The advance in robotics - Will we have to worry? - [Closes 24/05/07]

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The BBC has reported that roboticists are fearing the worst when robots are introduced into the public workforce.

Do you think we will have to worry about this in our life time or our children's life time and if so what can be done to stop it?

Please read the article before posting so that everyone understands what is going on and can debate any of the points in the article itself.

Link to article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6583893.stm

Happy debating!

[Ashhizzle]

One word,

i'Robot

[-:Undertaker:-]

Robots will NEVER take over on their own as they aren't clever, computers and robots can never be clever unless you put a human brain in it.

[---MAD---]

Robots will NEVER take over on their own as they aren't clever, computers and robots can never be clever unless you put a human brain in it.

Actually, if you read the article, you would have saw that they have made robots (from what I gathered) that decide when to change rooms for hovering and when to return back to their base to charge up. Thats quite significant if you think about it. Moving around room to room is one big thing itself, but deciding when to do it and when to stop hovering is another massive thing that they accomplished PLUS, deciding when they need to recharge and run to base? thats way advanced. Thats like us humans going to the kitchen to eat lunch etc .

[Ashhizzle]

Robots will NEVER take over on their own as they aren't clever, computers and robots can never be clever unless you put a human brain in it.

Robots are getting more and more human like by the day.

Asimo, the Honda robot can now run, and climb stairs. Among other things.

Soon they'll be better than us.

[Mentor]

Welll theres no risk in our life times, not becuse we couldnt build robots capable of doing the tasks, but becuse it would cost alot more to buy and maintain them , than to just employ a standard worker at minimum wage, so all the basic jobs on the shop floors etc, wont be going anyware, the same is true of the cleaning jobs.
Its only when you get to the better paying jobs which requre a good set of skills and usealy qualifcations useing robots would really become a benfit, although the added diffaculty would likely again put the robots capable out of a benifical price range.
So it would really be limited to a novelty thing rather than a practical one in most circumstances.

As the technolgy progresses, the prices of the technolgys will come down to the extent they likely will replace human workers on the more menial tasks, cleaning the toilets etc, the jobs most people dont really want to do anyway, which will basicly acceralte whats already happening, where the jobs are only there for the better educated work forces
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Just my 2 cents.

[sl4rtzzzz]

one word no

i could never see robots "turning" on humans... they are hardly clever

like i said i dont see it happening... "N0EZ iR0BOT IS TR00!11!" :rolleyes:

cleaning the toilets
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wouldnt they get electricuted ?

[Oni]

one word no

i could never see robots "turning" on humans... they are hardly clever

like i said i dont see it happening... "N0EZ iR0BOT IS TR00!11!" :rolleyes:



wouldnt they get electricuted ?

It is? Ahhhhhhhh

[Mentor]

one word no

i could never see robots "turning" on humans... they are hardly clever

like i said i dont see it happening... "N0EZ iR0BOT IS TR00!11!" :rolleyes:

Turning on people isnt really a problem, after all how ever automius a robot may appear, its still working within the limitations of its programming, if it does something wrong the problem is down to poor design.
A far more real problem comes with fears of robots takeing peoples job.

For now, truely autonomous robots is impossible , becuse robots are not made in a way that allows it, for a robot to be able to have true choices, understanding it would have to be completely unlike anything close to what robotics uses at the moment, currently its just an emulation of such things, an illusion.

wouldnt they get electricuted ?

Ever heard of water proofing?

[Dan2nd]

Welll theres no risk in our life times, not becuse we couldnt build robots capable of doing the tasks, but becuse it would cost alot more to buy and maintain them , than to just employ a standard worker at minimum wage, so all the basic jobs on the shop floors etc, wont be going anyware, the same is true of the cleaning jobs.
Its only when you get to the better paying jobs which requre a good set of skills and usealy qualifcations useing robots would really become a benfit, although the added diffaculty would likely again put the robots capable out of a benifical price range.
So it would really be limited to a novelty thing rather than a practical one in most circumstances.

As the technolgy progresses, the prices of the technolgys will come down to the extent they likely will replace human workers on the more menial tasks, cleaning the toilets etc, the jobs most people dont really want to do anyway, which will basicly acceralte whats already happening, where the jobs are only there for the better educated work forces
"/

Just my 2 cents.

Hello my name is C3PO welcome to McDonalds

one word no

i could never see robots "turning" on humans... they are hardly clever

like i said i dont see it happening... "N0EZ iR0BOT IS TR00!11!" :rolleyes:



wouldnt they get electricuted ?

You never know what if some terrorist dude like puts a virus in our Armed droids and hey turn on us and blow everything up. That would be awsome :8