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Rewrite of AI in myth and fiction
Beings created by man have existed in mythology long before their currently imagined embodiment in electronics (and to a lesser extent biochemistry). Some notable examples include: Golems, and Frankenstein. These, and our modern science fiction stories, enables us to imagine that the fundamental problems of perception, knowledge representation, common sense reasoning, and learning have been solved and let's us consider the technology's impact on society. With Artificial Intelligence's theorized potential equal to or greater than our own, the impact can range from service (R2D2), cooperation (Lt. Commander Data), and/or human enhancement (Ghost in the Shell) to our domination (With Folded Hands) or extermination (Terminator (series), The Matrix (series), Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining)). Given the negative consequences, ranging from fear of losing one's job to an AI, the clouding of our self image, to the extreme of the AI Apocalypse, it is not surprising the Frankenstein complex would be a common reaction. Subconsciously we demonstrate this same fear in the Uncanny Valley hypothesis. See AI and Society in fiction for more ...

With the capabilities of a human, a sentient AI can play any of the roles normally ascribed to humans in literature, such as protagonist (Bicentennial Man (film)), antagonist (Terminator, HAL 9000), faithful companion (R2D2), comical relief (C3PO). See Sentient AI in fiction ...

While most portrayals of AI in science fiction deal with sentient AIs, many imagined futures incorporate AI subsystems in their vision: such as self-navigating cars and speech recognition systems. See non-sentient AI in fiction for more ...

The inevitability of the integration of AI into human society is also argued by some science/futurist writers such as Kevin Warwick and Hans Moravec and the manga Ghost in the Shell

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Old AI in Fiction
In science fiction AI is often portrayed as an upcoming power trying to overthrow human authority, usually in the form of futuristic humanoid robots. Best known examples include the films The Terminator and The Matrix, as well as TV shows such as the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.

Another common theme is the suspicion and hatred by humanity for AIs and the AIs attempt to gain human acceptance. Films include Bicentennial Man, Artificial Intelligence: A.I. and The Iron Giant. This concept is also explored in the Uncanny Valley hypothesis.

Isaac Asimov wrote stories where engineers understood these potential problems and designed their robots accordingly. Positive examples of AIs include Robby from Forbidden Planet, R2D2, C3PO and Data (Star Trek). A negative example, the movie I, Robot is based on Asimov's stories in which an AI positronic brain develops "her" own radical understanding ot the "three laws of robotics." The book I, Robot does not take this view.

The inevitability of the integration of AI into human society is also argued by some science/futurist writers such as Kevin Warwick and Hans Moravec and the manga Ghost in the Shell