If the “Terminator” movies taught us anything, it’s that taking artificial intelligence too far is a dangerous, dangerous notion. One minute humanity is enjoying the concept of an incredibly advanced defense system by the name of Skynet, and the next, Arnold Schwarzenegger is demanding the clothes, boots, and motorcycle of an angry biker.

The relentless march of technology has had huge implications for the human race. In the medical field, life-saving procedures that would have been unimaginable just decades ago are now possible. The internet allows us to communicate with others all around the world — the exchange of thoughts, ideas, and silly pet videos on an unprecedented scale. As technology moves on, though, fields like robotics become increasingly impressive and terrifying. Will artificial intelligence eventually end the world as we know it? It’s a grim indictment, but some experts believe this might be the case.

As per How Stuff Works, Gordon Moore (one of the founders of Intel) devised the concept now known as Moore’s Law, which suggests that the processing power of a computer doubles around every 18 months. This notion is interpreted in various ways — sometimes it’s every 24 months, sometimes it’s the number of transistors in a piece of silicon rather than processing power directly. But it all points to one thing: Intelligent robots will, almost inevitably, reach a point where they’re as or more intelligent than the human brain. In fact, in 2017, HuffPost predicted that robots would be able to match us by 2025.

An intelligence that could be very, very real

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