Robotics

This field of technology has fascinated me since I knew about the possibilities it could have upon the world. Since the words robot and machine are associated heavily, I could be wrong somewhere on this post regarding their differences.

Since discovering upon it first through science fiction, robotics tackle with numerous branches of life that only will get more intriguing to follow in present time as mainstream news occassionally mentions their breakthroughs.

From industrial manipulators that manufacture equipment, products or materials inside factories to  domestic service assistents that automate regular work to be done, robots can be helpful in many ways.

Thinking of examples that are currently already happening, such as tasked machines being able to create complete houses in a matter of a day, or a possible example in the medical fields where machines could operate on people entirely capable of doing so given by their data and tools, these thoughts make me very excited.

However, there are many skeptical topics that surround robotics for decades now. One such thread is about robots "stealing our" jobs. Primarily physical ones for the time being are every day affected by our machines simply being much better workers than us.

Personally, I do not mind these major changes at all, because it eliminates old fashioned jobs that could easily be replaced by better hands and feet. As long as the monetary and the market systems would also be succeeded by superior ones, no one would complain about it anymore.

Those two systems are too large of a topic to elaborate upon here, but I will most likely give my detailed support about replacing them once more in my blog. For now, let's just say that lesser jobs will in overall be better in the long term.

Then there are the evil robots that have long been anticipated by films, books, other forms of mediums and the scientific community itself also takes the subject seriously. But as long as people design their potential and their possible moral compass limited but relevant, this shouldn't happen right?

But that just perks my brain as to what to do with those who would be able to eventually abuse their artificial intelligence through sabotage, or perhaps even more complex, take two countries with clashing moralities and political ideals, and see how their robots get shaped.

Luckily, the well known three laws of robotics as mentioned by Isaac Asimov are the principles that could provide on how to develop the artificial intelligence of future extended robots, thwirling around the fundamental need for survival.

Ethically, advanced machines or AMA's that perhaps could make morale decisions on their own and even produce or make "baby" robots by their own in the future would make for a catastrophic change worldwide. It would certainly uproar humanity with endless amounts of protests and violence.

But that's assuming if these kinds of robots would be available for instance in the next decade. From our side, we should constantly question our ethics surrounding designing and constructing them as well.

As I continue to see robotics becoming ever more absolutely mandatory, I hope that our unavoidable future problems will be solved with the utmost care regarding ethics, economics, societies and technical details with them. So there are some scary thoughts about robots, but also many happy and beneficial ones.

Every branch or field has their positive and negative aspects though. It's just that robotics will most likely be the next huge event culturally that will continue to evolve mechanically or virtually.