“What do you think you’re doing, Dave?” This iconic line from 2001: A Space Odyssey is spoken by one of the earliest on-screen concepts of artificial intelligence, HAL. In the movie, HAL takes over the spaceship and turns on the crew, making this also one of the earliest on-screen AI villains.

The global race to produce AI has caused some interesting developments in countries around the world. The world’s nations are certainly onboard with the rise of AI. As such, the international community has moved to embrace and employ AI. Major nations around the world have invested in research and development to advance AI.

As algorithms get exponentially more advanced, AI will become even more lifelike. But, the biggest gap between real and virtual is a hurdle almost impossible to imagine in a machine; can AI account for emotion and feelings? To date, one of the hardest things for AI to emulate is human emotion. AI robots shown at the Consumer Electronics Show still appear “off” when compared to humans. We already make synthetic models that look convincingly human. Remarkably lifelike and able to respond with intelligence and knowledge far exceeding one human’s capacity, they still ring false.