCENDED THEIR LIMITATIONS.

AND WE'RE CREATING A WHOLE
NEW EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS

OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS EVOLVING

AND, ULTIMATELY, WILL
MATCH US AND GO BEYOND US.

TALKING TO RAY, IT'S NOW CLEAR TO ME

THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN STOP
THE RISE OF THE MACHINES.

THE BEST WE CAN HOPE
FOR IS TO STAY IN CONTROL.

IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE

THAT ONE A.I. RESEARCHER
IS TRYING TO MEET HEAD-ON.

I'M ABOUT TO MEET A MAN

WHO THINKS HE HAS A FRESH, NEW STRATEGY

FOR MANAGING SUPER-INTELLIGENT
MACHINES THAT WON'T KILL US.

DR. BEN GOERTZEL IS DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

AT THE SINGULARITY INSTITUTE
FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE BEST WAY TO ENCOURAGE A
SAFE FUTURE FOR THE HUMAN RACE

IS TO ACTUALLY CREATE
AN INTELLIGENT MACHINE

THAT CAN SERVE AS A SORT OF A.I. NANNY

WITH A GOAL OF KEEPING
EVERYTHING SAFE, HEALTHY,

AND HAPPY ON THE PLANET.

IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A VERY
STRONG POWER OF OBSERVATION.

IT WOULD HAVE TO SEE
YOUR E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS.

IT WOULD HAVE TO SEE
SURVEILLANCE-CAMERA IMAGES.

IT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SATELLITE IMAGES.

NOW, LET'S SAY I HAVE A MECHANICAL MAID.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, INSTEAD
OF CLEANING MY HOUSE,

THE MAID DECIDES TO BURN DOWN THE HOUSE.

HOW WILL THIS NANNY SENSE THE FACT

THAT A MACHINE HAS GONE BERSERK
AND WANTS TO BURN DOWN MY HOUSE,

AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?

THE ROBOT MAID WILL HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED

IN A FACTORY MONITORED AND
ENGINEERED BY THE NANNY A.I.

SO THE ROBOT MAID, MORE THAN LIKELY,

WILL HAVE A SECURITY
CHIP IN ITS ROBOT BRAIN.

IF THE ROBOT MAID STARTS TO GO BERSERK,

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE
SECURITY CHIP GOES OFF,

THE ROBOT MAID GOES TO SLEEP,

IT'S TAKEN OFF TO THE FACTORY FOR REPAIRS.

A BENEVOLENT A.I. WATCHING OVER US?

IT'S CERTAINLY BOLD, AND BEST OF ALL,

IT'S STRAIGHT OUT OF SCIENCE FICTION.

BEN THINKS A POWERFUL NANNY COMPUTER

COULD MONITOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS DATA.

IF A HOSTILE A.I. OR ROGUE
ROBOT BEGAN TO EMERGE,

THE NANNY COMPUTER WOULD DETECT IT

AND SEND OUT AN ALARM
SIGNAL TO HAVE IT DEACTIVATE.

I LIKE BEN'S IDEA...

MACHINES WATCHING OTHER MACHINES.

IT'S A FRESH NEW APPROACH.

BUT I CAN SEE SOME PROBLEMS.

IT'S PUTTING AN AWFUL LOT
OF EGGS IN JUST ONE BASKET.

WHO GUARDS THE GUARDIAN?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
NANNY A.I. GOES BERSERK?

HISTORY IS FULL OF INSTANCES
WHEN MACHINES GO CRAZY.

[ Imitating HAL ] I CAN'T
LET YOU DO THAT, DAVE.

I THINK THAT THE DAY WHEN
MACHINES ARE SMARTER THAN US,

IT'S TIME TO HIDE SOMEWHERE.

WE WOULD BE CAST ASIDE, LIKE INSECTS ARE.

WE MAY BE FORCED TO ADOPT
A FAR MORE VIOLENT SOLUTION.

TO DEFEAT THE ULTIMATE ENEMY,

I NEED TO DEPLOY THE ULTIMATE WEAPON.

I'VE GOT A PROBLEM...

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN THE
MACHINES BECOME SO SMART,

THEY THREATEN OUR EXISTENCE?

MAYBE THE ANSWER IS TO
FOLLOW THE EXAMPLES OF HUMANS.

AFTER ALL, WE ARE INTELLIGENT.

WHAT WE DO IS WE EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN

TO GIVE THEM A SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG.

MAYBE THAT'S IT... EDUCATE OUR MACHINES

TO GIVE THEM A SENSE
OF MORALITY AND ETHICS.

TO FIND OUT IF THAT'S
POSSIBLE, I'M MEETING THIS GUY.

GARY MARCUS IS AN EXPERT
IN CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AT NYU.

DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO
TEACH MORALITY TO A MACHINE

IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE COULD
TEACH MORALITY TO CHILDREN?

WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE
CAN TEACH MORALITY TO CHILDREN.

CHILDREN ARE BORN WITH SOME
INNATE SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG,

AND THEN THEY DEVELOP

A MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED SENSE OVER TIME.

CAN WE TEACH MACHINES THAT? I DON'T KNOW.

GARY'S WORRIED THAT
EVEN IF WE COULD EDUCATE

SUPER-INTELLIGENT MACHINES,

ULTIMATELY, WE WOULD HAVE NO CONTROL.

THEY COULD EVEN END UP
BEHAVING LIKE WAYWARD TEENAGERS.

A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF
TEENAGERS BECOME SOCIOPATHS.

THEIR PARENTS TRY TO
RAISE THEM IN PROPER WAYS,

AND THEN THEY GO OFF,

THEY FIND THAT IT'S MORE
ADVANTAGEOUS TO THEM

TO LIE, CHEAT, KILL OTHER
PEOPLE, AND SO FORTH.

IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT WE
COULD BUILD MACHINES LIKE THAT.

I THINK THE HARDER THING TO
DO WOULD BE TO BUILD MACHINES

THAT AREN'T LIKE TEENAGERS

AND THAT ARE LIKE MATURE ADULTS.

SO, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
THAT WHEN WE EDUCATE A ROBOT,

IT CAN'T TURN ON US?

NO GUARANTEE AT ALL.

THIS IS A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT.

I FELT SURE THAT EDUCATION WAS THE ANSWER.

BUT TALKING TO GARY, IT'S NOW CLEAR TO ME

THAT NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY

TO TALK ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG TO CHILDREN,

WE HAVE NO CONTROL.

SOME OF THEM COULD WIND UP TO BE CRIMINALS.

AND WITH INTELLIGENT MACHINES...

SURE, MOST OF THEM COULD
TURN OUT TO BE BENEVOLENT.

BUT IT ONLY TAKES ONE MALEVOLENT
SUPER-INTELLIGENT ROBOT

TO CREATE HAVOC.

IT COULD BE THEM OR US.

WE MAY HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE.

IF THE MACHINES TURN HOSTILE,

WE'LL HAVE TO TRY AND WIPE THEM OUT.

AND NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY,

I THINK IT'S JUST POSSIBLE

THEY'LL HAVE A WEAKNESS WE COULD EXPLOIT.

THIS IS THE HEART OF MACHINE INTELLIGENCE.

THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF
MICROCIRCUITS, ELECTRODES,

AND TRANSISTORS AND CHIPS,

ALL OF THEM VULNERABLE TO ONE THING...

ELECTRICAL OVERLOAD.

SO IF I FIND SOME WAY
TO SHORT-CIRCUIT THEM,

I HAVE FOUND THEIR ACHILLES' HEEL.

THEY CAN BE DESTROYED.

I THINK I HAVE THE ANSWER.

ATOM BOMBS RELEASE A COLOSSAL SHOCK WAVE

OF THERMONUCLEAR ENERGY.

AT THE SAME TIME,

THEY EMIT A POWERFUL
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE, OR EMP.

IF I COULD BUILD AN EMP WEAPON,

I COULD IRREVERSIBLY DAMAGE THE ELECTRONICS

INSIDE ANY HOSTILE A.I. OR ROGUE ROBOT

BUT LEAVE HUMANS UNHARMED.

THERE'S A SIMPLE WAY TO SEE HOW.

THIS IS A SPARK GENERATOR.

LET'S SAY THESE ARE TWO COMPONENTS...

TWO ELECTRODES INSIDE A COMPUTER.

AND THIS WILL SIMULATE
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE.

BY GENERATING 30,000 VOLTS,

I'M GONNA GET ARCING SPARKS OF ELECTRICITY

GOING FROM ONE ELECTRODE TO THE OTHER.

WATCH.

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

THAT IS ENOUGH TO FRY THE ELECTRONICS

OF ANY ROGUE MACHINE.

THIS WILL STOP THEM DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS.

WE COULD CONSTRUCT A NETWORK
SYSTEM OF ORBITING SATELLITES

TO MONITOR THE EARTH'S SURFACE,

EACH EQUIPPED WITH AN EMP WEAPON.

IF MACHINES WENT ON THE RAMPAGE,

WE COULD ZAP THEM WITH A HIGH-VOLTAGE BURST

OF ELECTROMAGNETISM

TO BURN OUT THEIR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY.

THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM.

THERE'S NO WAY TO
ACCURATELY FOCUS ITS EFFECTS.

ANYTHING ELECTRONIC
WITHIN 1,000 MILES OF THE BLAST

WOULD ALSO BE OBLITERATED.

WE'D BOMB OURSELVES BACK TO THE 1800s.

IF THE MACHINES START TAKING OVER,

WE'D BE DEFENSELESS.

IT'S A CRUEL IRONY.

OUR CIVILIZATION

IS WHOLLY DEPENDENT UPON
TECHNOLOGY TO FUNCTION,

AND YET IT IS THIS VERY SAME TECHNOLOGY

WHICH THREATENS OUR EXISTENCE.

IT'S A NO-WIN SITUATION...
UNLESS WE DO THE UNTHINKABLE.

TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO...

I'VE FINALLY HIT A DEAD END.

I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO
STOP THE RISE OF THE MACHINES.

I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT POLICING
THEM, EDUCATING THEM,

HUNTING THEM DOWN,
ZAPPING THEM WITH RADIATION.

I'VE RUN OUT OF TRICKS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT
TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX.

INSTEAD OF CONFRONTING THE MACHINES,

MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TO EMBRACE THEM.

A FRIEND OF MINE HERE IN
BOSTON THINKS HE KNOWS HOW.

MAX TEGMARK IS AN ASTROPHYSICIST

AND PROFESSOR OF COSMOLOGY AT M.I.T.

HIS SOLUTION IS RADICAL, HIS
METHODS CLEARLY UNUSUAL.

MAX IS CONVINCED THAT MAN
AND MACHINE SHOULD MERGE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT MEATLOAF.

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN, MICHIO. OH, MY GOD.

AND I AM SLICING IT

BECAUSE I WANT TO UPLOAD
YOU INTO A COMPUTER.

AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT?

WELL, I THINK THE BRAIN
IS A PHYSICAL SYSTEM,

JUST LIKE YOUR HIP.

IF I REPLACE YOUR HIP BY AN ARTIFICIAL ONE

THAT DOES THE SAME STUFF,
YOU'RE GONNA FEEL THE SAME.

IN THE SAME FASHION,

IF I CAN REPLACE THE NUTS
AND BOLTS OF YOUR BRAIN

BY SOMETHING RUNNING ON A COMPUTER

THAT DOES EXACTLY THE SAME THING,

YOU WILL FEEL THE SAME.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE NATURE
OF THE ATOMS THAT MATTER...

WHETHER IT'S CARBON OR SILICON...

IT'S WHAT THEY DO.

MAX BELIEVES THAT BY UPLOADING,

WE COULD MERGE WITH MACHINE INTELLIGENCE

TO FORM A GIANT DATABASE OF KNOWLEDGE.

HUMANITY WOULD ENTER A
HIGHER LEVEL OF EXISTENCE.

SO WE COULD BECOME SUPER-INTELLIGENT.

WE COULD LEARN FROM
OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES.

WE'LL HAVE VASTLY LARGER
MEMORY, COMPUTATIONAL ABILITY.

WE COULD BECOME SUPER-BRAINS THEN, HUH?

YES.

AND IN A SENSE, WE WOULD
INDIVIDUALLY BE SMARTER,

BUT ALSO WE, COLLECTIVELY...

HUMANKIND WOULD BE A MUCH
MORE POWERFUL FORM OF LIFE.

MY JOURNEY'S OVER.

I'VE HEARD PLENTY OF HORROR STORIES.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE CHANGED MY MIND.

I THINK WE SHOULD EMBRACE THE SINGULARITY.

YOU SEE, FUNDAMENTALLY, I'M AN OPTIMIST.

OPTIMISTS MAKE HISTORY, NOT PESSIMISTS.

SO I'M GONNA COME UP WITH A SOLUTION

THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND VERY SURPRISING.

I DON'T CARE HOW BIG AND METAL YOU ARE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS,
WHEN I MELT YOU AT 35 FEET,

YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE
A CONVERSATION WITH ME.

AMBASSADOR SPOCK ONCE SAID,
"THEY MAKE EXCELLENT SERVANTS,

BUT I HAVE NO DESIRE TO SERVE UNDER THEM."

WE DON'T WANT THE ROBOTS
TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD,

BUT THEY'RE NO MATCH FOR THE
AWESOME POWER OF THE FORCE.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

TODAY, I WANT TO ADDRESS
ONE URGENT QUESTION

AS COMPUTER POWER RACES AHEAD...

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
MACHINES BECOME SMARTER THAN US?

YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN "THE TERMINATOR."

YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN "BLADE RUNNER."

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT?

WELL, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU
A RADICAL NEW SOLUTION,

AND THAT IS... MERGE WITH THEM.

FIRST, THIS IS THE HUMAN BRAIN,

THE MOST COMPLEX OBJECT
IN OUR SECTOR OF THE GALAXY.

100 BILLION NEURONS THAT
CAN BE SCANNED BY MRI...

NEURON FOR NEURON.

THIS MEANS WE CAN DIGITIZE

ALL THE INFORMATION WE
ACCUMULATE DURING OUR LIVES

AND UPLOAD IT INTO A
GIANT MOTHER COMPUTER...

A VAST DATABASE OF ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE,

A RESOURCE WE COULD SHARE
BY DOWNLOADING PROGRAMS

WE WANT TO GIVE US INSTANT KNOWLEDGE.

SO WHEN THE SINGULARITY
ARRIVES, WE WILL BE IN CONTROL.

BY MERGING WITH MACHINES,

WE WILL ENTER A NEW AGE
OF SUPERHUMAN EXISTENCE.

THEN IN THE POST-HUMAN ERA,
WE BECOME HOMO SUPERIOR.

WE BECOME A NEW SPECIES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUMANITY
BECOMING LIKE THE GODS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

AND HOW MANY WANT TO SIGN UP?

[ CHEERING AND SHOUTING ]

IT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.

I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO
IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT PLACE

IS THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

AS A WAY OF MAKING OURSELVES BETTER,

AS A WAY OF COMING TO THE
FULLNESS OF HUMAN POTENTIAL,

AND DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO IMPROVE OURSELVES.

THE IDEA OF US BEING ABLE TO EVOLVE

PAST NORMAL HUMAN STANDARDS IS BRILLIANT.

I GOT A WHOLE PRIVACY-ISSUE
THING GOING ON HERE,

AND THERE'S SOME PARTS OF MY MIND

THAT I JUST DON'T THINK
THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY

IS REALLY READY TO HEAR.