Artificial Intelligence is more than ever featured on TV channels and newspapers, delivering ever more fears of the future of AI and associated robotics. When the topic arises, discussion tends to focus on the finer points and usefulness of AI but ultimately the dangers to humankind.
Only fairly recently has such a topic dominated discussions. From automated car manufacturing robots; robots that under instruction from humans locate and gather goods to be delivered.
Automatic, driverless autos, for example, weaving their way through traffic. What is not appreciated, is that however the technology is guarded from hacking, advances in technology will doubtless facilitate such possibilities.
Drones. Once thought of as excellent overhead videos for movies and general uses, are now extremely large and can launch rockets on territory. How long will it be before such technology is actually managed by robotic systems?
Technology is dominating our lives, from innocent communicating facilitating real face time, chatting with family, friends or business colleagues.
Many people work from home and become remote from colleagues.
Face to face engagement is essential. But forgotten. Sitting around a table discussing myriad issues cannot be replaced by technology. However, that is the way things are going.
What of the human brain? Memories; sight, scent, taste, audible recollection, instantly brought to the forefront.
Nerves with synapses at each end release acytalcholine, a neurotransmitter compound that occurs throughout the nervous system, in which its function is to connect one nerve to another. Such a process will be faster (at least in the preset day) than robots, but robots will ultimately advance and potentially sense smell, hearing, sight and physical contact. They can of course relate to sounds.
Intelligence is a freedom that humanity has created and some folk are either more intelligent than others, or have superior abilities in artwork, math, geography, music and language.
Will robots be able to reproduce themselves? Yes. They will be able copy their form. Will they ‘reproduce’? They could produce; manufacture ‘baby’ robots, but they would not grow as humans do.
Technology is ‘feeding’ robots. They learn about human manner and existence every day. They memorise.
They answer questions.
Are robots a real threat to humanity? I believe they are.
Given freedom of assimilating human manner, replacing an arm or leg of an unfortunate individual, and controlled by brainwaves, means they than can create a synergy with the human form. The ability of a robot to communicate via the brain is scary!
I would welcome any comments on this fast moving issue.
P.S. I am not a robot.
