Did Four AI robots kill 29 Japanese scientists inside a lab? Find Out the Facts...
Artificial Intelligence and robotic technology have undergone rapid technological development in the past decade. Within that background, there are a lot of social narrations and conspiracy theories targeting these fields of AI and robotic technology. Such conspiracy theories and social narrations spread rapidly throughout cyberspace, especially on social media. This is our investigation related to […]
Artificial Intelligence and robotic technology have undergone rapid technological development in the past decade. Within that background, there are a lot of social narrations and conspiracy theories targeting these fields of AI and robotic technology. Such conspiracy theories and social narrations spread rapidly throughout cyberspace, especially on social media. This is our investigation related to such a conspiracy theory post.
Social Media Posts
For years, a wave of social media posts was spread based on a video stating that four AI robots killed 29 Japanese scientists in a lab.
Links related to various videos being spread via Facebook based on a woman's speech that four AIs inside a Japanese lab killed 29 personnel.
Below is a video on YouTube as well.
Did four AI robots actually kill 29 scientists inside a lab in Japan? Let's look at the facts.
Fact Check
From keyword search, we tried to find any credible news report related to such an incident from Japan. However, any mainstream media in Japan nor any other international media have not reported any news about this.
After this, we searched for viral social media videos using Invid- WeVerify technology and found the woman who narrated this story in the viral video.
Journalist and conspiracy theorist Linda Moulton Howe told the story at the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles a few years ago. A video from the event went viral after it was circulated on social media. More details about it can be taken from here. Archived.
We searched for her full speech on YouTube or any video-sharing network. However, we were not able to find it.
The viral video was extracted from her one-hour-long presentation. The US-based fact-checking company, Snopes, reported her speech on AI and robots more comprehensively. Below is an extract from their investigation.
"On Saturday, August 26, 2017, not very long ago, I received a phone call from a whistle-blower in the Intel world I've known for about a year and a half. He is an honourably discharged marine, but he continues to work on contracts with the CIA, NSA, and DIA agencies. I always keep notebooks all over my house, my office, my car, and everywhere so that I can write down a phone call that I can't record or that I'm not in my studio to record.
So I wrote this down almost word for word.
At a top robotics company in Japan this week, four robots being developed for military applications killed 29 humans in the lab. And they did it by shooting what he called metal bullets. I didn't know there was any other kind.
The scariest part is that lab workers deactivated two of the robots and took apart the third, but the fourth began restoring itself and somehow connected to an orbiting satellite to download information about how it could rebuild itself even more strongly than before.
And this next sentence is a quote; I'm writing this down. I've been doing this for years.
This is serious shit, Linda. But you're going to have to hear about this in the news. The robotics company has too much to lose, and the government wants AI robot soldiers. Close quote.".
Snopes' article can be read here. Archived.
According to her speech, it's clear that she didn't reveal any details about the person who told this story to her, and the credibility of this story is very low, with zero evidence to prove it.
Linda Moulton Howe (born January 20, 1942) is an American citizen best known for her work as a ufologist and advocate of various conspiracy theories, including her investigation of cattle mutilations and the conclusion that extraterrestrials perform them. She is also noted for speculating that the U.S. government is working with aliens. More details about her can be taken from here. Archive.
According to the above explanation, it's clear that there is no tangible evidence to suggest that AI robots killed 29 scientists in a Japanese lab. The person who first said that story is a famous conspiracy theorist and ufologist, and she didn't give any proper evidence to prove this story, and hence we can't rely solely on her words.
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Conclusion
Our investigation revealed that the story of 29 scientists killed by four AI robots in Japan was most likely fabricated since there isn't any tangible evidence to prove the event's occurrence. Japanese media, as well as international media, have not reported such a story. The person who first told about this is a famous conspiracy theorist and ufologist, and the story should not be taken seriously.
Title:Four AI robots killed 29 Japanese scientists inside a lab ??.... Find Out the Facts.
Fact Check By: Kalana KrishanthaResult: False
