![]() “My car thinks?” Michael Knight incredulously asks when introduced to his revamped superintelligent car, KITT.Īccording to the show, KITT uses “microprocessors” to not only take control of the vehicle as needed but also to detect the driver’s mood. The self-driving - and sentient - car in Knight Rider, known as KITT. Reel Science is an Inverse series that reveals the real (and fake) science behind your favorite movies and TV. In other words: could real self-driving cars actually become sentient? Inverse spoke with experts in AI technology to unpack the science behind this delightfully weird ‘80s action show. But is the portrayal of KITT on Knight Rider something more than science fiction concocted by Hollywood screenwriters? ![]() ![]() That show is none other than Knight Rider, a 1980s NBC TV show featuring former detective Michael Knight, who takes on bad guys with the help of a superpowered artificially intelligent car known as Knight 2000, or KITT.Īs a self-driving car, KITT beat out Elon Musk’s Tesla and other autonomous vehicles by decades - even if only on the small screen. Now, what if I told you that same show may have predicted a 21st-century technology that could revolutionize the world? Picture the corniest sci-fi ‘80s TV you can imagine: filled with cheesy one-liners, fast cars, a tough action hero, and retro technology that probably felt cool at the time but now seems incredibly dated. ![]()
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