A robot that can open doors and find electrical outlets to recharge itself. Computer viruses that no one can stop. Predator drones, which, though still controlled remotely by humans, come close to a machine that can kill autonomously.
Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society’s workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone.
Their concern is that further advances could create profound social disruptions and even have dangerous consequences.
Isn’t that the basis for “Battlestar Galatica”? And “The Matrix” and “Terminator” and many other Sci-Fi storylines?
If they start producing robots that look like Tricia Helfer, I’m not sure this is at all a bad thing.
The “universal” remote has already outsmarted me.
Jeff, you need one of those smart robots to operate the remote for you 😉