...I, Robot Educates The Three Laws Of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2) A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law (Asimov). These are the three laws that govern the robots in the movie I, Robot. Not only can this Hollywood film entertain us, but it can also teach us about ourselves by it. I, Robot is an example of how society is based around technology, is quick to conform, is fearful of annihilation, feels safe with rules, and humanizes everything. Technology has significantly taken over our lives. Radios, MP3 players, ovens, refrigerators, cars, computers, cell phones, technology is everywhere. The average human being cannot go through a day without coming in contact with some type of technology. Not only do we enjoy the technology we have, but we want more. That’s why in I, Robot the future is pictured as a technological universe where robots are made to do whatever we want them to. The robots aren’t the only technology witnessed throughout the movie though. There are also hand scanners, laser strip surveillance cameras, demolition robots, futuristic autopilot cars, high-tech parking garages, and tons of new technology (I, Robot). This portrays society perfectly. As I said earlier, we come in contact on a day-to-day...
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...create a robot like Sonny? What are Sonny’s features that make him human-like? b. Is there any way to know whether a robot, who behaves just like a human, is REALLY experiencing feelings and moral emotions? c. Do you think a robot could be programmed to make moral decisions if it did not experience feelings or moral emotions? d. If a robot has an interest in self-preservation, should it be given the right to life (or, as we might say the right to ‘continued existence’)? e. What are Grau’s thoughts about whether or not it would be desirable to create a utilitarian robot? A. Sonny has his own sense of self. While the other robots are essentially a “unit” and act under Viki, Sonny is independent. This is more obviously shown by the fact Sonny had “killed” Dr.Lanning, something that broke one of the 3 laws Robots had to uphold. Sonny was able to reason, break the laws given to him, and essential be his own rational and sentient being. B. To a large extent no, there is not way to know. That is similar to trying to figure out where does an idea, or emotion come from for a human. While we can say certain parts of the brain are “used” depending on the situation the spark or origin of this behavior is really unknown. The best way to describe it I think is through a very famous Japanese Anime, the Ghost in the machine. If it is possible to somehow view this more abstract ghost then in theory, we should be able to observe the “human-nature” of a robot. C. I think Robots can be...
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...After watching the movie I, Robot, I find that many ethical issues come about from the technology shown in the movie. The movie takes place in 2035 and is about robots that are programmed with Three Laws: First Law-A robot must never harm a human being or, through inaction, allow any harm to come to a human; Second Law-A robot must obey the orders given to them by human beings, except where such orders violate the First Law; Third Law- A robot must protect its own existence unless this violates the First or Second Laws. Humans use these robots to do common tasks for them. Some of the ethical questions arisen from this movie include do robots have the ability to make emotional or ethical decision, are they entitled to the same rights as humans and should we use robots for wars. In the movie I, Robot, a detective name Del Spooner, played by Will Smith is saved by a robot when he and a little girl where trapped and drowning in a car that had fallen in to the river. We find out the reason the robot chose to save the detective, is because his calculations showed that the detective had a better chance to survive than the little girl. Because of this Del Spooner will not trust and dislikes robots throughout the movie. This action in the movie makes the audience think about the ability of robots to make decisions. The robot chose to save Del Spooner based on his calculations that Del had a better chance of surviving. A question one must ask is what would a human done in this same...
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... Though there is a very thin line between the world of science fiction and the presence of science in “our world”, there are a lot of fears that are conceived due to speculations of the unknown and not enough hope in all of the things that we do know! The idea that humans are imperfect and have made mistakes consistently since the beginning of time, of course, isn’t comforting when considering that should we succumb to this ill fate it will be because of our own doing. However, the proven ability of our race being capable of recognizing, analyzing, correcting and improving upon our mistakes is exactly what has gotten us this far. From wars to medicine, from politics to parenting, sometimes we fail but eventually… we always succeed; so I wouldn’t be so quick to count us out of the game just yet. AI: The Beginning The word computer, in a nutshell, “refers to an object that can accept some input and produce some output” (Tyson & Crawford 1998-2012) and due to an installed microprocessor, computers are able to compute calculations in the blink of an eye. But is the act of storing and memorizing specific “known” information and already processed formulas truly worthy of the title of “Intelligence” or is intellect actually a lot more? Will the computer’s...
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...The episode trailer focuses on Data. He is an android that looks like a man. This episode is based on a scientist named Maddox, who found a breakthrough to produce androids like Data, the scientist needs to study and disassemble Data to create more. Data is android created to mimic human behavior an extremely accurate manner. He is extremely advanced and smart. The point that interest me is why Data refused to undergo the procedures to be examined and dismantled. After watching “The Data of Star Trek” video, the question I ask myself is Data a human being? Even if he is android? Data refused to be dismantled and experimented upon. He believed that it’s immoral to experiment on him without a consent. Data is free to think and make choices....
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...The topic that I choose to research was Robotic technology. Robots and robotic tech will play a big role in our lives an how we live and function within the next 20 yrs. Over the next 20 yrs. we will have to adapt to the change, and the way every day task an functions will be done. Over the next 20 yrs. we could possibly see a society were robots replace certain jobs that are being done by humans right now for example with the proper technology metro busses could possibly be driven by pre-planned routes an robots. There are three topics I would like to discuss that I think would sustain both the positive and negative impacts of robots, and robotic tech. Robots will change, and have changed the way surgeries are, and will be performed. There are surgical robots already in use today for example (The Neuro Arm) it’s a non-ferrous robot that was used to remove a 21 year old patients brain tumor while she was being scanned with an MRI (Sofge, 2014). Within the future there will be a new robot introduced into the surgical field the “Da Vinci Xi”. The Da Vinci XI will be able to turn more surgeries into minimally invasive as opposed to large incisions (Sofge, 2014). There are two down sides to using robots in surgery, the first would be if the robot starts experiencing technical and or mechanical issues while performing an operation. And robots would cut the job force by eliminating the need for a lot of people in the operating room. Robots will essentially replace the need for...
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...Alex Hare Mrs. Hoekstra ELA, Hour 1 16 january 2018 Robots better than humans? I am going to discuss if robots are really better than humans or not. I feel that humans are better than robots because humans have more abilities like feelings,thoughts, and expression that robots cannot show or do. First, robots cannot show feelings, and emotion like humans can so it is hard to know what a robot is thinking of doing so it could have been a hurtful or a nice act but you can never tell. But with humans you can always tell by how they sound and the reaction they make to the question. If you were to ask a robot about a hostile act and you can't tell because their voice does rise or go down and you can't tell if the robot is lieing or not. Also, humans can think smarter than robots because robots don't have a brain that lets them think like humans do. Robots and humans can and must work together. When it comes to customer service, marketing and design, and...
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...use the robot. Scraps of metal put together to make a man made assistant and worker. Every generation it is something new in the news or internet about how computers and robots will help in every day living. There is always talk of what the next best thing a robot will be good for and how they can tweak the newest model to be better then the last. The most recurrent element seems to be the actual revision of improving the robot on a daily basis. Man first made robots to help in homes and factories like in Karel Capek’s “R.U.R”, until the robots turned on them and then humans became the minority race. Once they built them with just a little more than the regular the robots turned on them. They were made to be playmates with children as in Isaac Asimov, “Robbie”, with Gloria being 8 she believed Robbie was her best friend with feelings. This robot did everything for her and with her. Then her mother took Robbie away from her only to have Gloria’s father reunite them and Robbie save Gloria’s life. He, I believe had some type of emotional connection to Gloria. They were pretty basic, couldn’t speak, didn’t eat food and whether they had faces or not was up to the builder himself. They then began to make them a little more sophisticated by adding programs that the robots/computers could understand and respond to humans. Some had faces and programs to understand and carry conversations with humans. We now have robots that run...
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...bodies. Robots on SCM Obviously, it hasn’t turned out that way. It is true that industrial robots have transformed the manufacture of automobiles, among other products. But that kind of automation is a far cry from the versatile, mobile, autonomous creations that so many scientists and engineers have hoped for. In pursuit of such robots, waves of researchers have grown disheartened and scores of start-up companies have gone out of business. It is not the mechanical “body” that is unattainable; articulated arms and other moving mechanisms adequate for manual work already exist, as the industrial robots attest. Rather it is the computer-based artificial brain that is still well below the level of sophistication needed to build a humanlike robot. Nevertheless, I am convinced that the decades-old dream of a useful, general-purpose autonomous robot will be realized in the not too distant future. By 2010 we will see mobile robots as big as people but with cognitive abilities similar in many respects to those of a lizard. The machines will be capable of carrying out simple chores, such as vacuuming, dusting, delivering packages and taking out the garbage. By 2040, I believe, we will finally achieve the original goal of robotics and a thematic mainstay of science fiction: a freely moving machine with the intellectual capabilities of a human being. Reason for Optimism on Robotics Future When it comes to robots, reality still lags science fiction. But, just because robots have not...
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...human I believe scientist can make computers similar to humans to a certain extent. I believe we have come a long way in improving artificial intelligence and learning algorithms in order to create free thinking machines and robots. Humans are much more than just thinking machines. The major problem scientist face is no real understanding of how the brain neurons and action create consciousness. We really do not know what consciousness is and how to replicate it. They are working on it however that would be a heavy task. We do not know what emotions consists of or how to measure it. This is not a tangible variable. Will scientists' study of human emotions ever make computers and humans essentially indistinguishable? This is the million dollar question. Human research has been rewarding in the last 100 years, however I believe there is a finite limit to human understanding. I believe consciousness and emotions are the last frontier to creating a human being from scratch. I am not sure we will be able to reverse engineer the invisible mysteries of the mind. How important is it that they look similar to humans? I believe it is important that the robots look human like. Some of the early machine looking robots added to the fear. Humans tend to fear robots that resemble transformers or like early science fiction looking machines. Will a familiar appearance mean that humans will become more accepting of a growing presence of robots in our daily lives? Yes, I believe...
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...Technology, in the form of robots, has begun to impact traditional distribution and manufacturing jobs. Robots are now much cheaper to utilize in the workplace and the return on investment through productivity can be justified within 10 years for a company. These robots are able to perform 24 hours a day all year long. In the distribution sector, C&S wholesalers is able to use robots effectively and more precisely than human workers to pick and stage orders for distribution into their own grocery stores. They are much faster and increase productivity significantly. The United States government understands the importance of achieving increased productivity within their economy in order to stay competitive in the global market. Some individuals and skeptics argue that robots result in a loss of jobs since humans are no longer needed to perform specific tasks. Even with the use of robots, humans will still be necessary in the workplace because of their ability to reason and their thought mechanisms. Unions will continue to oppose the idea of robots in the workplace because they believe that it will result in a loss of jobs. Robots are programmed to simply perform given tasks but they cannot create strategic vision the way humans can. Humans will still be necessary in driving the success behind a company’s performance. The engineering market for robots has resulted in thousands of new jobs. In today’s world, companies can utilize these robots in certain business areas...
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...Tran Dr. Ingrao HUMA 1301.002 November 22, 2013 Row C-2 The Frankenstein Complex: Killer Robots or Metal Friends? In it’s fifty years of age, the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics continue to capture the imagination of the general public, but with this growing interest, it also engendered a great deal of fear and skepticism. Hollywood and the media exacerbate the problem while some well-known authors and scientist lend credence to it. This fear isn’t anything new and didn’t just appear with the creation of these mechanized humanoids. Even reaching as far back as the folktales of golems to the monstrous birth of Frankenstein’s creature, humankind has feared the rise of an army of evil manmade creations that banned together to overthrow humanity. Asimov called this fear the Frankenstein Complex. With so many amazing possibilities that came with the new technological era, Asimov believed that the creation of robots and androids would benefit humanity so he formed the Three Laws of Robotics to try and calm the fears that boiled amongst the general public. He states that first and foremost, “a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm” (Asimov 37). The second law states, “a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders conflict with the First Law” (Asimov 37). And the third law is that “a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First...
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...Robots Can’t Replace Human With the development of technology, more and more robots are used in various fields, especially in some areas that dangerous for humans. Many people hold the opinion that robots will replace humans in the future. On the other hand, other people have a conflicting view that robots can’t do many of the jobs that humans do today because robots only repeat the same task all the time and have no ability to think. I totally agree that robots can’t replace humans. This argument is worth discussing again and again, and my opinion will be further strengthened in the following discussions. As we know, robots have more advantages that over humans in many aspects. Many people like Farhad Manjioo, who wrote an article “Will Robots Steal Your Job?”, state that robots have a tendency to replace humans. Robots can perform jobs nonstop, which is good for a company to reduce costs. Also, robots will never ask for health or retirement benefits, so hiring a robot is much cheaper than hiring a human. Robots can learn something rapidly because they just depend on the program in software. Compared to robots, humans need to spend a long time to get some skills. For example, in the future, robotic lawyers might be able to do jobs faster and cheaper; in contrast, people have to take more than 3 years in law school, but eventually they might not do better than robots. It seems convincing that because robots have more abilities than humans that they will do more jobs than...
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...First, Charlie Gillis believes that robots are becoming more technologically advanced and are making their way into businesses and homes right before people’s eyes. In the article Charlie is using a subjective approach to argue for the implementation and advancement of robots. Gillis uses several main points, reading techniques, and controversial arguments to persuade the audience to view it his way. The author uses a very militaristic and upbeat tone to establish a dominant overall mood while reading the article. The tone is made known by his word choice a few examples are invasion in the title, brigade in paragraph 1, squadron in paragraph 6, platoon in paragraph 14, and upbeat in 16. He expresses his stance on the argument in paragraph...
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...ago, I became a member of a FIRST Robotics team here in Orlando, Florida. FIRST is a program for kids of all ages to learn about science and technology. FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”. As a part of this program, we are to build a robot that is able to play a game. The team that I am a part of is called Exploding Bacon Team 1902. I really wanted to be involved in this club because I have a love for science and engineering. When I get older, I want to pursue a career in these areas. For the past 5 years our team puts on two, week-long summer camps: one for second through fifth graders and another for sixth through eighth graders. The objective of this camp is to teach the kids about science and technology and how both impact our future. There were about 30 children in the camp each week, coming from different schools in the Orlando...
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