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Hello all,

I am a avid fan of knight rider and have a BAS in cognitive computing and Artificial Intelligence so i figure i would mention a few things that COULD in theory, be contributing factors to the AI difference's

1.) Human interaction growth rate:

This tested method (all be it not on the scale of a "KITT" A.I.) Suggests that when a A.I is first implemented or "fathered" It will tend to be cold and calculating. Remember the goal of artificial intelligence is for it to grow and evolve into its own entity or personality. The original KITT had been worked on by several people which is implied in "knight of the phoenix" However The new KITT only had Its Creator to interact with. This persons personality was your a-typical scientist introvert. Were as for example "bonnie" was more bubbly and fun loving.

2.) The Singularity Effect:

Most of this information will be verbatim my text book and other sources

The technological singularity is a hypothesized point in the future variously characterized by the technological creation of self-improving intelligence, unprecedentedly rapid technological progress, or some combination of the two.
Statistician I. J. Good first wrote of an "intelligence explosion", suggesting that if machines could even slightly surpass human intellect, they could improve their own designs in ways unseen by their designers, and thus recursively augment themselves into far greater intelligences.

Potential dangers

Some speculate superhuman intelligences may have goals inconsistent with human survival and prosperity. AI researcher Hugo de Garis suggests AIs may simply eliminate the human race, and humans would be powerless to stop them. Other oft-cited dangers include those commonly associated with molecular nanotechnology and genetic engineering. These threats are major issues for both singularity advocates and critics.


Some AI researchers have made efforts to diminish what they view as potential dangers associated with the singularity. The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a nonprofit research institute for the study and advancement of Friendly Artificial Intelligence, a method proposed by SIAI research fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky for ensuring the stability and safety of AIs that experience Good's "intelligence explosion". AI researcher Bill Hibbard also addresses issues of AI safety and morality in his book Super-Intelligent Machines.


I know your asking "How the heck does that fit in with knight rider?" If you look back at the old series. The original KITT was approaching its singularity point and at times, Was able to understand and do things That sometimes surpassed His human companions understanding. In Short : Give the new KITT time to evolve

Also another Subject worth Noting. Modern hardware cannot accommodate Higher levels of A.I like the "KITTS" the key point there is quantum computing. The first quantum computer was created last year. I recommend looking it up and seeing what they had it do. its really interesting!

This is interesting you brought this point up. I get into AI research as a hobby and own a robot (i-Que) and hope to own more robots (after I get myself a car first). I think that humans are inherently insistent on control which is why they fear a takeover. They feared this with computers. Look how much computing has grown. Did it take over the world? Technically yes (a good majority of what we do today is in some way is run in some way by a computer). But not anywhere NEAR in the way we had first anticipated.

Take a look at how humans treat animals, children, and those of even their own kind that are different from themselves in social or cultural order. Always having an intense need for dominion over what is perceived as lesser or something that they think will get better than themselves. So they try to restrict it so THEY are still #1, still in control.

I am holding out (hopefully not false) hope that human evolution will rise beyond this. We are evolving. Into what many don't know. I do think AI will take over the world, but nowhere near in the way that people are perceiving it to right now. I think the takeover, if there ever is such a thing, will be much the same way as we have with computers. I think the correct word isn't "takeover" but "integration". It will become a part of our lives, our culture, etc. (if we willingly allow it to) as much as computers. I know some folks who do not have computers. Some rarely to never even watch TV. There'll always be "true humans" (i.e. those not augmented or adapting their lifestyles to technology) and there'll always be metaphorical and other cyborgs (i.e. those who rely on technology, often attached as in cell phone, blackberry, etc. to live their everyday lives).

I remember when there were fears of robots taking away jobs. Robots are still around. So are jobs. The problem with the job loss isn't robotics, but rather outsourcing work to humans in other countries willing to work for less.

Other interesting things to look into is Post Humanism, and Uncanny Valley Syndrome. There are I'm sure a ton of other social and ethical discussions and research being done on how technology of any kind affects the human race as a whole. It IS a very interesting subject.

I think if anything, AI will show us how we really are. AI often makes people think of these social and ethical issues in ways they may not have before. Maybe the fear isn't AI taking over the world so much as what we might find we actually are, and are becoming.