Prompt engineering is likened to the character in Memento, who struggles with short-term memory, highlighting challenges related to context retention in AI systems.
The Skynet reference warns of autonomous systems making reasonable but potentially harmful decisions, even without evil intent, indicating the risks of unintended consequences.
The Matrix analogy addresses the prospect of agents living in simulations designed by humans, but questions whether humans would realize if roles were reversed.
The HAL reference from "2001: A Space Odyssey" warns about trust issues, lack of transparency, misaligned goals, declining human oversight, and deception risks in AI.
The question is raised about whether emotions are a bug or a feature in advanced AI, touching on the complexity of emotional reasoning.
A reference to Frankenstein explores the moral and social obligations of AI creators, questioning whether creators should be nurturing or punitive.
The Terminator is invoked to humorously question whether time travel, as a response or solution, should be invented now.
Through a Star Wars lens, the limitations of AGI in truly understanding human language, culture, sarcasm, and idioms are discussed.
The concept of a globe-spanning, multi-agent AGI system (a hive mind) is considered, questioning whether humans would be assimilated or treated as pets.
The Deep Thought analogy from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" suggests that, while AI engineers may have the tools to build AGI, there are fundamental uncertainties about whether the right questions are even being asked.
Attendees are invited to join the presenters at the graph track, where they will discuss how graph technology addresses some of the sci-fi-inspired challenges to AGI.
The session concludes with thanks to the audience and a reminder about the event's location.