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

[Mentor]

Hello my name is C3PO welcome to McDonalds

Naa for Mcdoanlds im sure they will build a robot with poor voice recognition in to the drive threw intercom thing to take your orders.
its not as if the humans they use now can tell what your ordering anyway.

[Sammeth.]

One word,

i'Robot

Actually, thats two words if you punctuated it how it should be punctuated - "I, Robot."

[-Soph-]

no risk in our lifetimes.
definetly not.

but yes, I think robots will dominate one day in THOUSANDS of years to come.

[:Hazel]

i think maybe in the future but our generation has nothing to worry about

[boyslikegirls]

its hard to think about
cos a thing that isnt even alive would be taking us over

but no i dont think they will take over in our lifetime because of costs ect

[Concentric2]

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 .

I disagree. What the robots are being programmed to do is getting more complex, yes, but the robot isn't thinking for itself. The human programmed the robot to return to it's station when the battery gets low - it didn't learn to do that on its own.

[-Soph-]

Yeah, but one day don't you think it'll be so technologically advanced that it will be able to think for itself?

I'm not talking in recent time, I mean like, a long long time away.

[Aflux]

Well, let's hope they take over soon - think about it.

If we want this planet to survive - what doesn't need Oxygen? Robots.
If we want this planet to survive - what doesn't produce Methane? Robots.
If we want this planet to survive - what doesn't produce Carbon emissions? Robots.
If we want this planet to survive - what doesn't deforest etc? Robots.

You get the idea.

Yes, we would be `extinct` but the planet wouldn't - and I'd like that more than the planet imploding.

My two cents.

[sBosma]

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!

Someones watching a little too many movies? Btw, there are already robots in the workforce.

Yeah, but one day don't you think it'll be so technologically advanced that it will be able to think for itself?

I'm not talking in recent time, I mean like, a long long time away.

It isn't possible for them to think for themselves. Think about it, we programmed them to work, they will just do that.

[Concentric2]

Well, let's hope they take over soon - think about it.

If we want this planet to survive - what doesn't need Oxygen? Robots.
If we want this planet to survive - what doesn't produce Methane? Robots.
If we want this planet to survive - what doesn't produce Carbon emissions? Robots.
If we want this planet to survive - what doesn't deforest etc? Robots.

You get the idea.

Yes, we would be `extinct` but the planet wouldn't - and I'd like that more than the planet imploding.

My two cents.

Well they need some sort of power source? :rolleyes: