GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue 005

It’s Scary What AI Can Do
Artificial Intelligence has come
a long way after its introduction
in 1950’s. But what if robots and
Artificial Intelligence replace the
human race as shown in the scifi
movies? Sounds intimidating,
right? Some eminent personalities
like Stephen Hawking seems to be
bothered about this same issue for
quite some time now.
Nevertheless, reality tells us that
there is nothing to worry about.
The concern of the people is mostly
compelled by Hollywood movies.
The fact is that though the field
of artificial intelligence might be
making huge progress but it is
nowhere near being a threat yet.
There will be enough time to gauge
the problem and solve it.
This does not necessarily mean that
the issue can be left to be ignored.
In any case, if you look into the
matter very closely you will notice
that artificial intelligence needs to
reach to some point where they will
be able to think all by themselves
and evolve into something all by
themselves which we will not be
perceive and control.
There is no reason to think that
artificial intelligence will rise up
against us one day in an attempt
to break free from the constraints of
humanity. When you come to think
of it logically, you will realize that
if you have a robot that performs
according to your instruction, then
how can you wake up one morning
to find the robot to be doing some
other tasks which it has not been
programmed to do? No way! They
are not human beings that they will
not have their feelings and opinions
about something. They do not have
dreams and desires, and they work
according to the goals that we set
for them.
You might want to ask, is there
nothing to worry about? Well, not
really, not at least at present. For
now you can enjoy the privileges
provided by the AIs.
Photo by: Technologyreview.com
Photo by: t-online.de
Photo by: consciouslifenews.com
left:: Stephen Hawking
below: Michio Kaku
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JULY 2016
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