The progression of technology happens rapidly and is occurring whether we are actually paying attention to it or not. One of the things that stood out to me the most in the discussions over the week is whether or not robots will be able to function as moral agents, or Artificial Moral Agents. Will they be able to fully function as a human would. And would that make the robot technically a human? When I think of a robot that is already somewhat functioning like a human, I think of Siri. Siri is programmed to show different types of emotions, answers and smart remarks. For example, if you call Siri a bad name, she will respond like a human and say might say "That's not nice or "I'll pretend you didn't hear that". When I asked her who her dad was, she responded, "I have you. That's enough family for me".
If we already have phones programmed to respond with emotion and intelligence, the progress of robots is not too far behind. As of right now, by the year 2050, technology will not only be taking care of children and the elderly , but of the human race as a whole. There is even a possibility that humans and technology will coincide, making terminators the new race.
First off, i love the title. I don't want to sound like an old prune, but I agree technology is moving fast. too fast for my taste. For anything that exist, there is great potential for good and bad, but with technology, it can be corrupted so easily to manipulate a masses of people that willfully connect to something they don't fully comprehend. I am a victim of my ignorance as well. there are so many things our phones can do alone that the average american has yet to even access. If the wifi was out for a week, most of us wouldn't know how to function in daily life. With A.I. and robots on the scene, we would face a whole new era of uncertainty and we have yet to comprehend what we have so far. I don't doubt a robot could do simple human activities, but do we really want artificial humans? we can barely tolerate real ones.
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