Hello, Martin Cohen! I think the scenario I depicted will probably never happen, since engineers will design the robotic infrastructure very thoroughly and carefully. I believe, though, that there is going to be a conflict between those who want to make robots as passive tools only (i.e. always follow the user's command), and those who want to make robots as active tools which exert direct power over the crowd.
Oooh, I don't have your confidence, Youngjin. Take the new technologies for drones - they plan to program them to idenitfy human targets and kill them without needing human intervention (as 'quicker' and 'more powerful'). But even where robots are supposed to do only 'good', as philosophers, we know that THAT is by no means possible to identify: there are too many competing factors so someone always loses.
The advent of conscious robots will force us to redefine morality, I think - just like the birth of vast civilizations (during the biblical times) triggered certain moral axioms to spread, such as the ten commandments.
Hello, Martin Cohen! I think the scenario I depicted will probably never happen, since engineers will design the robotic infrastructure very thoroughly and carefully. I believe, though, that there is going to be a conflict between those who want to make robots as passive tools only (i.e. always follow the user's command), and those who want to make robots as active tools which exert direct power over the crowd.
It's been a long time since we have talked, Tessa den Uyl :) Well, it's hard to tell. I definitely think that robots will obtain some sort of human-like properties such as emotions, but those will somehow differ from those of humans (just like dolphins have different feelings from mankind). Will this be interpreted as human-like, or will this be interpreted as a new paradigm which will threaten humanity? The question remains unanswered...
It's been a long time since we have talked, Tessa den Uyl :) Well, it's hard to tell. I definitely think that robots will obtain some sort of human-like properties such as emotions, but those will somehow differ from those of humans (just like dolphins have different feelings from mankind). Will this be interpreted as human-like, or will this be interpreted as a new paradigm which will threaten humanity? The question remains unanswered...
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It would be sad if taken literally. I took it as an allegorical story ridiculing society's divisions. Maybe Youngjin has a view?
ReplyDeleteHello, Martin Cohen!
DeleteI think the scenario I depicted will probably never happen, since engineers will design the robotic infrastructure very thoroughly and carefully. I believe, though, that there is going to be a conflict between those who want to make robots as passive tools only (i.e. always follow the user's command), and those who want to make robots as active tools which exert direct power over the crowd.
Oooh, I don't have your confidence, Youngjin. Take the new technologies for drones - they plan to program them to idenitfy human targets and kill them without needing human intervention (as 'quicker' and 'more powerful'). But even where robots are supposed to do only 'good', as philosophers, we know that THAT is by no means possible to identify: there are too many competing factors so someone always loses.
DeleteThe advent of conscious robots will force us to redefine morality, I think - just like the birth of vast civilizations (during the biblical times) triggered certain moral axioms to spread, such as the ten commandments.
DeleteIt would be sad if taken literally. I took it as an allegorical story ridiculing society's divisions. Maybe Youngjin has a view?
ReplyDeleteHello, Martin Cohen!
DeleteI think the scenario I depicted will probably never happen, since engineers will design the robotic infrastructure very thoroughly and carefully. I believe, though, that there is going to be a conflict between those who want to make robots as passive tools only (i.e. always follow the user's command), and those who want to make robots as active tools which exert direct power over the crowd.
It's been a long time since we have talked, Tessa den Uyl :)
ReplyDeleteWell, it's hard to tell. I definitely think that robots will obtain some sort of human-like properties such as emotions, but those will somehow differ from those of humans (just like dolphins have different feelings from mankind). Will this be interpreted as human-like, or will this be interpreted as a new paradigm which will threaten humanity? The question remains unanswered...
It's been a long time since we have talked, Tessa den Uyl :)
ReplyDeleteWell, it's hard to tell. I definitely think that robots will obtain some sort of human-like properties such as emotions, but those will somehow differ from those of humans (just like dolphins have different feelings from mankind). Will this be interpreted as human-like, or will this be interpreted as a new paradigm which will threaten humanity? The question remains unanswered...