Will Artificial Intelligence Kill Us All?

Science-fiction is filled with stories of robots gone mad, and striking back at humans. Will AI ever develop sentience? And, if it does, will our own species pay the price?

By Roy Huff and James Maynard

Are you ready for Skynet? How about the Holodeck-meets-Skynet universe of Westworld (returning March 15 to HBO)? What about synths destroying the colonies of Mars as seen in Picard? With so much fiction bleeding apocalyptic images of artificial intelligence (AI) gone wrong, we’ll take a look at some possible scenarios of what could…