Many people seem to think that computers and/ or robots will be the end of the world. Even though most of the people that would answer this are computer nerds (I know I am!) I think computers are a long way from equaling or bettering humanity in any respect. Computers are just a tool, like any power tool, to asist us in our everyday life. They do not need and will probably never have anything near sentience. There is no threat to humanity involving the computers themselves.
Robots are an object of fear to hundreds. They think that if we build an intelligent robot, it will immediatly see humans as inferior and destroy them. Guess what? It's already happened. We do have semi-intelligent robots, and guess what? They work at hospitals. Right now, humanity has the ability to build robots that can live everyday life, to a degree. But human fear has not allowed us to. The only possible way robots could destrot humanity is if we are not careful enough to program them right.
So if there is no threat to us from robots and computers, how did they get such a bad rep? The media. Producers have used robots and computers as enemys for a long time. Also, humanity has a ceertain primitive fear of robots and computers. They are emotionless and lack the love of a pet or person. The coldness and harshness of metal has a certain digree of mistrust. I am not calling anyone who thinks robots and computers are bad an idiot. These people have good reasons. The instinctive fear, and the caution of being overpowered are good things, proving that we need to be cautious as we enter this new age. Feel free to shoot me down or put arguments about this post.
Robots are an object of fear to hundreds. They think that if we build an intelligent robot, it will immediatly see humans as inferior and destroy them. Guess what? It's already happened. We do have semi-intelligent robots, and guess what? They work at hospitals. Right now, humanity has the ability to build robots that can live everyday life, to a degree. But human fear has not allowed us to. The only possible way robots could destrot humanity is if we are not careful enough to program them right.
So if there is no threat to us from robots and computers, how did they get such a bad rep? The media. Producers have used robots and computers as enemys for a long time. Also, humanity has a ceertain primitive fear of robots and computers. They are emotionless and lack the love of a pet or person. The coldness and harshness of metal has a certain digree of mistrust. I am not calling anyone who thinks robots and computers are bad an idiot. These people have good reasons. The instinctive fear, and the caution of being overpowered are good things, proving that we need to be cautious as we enter this new age. Feel free to shoot me down or put arguments about this post.
