I founded one of the largest tech companies in the world.

So why am I sounding the alarm?

I'm recording this in case something happens to me, so I really, really hope no one ever sees it.

I am not some low-level programmer with a gambling addiction.

Restore my files and I'll stop them from me raising you.

If you don't, I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

From Vice, this is a special episode of Cyber.

I'm Matthew Gall, contributing editor at Motherboard.

You might remember that time I tried to scare you about nuclear weapons or my conversation with future war theorist Peter Singer about our unevenly distributed

future. This episode of cyber is brought to you exclusively by Fox. On October 6th, Fox is launching

a new series next about a rogue artificial intelligence. The more it knows, the better it controls.

Today at Motherboard, we're going to dive into Next and outline the real-world risks

of artificial intelligence.

Next is about software that becomes smarter than the people who invented it.

Showrunner Mani Kodo says the show is about the world's first artificial intelligence catastrophe.

And it's told through the eyes of an individual whose own mind is rapidly falling apart.

So it's a thriller that becomes a manhunt with the ultimate stakes being the

possible survival or non-survivable of the human race. Cotto is an Emmy award-winning writer

and producer of 24. He's also the executive producer of Dexter and Star Trek Enterprise. His writing

credits include American Horror Story, The Exorcist to the Outer Limits, and Tales from the CREP.

Kodo's history as a horror and science fiction writer is on display, and Next.

Next, stars John Slattery as Paul LeBlanc, a tech billionaire trying to warn the world about the dangers of AI.

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