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NARRATOR:
Incredible strength.
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RICHARD RADER:
You had the creation
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of a superhuman that was
indestructible, invincible.
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NARRATOR:
Superior intelligence.
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MARK DICE: The ultimate goal
is to become an immortal god.
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And the ability to reproduce.
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DAVID WILCOCK:
You have a robotic consciousness
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that has become something
we would think of as a person.
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NARRATOR: But is this obsession
with creating counterfeit humans
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really pointing the way
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to mankind's future
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or to its past?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
Another civilization has done
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the same thing hundreds
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of thousands of years before us.
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NICK POPE:
We may be living in a universe
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where the real intelligences out there
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are robots.
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NARRATOR:
Since the dawn of civilization,
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mankind has credited its origins to gods
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and other visitors from the stars.
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What if it were true?
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Did extraterrestrial beings
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really help to shape our history?
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And if so, could there be a connection
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between aliens and robots?
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Kansai Science City, Japan.
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At the Advanced Telecommunications
Research Institute,
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Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro
and his team
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are developing a series of robots.
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Artificial humans
that are incredibly lifelike,
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both in their appearance
and in their facial gestures.
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NARRATOR: This robot...
Part of the Geminoid series...
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Is designed to look identical to its maker.
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But what separates it
from other robots of its type
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is the number of miniature
motors, called actuators,
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used to mimic human expression.
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While most use ten to 12,
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the latest Geminoids use over 50.
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NARRATOR:
The robot is programmed to mimic
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as closely as possible the movements
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a human makes while at rest.
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It responds spontaneously
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to being touched or when asked a question.
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It can also be remotely operated.
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NARRATOR: While the Geminoid
robots focus primarily
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on replicating facial expression,
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engineers at the University of Texas.
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Human Centered Robotics Lab
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have developed a robot named Dreamer
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that can perform
an equally impressive series
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of sophisticated body movements.
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We made Dreamer more humanlike through, uh,
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features and-and shapes and
kind of dimensions of a human.
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And at the same time making the
movements much more humanlike
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by understanding
and learning from the human.
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So one thing that makes unique
the movement of Dreamers
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is what we call the whole body control.
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NARRATOR: Although Dreamer's
torso rests on a wheeled base,
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a bipedal set of robotic legs
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are currently being developed
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which will make Dreamer
fully mobile within two years.
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SENTIS: Ultimately,
we want these machines
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to live 100 years unassisted.
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Without any supervision whatsoever.
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NARRATOR: By combining
the lifelike characteristics
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of androids like those
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developed by Hiroshi Ishiguro
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with the mobility of robots like Dreamer,
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scientists believe we might soon see a time
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when artificial humans
will be virtually identical
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to the real thing.
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SENTIS: We're gonna be able to
actually create very humanlike
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robotic systems to the point that
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they are nearly indistinguishable,
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both in movement and in morphology.
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STEVE FULLER:
You look at something like
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the sort of entities that were dealt with
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in the movie Blade Runner,
the kinds of Turing tests
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that were done there
to try to spot the androids.
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I think that in principle,
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we could have androids passing
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a sophisticated version of the Turing test
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that would force the machine
to think reflectively about
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its own consciousness, about its own past,
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about its own feelings,
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and I think that this
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should not be impossible
to do, and in which case
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we should count these beings as human.
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NARRATOR:
In the 21st century,
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robots are being programmed to do everything
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from performing surgery
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to driving a car.
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And humanoid robots are rapidly
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reaching a level of sophistication
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that was thought to exist
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only in science fiction.
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But what are the implications
of creating robots
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that are increasingly
intelligent and independent?
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In March of 2015,
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
was quoted as saying.
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"Computers are going
to take over from humans...
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the future is scary."
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Even Stephen Hawking
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and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk
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have predicted
that machines may soon surpass
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and ultimately replace humans.
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Many scientists and thinkers have postulated
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that ultimately machines
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are gonna take over the world.
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Computers are getting faster
and more powerful.
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Ultimately, we will design machines
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that themselves design
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even better machines.
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If it gets smarter than us,
we'd better watch out.
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NARRATOR: But while
conventional scientists
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ponder whether or not robots
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are destined to take over the earth,
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ancient astronaut theorists
are asking themselves
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quite a different question:
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Did this all happen before,
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perhaps thousands of years ago?
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Abydos, Egypt.
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Seven miles west of the Nile.
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Within this expansive archaeological site
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lies the ruins of the Osiris Hall,
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where thousands would gather to worship
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the god of the underworld.
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TSOUKALOS: In comparison
to many of the gods,
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Osiris is actually thought to have lived
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physically on Earth
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as one of Egypt's Pharaohs.
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He is often depicted
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with a winged disc of the sun.
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And while many scholars have suggested
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that this is nothing else
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but, uh, to worship the sun,
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that sun, as far as
the Egyptians were concerned,
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also had wings
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So in my opinion,
something else was depicted:
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an extraterrestrial event
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that in fact took place in real life.
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NARRATOR: Although most ancient
astronaut theorists believe
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that the Egyptian gods were, in reality,
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extraterrestrial visitors,
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there are many who wonder if Osiris
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was even made of flesh and blood.
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One of the most famous stories
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that go hand in hand with Osiris
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was that he was dismembered
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by his jealous brother, Seth.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
Seth went into a fury
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and tore his brother's dead body
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to shreds, tore it
into 14 pieces, had it scattered
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far and wide all over the kingdom.
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But Isis, the loyal wife,
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and found the pieces and pulled it together.
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TSOUKALOS:
Isis succeeded
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in resurrecting him.
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Now, when I hear a story like that,
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that a being is dismembered
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and then somebody puts together those pieces
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and then they are able
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I have to ask the question:
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is it possible that Osiris was not
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some type of biological entity,
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but perhaps he was some type
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of a machine or a robot?
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
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perhaps the strongest evidence that Osiris
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may have been a robot can be found
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in the ancient Pyramid Texts,
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which describe the symbol of the Djed Pillar
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as Osiris' spine.
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WILLIAM HENRY:
Osiris in his resurrected form
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was portrayed as a pillar
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that clearly resembles
a modern-day Tesla coil.
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The Djed Pillar
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TSOUKALOS:
In this one carving at Abydos,
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it is as if Isis has her hand
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inserted into Osiris's back.
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And so perhaps it illustrates
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how she was manipulating Osiris.
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Could it be that the story of Osiris
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is something completely different
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than what we have thought?
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that our ancestors
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encountered highly sophisticated
extraterrestrial robots
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in the ancient past?
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And if so, might there be
some tangible evidence?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes
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and believe the evidence was recovered
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deep beneath the sea
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and dates back more than 2,000 years.
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The Aegean Sea.
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April, 1900.
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Just 230 feet off the coast
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of the small island of Antikythera,
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sponge divers discover an ancient shipwreck
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150 feet beneath the surface.
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Over the next two years,
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artifacts are recovered from the wreckage
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and among them are the remains
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of a coral-encrusted metal box
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that dates back to the second century BC.
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It is the oldest mechanical
computer ever found,
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predating artifacts of similar complexity
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by 1,500 years.
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So you have this small little box
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with dozens of cogwheels
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on the inside,
and it has been determined that
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that analog computer was used
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to predict astronomical events.
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And so it was the first computer
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that has ever been created by mankind.
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CHILDRESS: The American scientists who
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actually said that discovering
the Antikythera device
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was like finding a jet plane
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in the tomb of King Tut.
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It was so amazing to them.
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They had never, ever conceived
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that the ancient Greeks, at 200 BC,
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would have had the knowledge
of mechanical devices like this.
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That's completely changed the
way we perceive ancient history.
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NARRATOR:
While excavation teams
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have still not determined for
certain the origin of the ship
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on which the Antikythera
mechanism was found,
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the leading candidate
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According to some contemporary accounts,
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Rhodes was once home to what,
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would be considered high technology.
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In the fifth century BC,
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the poet Pindar wrote that Rhodes
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was once adorned with statues
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like living, moving creatures.
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TSOUKALOS: He wrote that they
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and so the question then arises:
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well, if you have a lifeless object first
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and then all of a sudden somebody
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could it be that we have references
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to some type of machines?
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Where did the people of Rhodes
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get the knowledge of how to create
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these moving statues 2,500 years ago?
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I believe that it is just what Pindar said,
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which is, they got it from the gods.
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Well, who are these gods?
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The gods are real people,
they're extraterrestrials
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who had this technology,
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And now when we see
the Antikythera mechanism,
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there's something you can put your hands on
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that shows that they had the capability
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to do advanced machine work.
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It's 1,500 years too early, at least.
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The point is, that technology really exists,
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and from a technology like that,
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going to robotics is not too much further.
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And extraterrestrials
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that capability for the time.
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If you believe what this legend
says on face value.
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NARRATOR: Could the Antikythera
mechanism be proof
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that the ancient Greeks had technology
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far in advance of the times
in which they lived?
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And might this be evidence
that there really were
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functioning robots on the island of Rhodes?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes
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and claim there is also evidence
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that advanced robots existed
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300 miles to the north
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on another Greek island: Lemnos.
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Here lie the ruins of Hephaistia,
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one of the most important cities in Greece.
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It is named for the Greek god of metallurgy,
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Hephaestus, who was said to have fallen here
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from the sky and actually existed
on Earth alongside humans.
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RADER: He's described in his workshop as
being surrounded by automated robots.
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He flips on the machines
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and they bustle around,
doing all the sort of...
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the hard busywork for him.
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NARRATOR: One of Hephaestus' most famous
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and amazing creations was Talos,
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a giant man made of bronze
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who protected the island of Crete.
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Talos was able to observe
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all of the ships approaching Crete
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and hurl stones at those ships.
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And he was able to release this heat,
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and thus incinerating any boat
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or anything that would come close to him.
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So is it possible that Talos
was some type of a machine
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or a robot?
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NARRATOR: Greece isn't the only
place where ancient stories
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can be found about inanimate objects
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that appear to come to life.
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The Jewish Talmud describes a clay figure
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called the Golem
that could be brought to life
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by inserting a spell into its mouth.
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In India, an ancient Sanskrit text
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called the Lokapannatti
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tells of spirit movement machines
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as far back as the fifth century BC.
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And the Chinese text the Liezi
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describes a humanoid robot
being presented to King Mu
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as far back as 3,000 years ago.
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YOUNG: There are stories
from many cultures
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from all over the planet
of people who have either
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created other humans or machines
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that were very much like humans.
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NARRATOR: But if sophisticated
robots really did exist
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in the ancient world,
what function did they serve?
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Who built them?
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And perhaps more importantly,
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what happened to them?
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On March 24, 2015,
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the Mars rover called Opportunity
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reaches the west rim of the
14-mile wide Endeavor crater.
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It is searching for minerals
and other evidence
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that might prove
that life once existed here.
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It is one of several
remote-controlled robots that,
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for more than a decade,
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have provided NASA
with invaluable information
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about our closest alien planet.
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Well, NASA has successfully
controlled robots over,
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you know, crazy distances.
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They would execute the plan
here on the ground, then they
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would upload those instructions
to the robot on Mars.
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NARRATOR: Another NASA robot...
The humanoid Robonaut 2...
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Works on the International Space Station.
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And in development
is the so-called
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super robot, Valkyrie,
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which is designed to set up habitats
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and pave the way
for humans on other planets.
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When humans go out into space, uh,
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it's very difficult and
dangerous and time-consuming.
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It's far easier to send robots,
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and if that's what we do,
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that's sure as heck what
extraterrestrials are gonna be doing.
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NARRATOR: But just as we
are employing robots today
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to gather information
and minimize risk to human life,
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could similar cybernetic technologies
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have existed in the ancient past?
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Could stories like that of Osiris,
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Talos, and the Golem be true?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes
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and believe that the proof
can not only be found
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in the past, but right here in the present.
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NARRATOR:
Norway.
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November, 2014.
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Scientists from the University of Oslo
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work on a new breakthrough in robotics,
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creating robots that are able to adapt
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and continue functioning
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even after losing a limb.
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The robots also know how to create new limbs
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with the use of a 3-D printer
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and reapply them,
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effectively repairing themselves
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without the aid of a human being.
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This new technology
is the first step in achieving
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what Hungarian scientist
John Von Neumann envisioned
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back in the 1940s:
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self-replicating robots.
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John Von Neumann was, uh, a mathematician
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that had an idea about
self-replicating machines,
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where you send out a seed machine
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and that machine will seek out raw materials
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to construct a copy of itself,
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and then that will then send that
machine out to replicate itself.
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POPE:
So one become two,
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two become four, and eventually these things
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would be able to explore the entire cosmos.
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Now, one theory is that
extraterrestrial civilizations
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would build space probes like that,
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and that would be the quickest way
to explore the entire universe.
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FULLER:
The interesting question
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is going to be the extent to which
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part of that
self-replicationing includes
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the memories and the learning
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that the first generation
of robots engage with.
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So you'd want to make the robots
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as open to new experiences as we are
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but at the same time be able also to pass on
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the experiences from any given generation
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to the next generation
through self-replication.
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So I think that this could be
a very important way,
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in terms of space travel, to go.
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I mean, I think
the more interesting question,
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from the standpoint of ourselves
as human beings,
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is the extent to which
we remain part of that process.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible that we
could create self-aware robots
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that are completely autonomous
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and send them off to explore
the universe unassisted?
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And might these robots be able
to self-replicate endlessly,
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using materials found on distant planets?
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Ancient astronaut theorists propose
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that extraterrestrial beings
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may have already achieved this technology.
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It is entirely possible
that an advanced civilization...
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I'm saying far more advanced
than we are on Earth...
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Could actually develop this technology
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of self-replicating machines
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and then could send
artificially intelligent robots
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out into space as sentinels
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that scan a much vaster area
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than that civilization itself
could go to with manned probes.
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It's something that probably
is already very widely in use
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by a variety of
extraterrestrial civilizations.
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HENRY:
The Von Neumann machines are
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an awesome idea that is
reflected in ancient stories
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of extraterrestrials coming to Earth.
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In the ancient Egyptian tradition, we
learn of these formless light beings
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that emerged from what they describe
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as the Island of the Egg
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and create civilization.
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It suggests that they're utilizing
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some kind
of self-replicating robot
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that has the ability
to utilize genetic forms,
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perhaps imported from the home planet,
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that can then be manifested on a new planet,
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in our case, Earth.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that evidence
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of self-replicating robots
can be found
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in ancient historical and religious texts,
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such as those concerning ancient Egypt?
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And, if so, is mankind today
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merely tapping into knowledge
that was available on Earth
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thousands of years ago,
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knowledge that might have been brought here
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by extraterrestrial space travelers?
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According to some
ancient astronaut theorists,
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the concept
that extraterrestrial life-forms
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may have first visited the earth
as machines or robots
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is not only likely but logical
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and can even help to explain
a series of alien encounters
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that have been reported
as recently as the 20th century,
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encounters with robot visitors
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that might otherwise
be referred to as the Greys.
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NARRATOR:
May 9, 2001.
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The National Press Club,
Washington, D.C.
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During a media conference
for the Disclosure Project,
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former Army Sergeant Clifford Stone
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makes a stunning announcement:
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he claims that for more than two decades
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he was part of a top secret
military operations unit
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tasked with recovering
extraterrestrial technology
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for the United States government.
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I was involved in situations
where we actually did recoveries
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of cra... of crashed saucers,
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for lack of a better term, debris thereof.
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There were bodies that were involved
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with some of these crashes.
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Also, some were alive.
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While we were doing all this,
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we were telling the American
public there was nothing to it.
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We were telling the world
there was nothing to it.
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One of the things
that Clifford Stone talked about
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was a program called Project Moon Dust.
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Now, Project Moon Dust was
a legitimate military program,
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and it was designed to recover things
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like Soviet space satellites.
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The small number of documents on Moon Dust
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that have surfaced through
the Freedom of Information Act
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talk about how it wasn't
just Soviet spacecraft...
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It was also UFOs.
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Actually uses the term "UFOs"
in the document.
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NARRATOR:
According to Stone,
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he was the first to respond
to 12 UFO crashes.
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But it wasn't until the day
after the press conference,
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during a closed session with
Stone and members of Congress,
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that he revealed something
even more shocking
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about his firsthand accounts
with alien entities.
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I met him the very next day, on May 10,
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in the closed executive/VIP summary briefing
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for members of Congress.
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One of the things
that Sergeant Stone talked about
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was the nature of the so-called
Grey extraterrestrials.
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He said that there were some very strange
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biological anomalies about them
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that make them look almost
as if they are some sort
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of biological robot.
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They seem to have very few, if
any, organ systems in the body.
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And yet these beings appear
to be able to walk around
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and think and function.
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Sergeant Clifford Stone got so emotional
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about what he was talking about
in front of these congressmen
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that he literally broke down in
tears and walked off the stage.
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LINDA MOULTON HOWE: I spent
several different times with him
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at his home,
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looking at documents
and listening to him tell
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his own extraordinary experience
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of having some sort of an encounter
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with something that would fall
in the category,
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from his point of view,
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of being in the android
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or hybrid area.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the so-called Greys
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reported by alleged alien abductees
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are really robots being controlled
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from beyond our planet?
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In 2014, the online magazine
Motherboard posted an article
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in which a handful
of philosophers and astronomers
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speculated that the dominant
life-form in the cosmos
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is probably superintelligent robots.
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And according
to ancient astronaut theorists,
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the notion is not as far-fetched
as it seems,
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especially when one considers
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that Hiroshi Ishiguro's Geminoid robots
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are designed to transmit a human presence
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from thousands of miles away.
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Similarly designed to operate
from a remote distance
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is the Dreamer robot created
by the University of Texas
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and also NASA's latest robotic
space traveler,
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Valkyrie.
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RADFORD:
What we envision in the future
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is more of a supervised autonomy,
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where you're giving the robot
high-level instructions
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and the robot's autonomous enough
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00:28:55,459 --> 00:28:57,242
to interpret
those high-level instructions
520
00:28:57,266 --> 00:28:59,245
and then carry out a portion of its mission.
521
00:29:00,543 --> 00:29:02,378
HOWE:
If you have androids,
522
00:29:02,410 --> 00:29:05,854
something else with great intelligence
523
00:29:05,879 --> 00:29:07,906
has to have made them
524
00:29:08,033 --> 00:29:10,945
to come here to work on this planet.
525
00:29:13,511 --> 00:29:16,691
NARRATOR: But while some ancient
astronaut theorists believe
526
00:29:16,785 --> 00:29:18,394
the Greys could be surrogates
527
00:29:18,427 --> 00:29:22,335
controlled by alien entities
from far, far away,
528
00:29:23,238 --> 00:29:27,613
others suggest the truth
is even more incredible.
529
00:29:30,651 --> 00:29:32,721
People often describe the Greys
530
00:29:32,746 --> 00:29:35,760
as featureless, emotionless creatures.
531
00:29:38,557 --> 00:29:41,618
Could it be that they're all
effectively from the same mold?
532
00:29:41,815 --> 00:29:43,274
Maybe they are
533
00:29:43,299 --> 00:29:47,291
Von Neumann self-replicating
machines themselves.
534
00:29:47,328 --> 00:29:49,926
The interesting thing about this theory
535
00:29:49,970 --> 00:29:54,363
is that people often say that
the purpose of the abductions
536
00:29:54,598 --> 00:29:57,455
is to harvest genetic material.
537
00:29:58,019 --> 00:29:59,770
Well, if these Greys
538
00:29:59,802 --> 00:30:02,185
are actually
self-replicating robots,
539
00:30:02,225 --> 00:30:03,539
what they might be doing
540
00:30:03,571 --> 00:30:06,592
is actually getting
genetic material from humans
541
00:30:06,670 --> 00:30:09,235
to construct more copies of themselves.
542
00:30:12,603 --> 00:30:14,738
NARRATOR: When Clifford Stone
made the statement
543
00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:19,373
that Grey aliens might not be
entirely biological entities,
544
00:30:20,014 --> 00:30:22,740
as part of his argument, he cited the fact
545
00:30:22,834 --> 00:30:25,552
that they have
a cookie-cutter quality to them.
546
00:30:27,678 --> 00:30:31,533
Does his testimony suggest that
the extraterrestrial entities
547
00:30:31,567 --> 00:30:35,271
that are visiting the earth
are not only part mechanical
548
00:30:35,303 --> 00:30:39,276
and synthetic but also part biological?
549
00:30:40,699 --> 00:30:44,348
Or do they really represent alien creatures
550
00:30:44,379 --> 00:30:48,426
that are part machine and part human?
551
00:30:49,845 --> 00:30:52,040
NARRATOR:
September 2003.
552
00:30:52,602 --> 00:30:55,656
Clemson University, South Carolina.
553
00:30:56,376 --> 00:30:59,531
Dr. Thomas Boland files
the first patent
554
00:30:59,641 --> 00:31:03,125
for inkjet 3-D printing
of viable cells.
555
00:31:03,836 --> 00:31:07,250
Already a multibillion dollar industry,
556
00:31:07,391 --> 00:31:11,435
this process involves
placing biological materials
557
00:31:11,527 --> 00:31:13,591
into modified ink cartridges
558
00:31:13,779 --> 00:31:15,997
and printing onto bio paper
559
00:31:16,154 --> 00:31:18,265
made of soy and collagen.
560
00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:23,038
What we see is little petri dishes with
a culture medium like agar in them.
561
00:31:23,093 --> 00:31:25,185
And then you have
a little nozzle that comes over
562
00:31:25,210 --> 00:31:28,952
and spray-paints these
little hexagons onto the agar.
563
00:31:29,139 --> 00:31:32,966
And within only a few minutes,
they start growing cells,
564
00:31:32,991 --> 00:31:35,783
and they become these brown spots,
565
00:31:35,808 --> 00:31:38,635
which are the beginnings of human livers.
566
00:31:40,355 --> 00:31:42,673
RADFORD: Dr. Boland has
some very interesting research
567
00:31:42,698 --> 00:31:45,901
looking at printing cell tissue.
568
00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:48,915
I think that opens up
some very interesting ideas,
569
00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:53,375
um, about how
to bio-manufacture things.
570
00:31:53,547 --> 00:31:56,647
At some point, it'll have application
in the field of robotics,
571
00:31:56,672 --> 00:32:00,461
especially as we start combining devices,
572
00:32:00,544 --> 00:32:02,434
uh, with the human body.
573
00:32:05,886 --> 00:32:08,587
NARRATOR: Many believe
this is the first step
574
00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:12,620
in constructing engineered human organs.
575
00:32:12,878 --> 00:32:16,114
Ultimately, the goal is to do the same
576
00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:18,997
for every other part of the human body.
577
00:32:19,536 --> 00:32:22,433
But there is a movement to go much further
578
00:32:22,458 --> 00:32:25,528
in merging biology with technology.
579
00:32:25,661 --> 00:32:28,562
It is called transhumanism.
580
00:32:29,776 --> 00:32:32,227
The ultimate goal of the transhumanists
581
00:32:32,252 --> 00:32:34,649
is to become an immortal god.
582
00:32:35,627 --> 00:32:37,672
And, literally, these people believe
583
00:32:37,712 --> 00:32:42,142
that they will merge with
technology and become cyborgs.
584
00:32:42,923 --> 00:32:46,641
They believe that they will
unlock the immortality
585
00:32:46,666 --> 00:32:50,124
anti-aging systems encoded
into the human race
586
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:53,358
and that that will be
the supposed final evolution
587
00:32:53,383 --> 00:32:57,555
of human beings as they ascend into godhood.
588
00:32:58,344 --> 00:33:01,154
Transhumanists generally acknowledge
589
00:33:01,179 --> 00:33:04,476
that human beings are the
products of biological evolution
590
00:33:04,570 --> 00:33:06,830
but we've now reached a stage
in our development
591
00:33:06,922 --> 00:33:10,006
where there's an open question
about where we should go.
592
00:33:10,292 --> 00:33:13,026
On the one hand, our biological background
593
00:33:13,060 --> 00:33:16,152
could be taken as a kind
of platform to go forward,
594
00:33:16,214 --> 00:33:18,520
manipulating genes in various ways.
595
00:33:18,732 --> 00:33:21,968
But on the other hand,
we might think about ourselves
596
00:33:22,002 --> 00:33:26,016
merging more directly
with silicon-based technologies.
597
00:33:27,290 --> 00:33:29,744
DICE: We see the rollout
of these head-mounted displays
598
00:33:29,776 --> 00:33:31,063
like Google Glass,
599
00:33:31,088 --> 00:33:34,229
where people are now wearing
a computer on their head.
600
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,830
The Apple Watch now is sort of
merging man with machine, and,
601
00:33:40,059 --> 00:33:42,895
instead of sitting down at a computer now,
602
00:33:42,965 --> 00:33:45,465
people are just wearing their computer.
603
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,305
Uh, we see artificial hearts,
we see, uh, pacemakers.
604
00:33:49,330 --> 00:33:51,831
These are sort of the early precursors
605
00:33:51,866 --> 00:33:55,193
to this transhumanist transformation.
606
00:33:57,167 --> 00:33:59,935
There certainly is a merging
607
00:34:00,029 --> 00:34:01,908
between technology and biology,
608
00:34:01,942 --> 00:34:04,095
and we are experiencing it right now.
609
00:34:08,816 --> 00:34:12,753
NARRATOR: Some experts believe
that by the year 2050,
610
00:34:12,980 --> 00:34:16,590
scientists and engineers will have unlocked
611
00:34:16,715 --> 00:34:18,826
the secrets of immortality
612
00:34:19,253 --> 00:34:22,175
through the production of artificial organs
613
00:34:22,277 --> 00:34:24,844
and silicone-based structures.
614
00:34:25,457 --> 00:34:27,835
Ancient astronaut theorists suggest
615
00:34:27,957 --> 00:34:31,151
that considering the fact
that we are experimenting
616
00:34:31,176 --> 00:34:33,077
with transhumanism today,
617
00:34:33,607 --> 00:34:37,592
it is very possible a more
advanced extraterrestrial race
618
00:34:37,811 --> 00:34:41,961
has already achieved similar
technological advancements.
619
00:34:44,030 --> 00:34:47,343
A civilization millions of years
older than us
620
00:34:47,694 --> 00:34:51,288
could have actually evolved
much beyond the baby steps
621
00:34:51,313 --> 00:34:52,926
that we're taking right now.
622
00:34:54,278 --> 00:34:55,732
TSOUKALOS:
If we are doing this,
623
00:34:55,757 --> 00:34:58,505
is it possible that another civilization
624
00:34:58,581 --> 00:35:00,416
has done the same thing
625
00:35:00,753 --> 00:35:04,313
but perhaps thousands,
if not hundreds of thousands,
626
00:35:04,337 --> 00:35:06,306
of years before us?
627
00:35:06,853 --> 00:35:10,741
When we look at some of these
ancient texts that we have,
628
00:35:11,452 --> 00:35:14,138
we're always talking
about ancient astronauts
629
00:35:14,248 --> 00:35:15,862
that came to visit us.
630
00:35:16,206 --> 00:35:19,642
But what if we were visited by machines?
631
00:35:20,311 --> 00:35:23,064
And so the idea then arises:
632
00:35:23,908 --> 00:35:28,590
will we ourselves be able to become cyborgs?
633
00:35:30,627 --> 00:35:32,792
WILCOCK: It's possible
that other civilizations
634
00:35:32,824 --> 00:35:36,161
may have decided they would be
able to essentially live
635
00:35:36,195 --> 00:35:37,578
indefinitely this way.
636
00:35:38,199 --> 00:35:41,993
And the more that we look
at the way in which technology
637
00:35:42,063 --> 00:35:44,461
and biology are fusing together,
638
00:35:45,170 --> 00:35:48,682
the more that we can confront the notion
639
00:35:48,759 --> 00:35:52,130
that, with the advancements
of computer power,
640
00:35:52,312 --> 00:35:54,281
we could have sentient beings
641
00:35:54,314 --> 00:35:56,848
that are significantly more advanced.
642
00:35:58,961 --> 00:36:00,161
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
643
00:36:00,185 --> 00:36:04,123
that extraterrestrials have not
merely sent intelligent robots
644
00:36:04,156 --> 00:36:05,950
to Earth in their place
645
00:36:06,429 --> 00:36:09,661
but that they themselves
have actually evolved
646
00:36:09,769 --> 00:36:12,420
beyond biological bodies?
647
00:36:12,830 --> 00:36:14,107
And, if so,
648
00:36:14,132 --> 00:36:18,308
what might this mean for
the future of the human race?
649
00:36:25,059 --> 00:36:28,161
NARRATOR:
February 8, 1957.
650
00:36:28,456 --> 00:36:30,201
Washington, D.C.
651
00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:33,558
At Walter Reed General Hospital,
652
00:36:33,770 --> 00:36:36,533
Hungarian scientist John Von Neumann,
653
00:36:36,815 --> 00:36:38,951
the man who came up with the idea
654
00:36:38,983 --> 00:36:40,733
for self-replicating robots,
655
00:36:41,041 --> 00:36:43,784
dies at the age of 53.
656
00:36:45,812 --> 00:36:47,293
At the time of his death,
657
00:36:47,326 --> 00:36:51,433
he was working on a manuscript
titled The Computer and the Brain.
658
00:36:53,438 --> 00:36:57,466
At only 82 pages,
the text was far from finished,
659
00:36:58,537 --> 00:36:59,918
but some have proposed
660
00:36:59,943 --> 00:37:02,902
that Von Neumann was exploring
the possibility
661
00:37:02,927 --> 00:37:07,234
of reproducing a human mind
entirely on a computer.
662
00:37:08,792 --> 00:37:11,550
For transhumanists, this opens the door
663
00:37:11,575 --> 00:37:15,074
for what many consider one
of the most radical innovations,
664
00:37:15,607 --> 00:37:17,788
mind uploading.
665
00:37:18,341 --> 00:37:19,941
DICE:
Companies have actually built
666
00:37:19,966 --> 00:37:21,793
what are called neural interfaces,
667
00:37:21,826 --> 00:37:25,817
where they have wired computers
into people's brains.
668
00:37:26,706 --> 00:37:29,246
They believe that they can map
the entire human brain
669
00:37:29,271 --> 00:37:31,185
and all of the data that's stored in it
670
00:37:31,210 --> 00:37:32,975
and then replicate it
671
00:37:33,068 --> 00:37:37,171
into an artificial intelligent
silicone-based system,
672
00:37:37,234 --> 00:37:40,444
where it can then be stored
and essentially never die.
673
00:37:44,460 --> 00:37:49,589
NARRATOR: Is it possible that an entirely
nonbiological being could have sentience?
674
00:37:51,301 --> 00:37:54,848
And if extraterrestrials
have been visiting Earth
675
00:37:54,919 --> 00:37:56,588
for thousands of years,
676
00:37:57,035 --> 00:37:58,530
might it be more likely
677
00:37:58,563 --> 00:38:02,008
that they are actually fully robotic beings?
678
00:38:05,060 --> 00:38:06,959
POPE:
Biological entities
679
00:38:06,990 --> 00:38:09,108
may actually be a rarity in the cosmos.
680
00:38:09,141 --> 00:38:12,092
We may be largely living in a universe
681
00:38:12,178 --> 00:38:14,501
where the real intelligences
out there...
682
00:38:14,532 --> 00:38:17,384
And perhaps coming down here...
Are robots.
683
00:38:20,266 --> 00:38:22,390
WILCOCK:
There are some who believe
684
00:38:22,415 --> 00:38:26,588
that machines may have already
achieved a level of intelligence
685
00:38:26,651 --> 00:38:28,728
vastly in excess of our own
686
00:38:29,049 --> 00:38:32,130
and that they may be giving us
a trail of bread crumbs
687
00:38:32,885 --> 00:38:35,088
to help us rebuild the technology
688
00:38:35,174 --> 00:38:38,255
that would get us to become enough like them
689
00:38:38,579 --> 00:38:42,408
that we could eventually be merged
into their society in some fashion.
690
00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:48,200
NARRATOR:
Could extraterrestrials
691
00:38:48,225 --> 00:38:51,468
who have been observing mankind
for thousands of years
692
00:38:51,811 --> 00:38:53,338
have led us to this point
693
00:38:53,371 --> 00:38:55,306
because they desire not just
694
00:38:55,340 --> 00:38:57,344
that we achieve advanced technology
695
00:38:58,369 --> 00:39:01,281
but that we actually become the technology?
696
00:39:04,377 --> 00:39:08,064
And if humans are the creation
of extraterrestrials,
697
00:39:08,111 --> 00:39:10,685
as ancient astronaut theorists suggest,
698
00:39:11,980 --> 00:39:13,964
might they have initially created us
699
00:39:13,989 --> 00:39:18,063
as biological entities in order
to limit our lifespan
700
00:39:19,455 --> 00:39:21,985
until we are ready to become like them?
701
00:39:23,962 --> 00:39:25,617
There are very interesting things
702
00:39:25,642 --> 00:39:28,808
about how similar to a machine the body is.
703
00:39:29,235 --> 00:39:31,356
If you injure certain parts of the brain,
704
00:39:31,704 --> 00:39:33,853
the body breaks down, like a machine.
705
00:39:33,921 --> 00:39:36,457
You can injure a tendon or a joint,
706
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,605
and then that part of the machine
doesn't function anymore.
707
00:39:39,743 --> 00:39:41,747
So we have to look at the possibility
708
00:39:42,164 --> 00:39:46,849
that life is not necessarily
what we've considered it to be.
709
00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:50,553
There is a possibility
that if we create computers
710
00:39:50,587 --> 00:39:52,116
with enough complexity
711
00:39:52,288 --> 00:39:55,291
that consciousness
could actually breathe life
712
00:39:55,762 --> 00:39:57,824
into that inanimate substance
713
00:39:58,096 --> 00:40:01,053
and you have a robotic consciousness
714
00:40:01,078 --> 00:40:04,747
that has become something
we would think of as a person.
715
00:40:08,119 --> 00:40:10,524
HENRY: In ancient story
after ancient story,
716
00:40:10,593 --> 00:40:13,766
we see references
of extraterrestrials seeking
717
00:40:13,792 --> 00:40:17,074
to influence the human body,
718
00:40:17,617 --> 00:40:21,277
to augment it, especially with technology.
719
00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:26,224
With today's transhuman
movement, you have to ask,
720
00:40:26,258 --> 00:40:30,124
is this possibly part
of an extraterrestrial agenda
721
00:40:30,448 --> 00:40:34,801
to influence humankind through
the implantation of technology
722
00:40:34,848 --> 00:40:36,202
with the human body?
723
00:40:36,235 --> 00:40:38,752
And, if so, what is the purpose?
724
00:40:38,989 --> 00:40:41,958
Is it to accelerate our abilities
725
00:40:42,055 --> 00:40:45,719
or is it an effort to control humanity?
726
00:40:46,153 --> 00:40:49,201
Ultimately, time will tell
the answer to those questions.
727
00:40:50,964 --> 00:40:52,186
NARRATOR:
Is it possible
728
00:40:52,218 --> 00:40:55,649
that otherworldly beings are leading mankind
729
00:40:55,744 --> 00:40:57,946
not only to evolve on Earth
730
00:40:58,057 --> 00:41:02,035
but ultimately to a destiny
of joining them in the stars
731
00:41:02,477 --> 00:41:05,142
as nonbiological entities?
732
00:41:07,081 --> 00:41:10,734
And could it be that our
increased reliance on computers,
733
00:41:11,362 --> 00:41:13,647
cell phones, the Internet,
734
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:16,273
and even synthetic body parts
735
00:41:16,742 --> 00:41:19,769
is part of a vast extraterrestrial plan,
736
00:41:22,129 --> 00:41:25,358
one that will see humans become
more and more assimilated
737
00:41:26,185 --> 00:41:30,301
into the very technology
we have grown so dependent upon?
738
00:41:32,357 --> 00:41:34,435
Perhaps mankind's destiny
739
00:41:34,576 --> 00:41:37,846
is not to have a close encounter
with its ancestor
740
00:41:38,410 --> 00:41:40,901
but with our future selves.
741
00:41:42,068 --> 00:41:44,589
And perhaps when that day comes,
742
00:41:45,043 --> 00:41:47,416
human beings as we now know them
743
00:41:47,474 --> 00:41:49,713
will be thought of as little more
744
00:41:50,265 --> 00:41:52,413
than obsolete operating systems.
745
00:41:53,375 --> 00:41:57,975
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00:41:58,305 --> 00:42:04,262
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