A government report that supported a debate on granting human-like rights to super-intelligent robots in the near future as ‘a distraction’ is allegedly condemned by the scientists and other critics.
Scientists believe that before granting any rights to these super-intelligent robots, a detailed public debate should be called, over the use of robots by the military, police or as a supporter for the elderly and as sex toys.
Till now robots are regarded as carers and sex toys and this image will stay with them till the time any major development in the field of artificial intelligence comes in.
There is little possibility that robots will be as intelligent as humans are in the near future as till now artificial intelligence technology is still in its infancy and researchers still have to do a lot of work if they want to develop a robot whose intelligence is anywhere near to the human brain.
Any research that would make robots realize that they are much more powerful than humans will require a major technological breakthrough and we are still about many decades away from such a breakthrough and it should not be treated as anything more than science fiction. “It’s really premature I think to discuss robot rights,” said Owen Holland, a computer scientist and expert on machine consciousness at Essex University. “[This report] is certainly not based on science and it is not realistic.”
Noel Sharkey, a roboticist at the University of Sheffield who is a regular contributor to the BBC’s Robot Wars, agreed, but he said there were more immediate concerns. He further stated that:
In order to regard robots as highly intelligent machines they should be the one who should go to the battlefield in case of war and humans should be kept away from this, but till now this is not the case. Even if robots become more common in wars then also they will be used for different tasks such as surveillance.
Till now we have achieved enough technology to use robots as watch dogs and nothing more than that, researchers have also predicted that with subsequent research, robot scientists will be able to develop robots that can be used as carers for the elderly and as sex toys.
Although, we haven’t developed any super -intelligent robots yet, but we cannot deny its possibility in the near future. And if the dream (some might call it a nightmare) comes true, these robots might demand all the rights that nest with humans as they will be able to perform all the tasks that are done by us with same sanity.
I doubt people would like to share the space in their lives with these super-intelligent machines. What do you say?
http://www.robotster.org/entry/debate-on-robot-rights-heats-up-fear-looms-but-what-if-robots-rise/
Scientists believe that before granting any rights to these super-intelligent robots, a detailed public debate should be called, over the use of robots by the military, police or as a supporter for the elderly and as sex toys.
Till now robots are regarded as carers and sex toys and this image will stay with them till the time any major development in the field of artificial intelligence comes in.
There is little possibility that robots will be as intelligent as humans are in the near future as till now artificial intelligence technology is still in its infancy and researchers still have to do a lot of work if they want to develop a robot whose intelligence is anywhere near to the human brain.
Any research that would make robots realize that they are much more powerful than humans will require a major technological breakthrough and we are still about many decades away from such a breakthrough and it should not be treated as anything more than science fiction. “It’s really premature I think to discuss robot rights,” said Owen Holland, a computer scientist and expert on machine consciousness at Essex University. “[This report] is certainly not based on science and it is not realistic.”
Noel Sharkey, a roboticist at the University of Sheffield who is a regular contributor to the BBC’s Robot Wars, agreed, but he said there were more immediate concerns. He further stated that:
“The idea of machine consciousness and rights is ... a bit of a fairy tale as far as I’m concerned; my concern is about public safety. I think we need proper, informed, public debate about where we are going with robotics at the moment. We need to tell the public about what’s going on in robotics and ask them what they want.”Researchers from all over the world are busy developing more intelligent machines that can mimic human intelligence. Samsung has developed a robot border guard for the South Korean military that can shoot targets up to 500 meters away. They also stated that the robot is intelligent enough to shoot at pre-programmed basis, but still these machines require a program that has to be fed into it according to the mission, so we cannot regard them as truly intelligent machines.
In order to regard robots as highly intelligent machines they should be the one who should go to the battlefield in case of war and humans should be kept away from this, but till now this is not the case. Even if robots become more common in wars then also they will be used for different tasks such as surveillance.
Till now we have achieved enough technology to use robots as watch dogs and nothing more than that, researchers have also predicted that with subsequent research, robot scientists will be able to develop robots that can be used as carers for the elderly and as sex toys.
Although, we haven’t developed any super -intelligent robots yet, but we cannot deny its possibility in the near future. And if the dream (some might call it a nightmare) comes true, these robots might demand all the rights that nest with humans as they will be able to perform all the tasks that are done by us with same sanity.
I doubt people would like to share the space in their lives with these super-intelligent machines. What do you say?
http://www.robotster.org/entry/debate-on-robot-rights-heats-up-fear-looms-but-what-if-robots-rise/
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