AI vs HS, czyli obawa przed kolejną detronizacją. O złośliwych sztucznych inteligencjach, które homo sapiens nękały

The article discusses representations of artificial intelligence (AI) in popular culture, mainly in the movies. The author focuses on AI turning against a man, seeking his extermination or enslavement. The paper investigates cinematic concepts of the birth of AI in the context of technological singularity. In these works which present maturing of AI we may observe that often its motives and aims which we assess as sinister are, in fact, the reaction to human actions. Emotional nature of AI and its irritating interactions with less intelligent and reasonable people has been revealed. The author discusses sources of genocidal plans, and separately examines tensions caused by AI representations in androids. In the light of the analysis, AI is a screen on which phantasms related to the tensions in the global risk society are projected. The anxiety of AI rebellion is an emanation of our loss and fear in technicized world. The popular culture conceals a worrisome fact that we are responsible for potential disaster.