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Essay / Will robots take over the world? - 697
Since the beginnings of the first robots, man has always considered the possibility that machines would conquer the world. This prospect is being explored by Kevin Warwick at University Readings in England and his research suggests that robots could take over the world. According to his current research, robots are capable of learning and thinking creatively, but not as creative as humans. The relationship we have with robots is a master-slave relationship, but this unusual idea of robots taking over the world would only happen if we allowed robots to be equal to us in stature and respect. However, it seems highly unlikely that robots will ever take over the world, for two reasons. First, Warwick's idea only seems possible if robots have free will. Therefore, if we limit their abilities, they should not be able to take over the world. Second, robots will never reach the power status needed to take over the world, because the human workforce would resist losing their jobs to machines. Robots in this century have limits on what they can do and some of these limitations are thought to be permanent. It is these limitations that hinder a robot's ability to dominate human beings. These limitations are explained by Daniel Wolpert (Royal Research Society Professor in the Department of Engineering) in an article in Phys.Org. He states that "no machine can identify visual objects or speech with the reliability and flexibility of humans." Furthermore, he compares this ability to creativity when he states that "these abilities are the precursors of all real intelligence, such as the ability to reason creatively and invent problems." These insightful quotes suggest...... middle of article ......t/workers-protest-against-ba-iberia-job-cuts/story-e6frg90f-1226582381445Gips, J. (1998). Towards the ethical robot. Retrieved November 25, 2013, from andrew.cmu.edu: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/80-136/gips.htmlThe University of Reading. (nd). Professor Kevin Warwick. Retrieved November 26, 2013 from the University of Reading: http://www.kevinwarwick.com/index.aspUniversity of Cambridge. (July 30, 2013). Will robots take over the world? Retrieved November 29, 2013 from PHYS.ORG: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-robots-world.htmlWikipedia. (November 27, 2013). Kevin Warwick. Retrieved November 28, 2013, from Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warwick Wiseman, P. (January 23, 2013). Holy HAL! A robot stole my work. Retrieved November 27, 2013 from NBC NEWS: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/holy-hal-robot-stole-my-job-1B8057232