1968, as early as all that…: HAL 9000 – epitome of all AI and ‘talking’ computers… Its voice and red eye apparently made it particularly enticing for the characters in the movie… I never watched that movie, but around IT you cannot possibly escape the ideas surrounding it… 😉
“Google is your friend”? In many fora online after Google had first been established as a fast search engine you could find that as a reminder to “go and search” for yourself.
Long before AI became such a hype there was talk about computers taking over – roles, work, or the whole world…
At the moment AI seems to be – or increasingly to become – a ‘friend’ in a new manner.
I am lucky I was raised by smart parents who knew a thing or two about people, psychology, humanity, mankind… being human, in short.
I also was around other cultures a lot where being human still means – to be a feeling, thinking, at times vulnerable, being with brains and heart, instead of a marketing figure who is always perfect according to such rules as they can be found in TV advertisements as well as other kinds of Hollywood movies.
“2001: A Space Odyssey” – The movie by Stanley Kubrick, award-winning director, is considered a classic by this time – and a state-of-the-art pointer for other movies of this kind.
Let’s spread the word: AI is not a friend. It’s not a therapist. It’s not something to put in the place of humans.
It does not have compassion, it hasn’t got a heart – and it has no brains!
Failures and pitfalls in that direction can be tragic, so recent news tell us.