Saru Posted November 28, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Researchers are trying to determine the risk of us being wiped out by our own technological creations. A University of Cambridge research project is preparing to investigate whether technology has the power to destroy humankind. Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted November 28, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hollywood takes over Cambridge... Well I suppose it is better to be safe than sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted November 28, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Rather high I'd imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaraKitty Posted November 28, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Take over us to accomplish what? Who would manufacture them and program them? Robots gain nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted November 28, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Take over us to accomplish what? Who would manufacture them and program them? Robots gain nothing. well the thing with robots is they have no morals. so lets say you program a robot to go to the other side of a city the most time efficient way possible but the most efficient way involves a little kid or puppy or something and since the robot has no morals he just runs right over the kid/puppy to get to the destination. robots will probably have nothing to gain from killing us but they also have nothing to lose.but there is still like a 99.99% chance they dont do anything at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artaxerxes Posted November 29, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I don't believe sentience and consciousness can be produced from a machine. They can't be made self aware. They only know and do what you tell them to. They don't think for themselves. Consciousness is not an epiphenomena of matter. Consciousness is primary and matter is secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artaxerxes Posted November 29, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 29, 2012 You can put all the memory you want in a machine, it will never be self aware, sentient, or conscious. They won't suddenly "wake up" one day and start thinking for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemonix Posted November 29, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 29, 2012 We're already being wiped out by our current technological creations. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmcnessy Posted November 29, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 29, 2012 They'll only do what their told. Unless something goes wrong in the software or a bug there is nothing to worry about, even then, there is no way they will try to take over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted November 30, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Take over us to accomplish what? Who would manufacture them and program them? Robots gain nothing. When we build robots that can design and build better robots and when we design computers to build better and exponentially faster computers then man will no long be "in the loop". It's a bit like the movie "A.I." where at the end of the movie robots had evolved to perhaps the limits of technology and resembled alien lifeforms more than machines. Of course that as science fiction and robots are a long way from that. Also it may be that it is not possible for true A.I., where a machine becomes self-aware. But should that happen all bets are off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlyeh Posted November 30, 2012 #11 Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) You can put all the memory you want in a machine, it will never be self aware, sentient, or conscious. They won't suddenly "wake up" one day and start thinking for themselves. Only if your straw man had a brain. No one is suggesting putting in memory will magically create self-awareness. Edited November 30, 2012 by Rlyeh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarMountainKid Posted November 30, 2012 #12 Share Posted November 30, 2012 If we program robots for maximum efficiency, and within that program is an algorithm that enables the robot to "learn" how to become more efficient, maybe that could be a danger. This programmed "desire" for efficiency I think could be considered a type of independent robot intelligence. We could program robot morality too, that over rides everything else. But...I just don't trust robots. Watch the movie, "Colossus - The Forbin Project" on Youtube for an example of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted December 1, 2012 #13 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Why would they revolt? For better pension schemes? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted December 1, 2012 #14 Share Posted December 1, 2012 They could keep us as pets, hee hee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted December 1, 2012 #15 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I have a robot car it obey's my every command,and I put it to sleep every night in its own garage.If I forget to wear my seat belt it tells me.If I dont close a door properly it tells me. if a tyre needs more pressure ,it tells me and so on,what more could you ask for ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted December 1, 2012 #16 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I think robots will take over, but they will be hybrid humans. Kind of like Borg drone. You will be assimilated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKO Posted December 2, 2012 #17 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Why couldn't they become self aware? If there is some sort of programming or artificial brain that lets them figure stuff out, put pieces together just like a real brain then surely they could figure out they exist. I'm not saying they would then revolt. Not sure if it's possible to program emotions, I guess they wouldn't care that they are slaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds Posted December 4, 2012 #18 Share Posted December 4, 2012 If robots or super computers somehow became self aware, i'm sure they would wonder why they were taking orders from an inferior species, race... If those were the terms to use... It's happened countless times troughtout history, it's not much of a stretch to apply those same concepts to this theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Render Posted December 4, 2012 #19 Share Posted December 4, 2012 If robots or super computers somehow became self aware, i'm sure they would wonder why they were taking orders from an inferior species, race... If those were the terms to use... It's happened countless times troughtout history, it's not much of a stretch to apply those same concepts to this theory. Where in history did a super-human or object become self aware and wondered why they took orders from an inferior species, race? I hope you're not implying civil revolts? Because those aren't comparable at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artaxerxes Posted December 5, 2012 #20 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I'll start worrying about it when someone starts to invent Cylons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKO Posted December 5, 2012 #21 Share Posted December 5, 2012 If robots or super computers somehow became self aware, i'm sure they would wonder why they were taking orders from an inferior species, race... If those were the terms to use... It's happened countless times troughtout history, it's not much of a stretch to apply those same concepts to this theory. I would think the only reason something/someone would revolt would be based on emotions, IMO. Out of anger of doing dirty work for someone else or maybe envy of seeing others that aren't in their situation. I would assume emotions would be harder to program than software that allows learning and become self aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod222 Posted December 5, 2012 #22 Share Posted December 5, 2012 If they ever develop real AI, then I would rather assume that is a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds Posted December 5, 2012 #23 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Where in history did a super-human or object become self aware and wondered why they took orders from an inferior species, race? I hope you're not implying civil revolts? Because those aren't comparable at all. Why wouldn't civil revolts, invasions be comparable? If they are programed by us, and then become self aware, how can that not be at least plausible? And i never said a 'super-human' or object became self aware, this is all theoretical. It is simply a discussion on a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted December 5, 2012 #24 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Fear not, pilgrims. It could well be the hippy robots that revolt. Hugs all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds Posted December 5, 2012 #25 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Hippy robots... That could be an interesting party. Lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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