8 Ways Mass Effect Eerily Predicted The Future
2. Everyday A.I.
AI – alongside its stupider counterpart, VI (virtual intelligence) and general intelligence (GI), which is way smarter than both – litters the world of Mass Effect. And now it’s started littering ours, too.
We’re only two months in, and already AI is 2017’s buzzword. Companies are rapidly jumping on the artificial intelligence bandwagon, developing ideas like chat-bots and machines that can diagnose illnesses without human intervention. Then there’s Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking warning us about the perils of AI.
We’re basically living on the cusp of a sci-fi future, and it could go either way. But Mass Effect got there first (sort of).
Want to know about the Citadel? Ask holographic VI interface, Avina. Want to control a spacecraft through voice activation? Install the mega-smart computer EDI. Creating an army of semi-sentient slaves that will one day become self-aware and rise up against you?
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing… The Geth. Or, in our world: Amazon’s Alexa (or Siri, or Cortana, or that fridge that tells you when you need to buy more milk).