Re: Will Robots take over?

On Jun 28, 12:45 pm, California Poppy <GoldenStatePo...@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
This is a most interesting thread. I have long wished for a way to
reprogram the brain as we reprogram computers. Just attach it to a
correct model and we could correct almost every brain disorder from
sociopath to Alzheimers. So I hope someone is working on that.

I think we run a risk when we discuss putting emotions into computers.
We might have glitches which could cause a computer to run amok and
destroy things. What human emotions would we put into computers and
to what purpose? I saw the movie I Robot, I think it was where the
robots were all programmed to protect humans at any cost which
ultimately proved to be the downfall of humans when a robot figured
out that something that was supposed to help humanity was actually
ultimately going to destroy it.

Other uses for robots that I have thought of...farming, mining, and
any labor intensive job. Caring for old folks is an area which I
understand the Japanese are working on. I saw a documentary of the
robot they are developing that can lift a human. They have a
population that has a larger percentage of the elderly, so they have a
reason. Threir cars are also being developed to make driving easier
for the elderly. I supposed this would be an intermediate area before
the robots become smarter than humans.

Back in the mid 90s, I was talking to a co-worker about how the
Japanese had won the competition against U.S. automakers to make a
better, more reliable car. During the conversion, I also happened to
mention in an off-hand way that they'll probably beat us even worse
with the next big technological breakthrough which I believe is
robotics. Now about 13 years later, I haven't seen anything that would
change my mind.

Computer technology is now very cheap. Hard drives used to be very
large and had about 500 Megabytes of capacity. Now the the new ones
are relatively small and have 1 Terabyte of capacity and are still
improving. When I made that comment CPUs operated at a speed of about
200 Megahertz. Now Intel's quad processors operate at a speed of over
3 Gigahertz. So, with those kinds of advances, do you ever hear about
any American corporations who are working on robots to help people?
Nope, but you do hear tidbits of news from the Japanese regularly. My
bet is that some day American corporations will wake up and find they
are 10-20 years behind the Japanese on robot technology and artificial
intelligence.
.

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