tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223911.post4940429497288372397..comments2023-12-05T06:55:16.553-08:00Comments on Renaissance: Insights for Action in Today's World: Robots that teach themselves...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06355114808619181084noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223911.post-83392465916965272842011-11-07T22:36:05.963-08:002011-11-07T22:36:05.963-08:00Thanks for the thought Prabhu,
Robotics challenge...Thanks for the thought Prabhu,<br /><br />Robotics challenge us esp. in the areas of deciding what is human and what is not. One thing is clear - the accountability for our human machines has to rest with the makers and operators - something that we are seeing lived out with the drone-based killing going on in the Af-Pak area. <br /><br />National Geographic had a chilling article on robotics a few months ago: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/08/robots/carroll-text/2 in which this 'gem' was embedded:<br /><br />Arkin says it isn't the ethical limitations of robots in battle that inspire his work but the ethical limitations of human beings. He cites two incidents in Iraq, one in which U.S. helicopter pilots allegedly finished off wounded combatants, and another in which ambushed marines in the city of Haditha killed civilians. Influenced perhaps by fear or anger, the marines may have "shot first and asked questions later, and women and children died as a result," he says. <br /><br />In the tumult of battle, robots wouldn't be affected by volatile emotions. Consequently they'd be less likely to make mistakes under fire, Arkin believes, and less likely to strike at noncombatants. In short, they might make better ethical decisions than people. <br /><br />we have always wanted to play God - and have never wanted to take responsiblity for the consequences - some forms of robotics take this and put it into 'reality'Andi and Sheba Eicherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14976939822173506855noreply@blogger.com