Hello Friends,
This blog is my response to the task assigned to us by our Prof. Dr. Dilip Sir in the thinking activity of "Why are we so scared of Robots or AIs?" and here is my response and my interpretations based on the various video resources and study materials. So, read, understand and enjoy. Happy Learning!
Video 1. Android baby sitter gets obsessed with his Korean horror story.
My Interpretations of this video 1.
Introduction
In this video, first thing that we observe is that the language is foreign to us and so not possible to understand. So the interpretations we get are generally on the basis of the mere observation of the actions taking place by the characters.
Main Subject
In this video we observe that how if robots will come in our life then it will be very harmful to human life. Robots are machines and they have no emotions, they are just programmed by humans and they have many limitations. In above video it is clearly shown that how the child is kept under the care of robot and how the robot behaves with the child. Robot adds red robot oil in the sandwiches of a child and second time in the cake. So, we can see that this can be very much dangerous for the child. It harasses the child by pressurizing the child. Child is in danger and we see that mother comes to know about it. At this mother is also scared and tries to get eradicate of the robot. She cuts the wire inside the robot and then it is buried in the ground.
But then what happens?
Does the mother never keeps the robot in the home?
Here it seems that robot has become very much an essential part of their life. So, she keeps another robot for child care. But this robot is also very much like the previous one. It does no more good but only harms the child. This robot also adds red robot oil in the cake. So, now mother realizes that robot is not good for her child care. And then she tries to remove this new robot also. During this battle she herself also faces many struggles and realizes how dangerous the robots are!
In life, when technology is advancing so much that now to live without technology is also a big challenge. In coming years, Robots and AIs will be a part of life. But are we really capable of accepting robots in our life? Are robots capable to replace humans? What if they harm us more than helping us? When developers add feelings and emotions in robots along with the work they have to do, then they will also give different emotional responses, they will also show love, anger, hatred towards humans, this will be very much dangerous to human. As robots are machines, they have more strength like that of weapons, and if they start giving emotional responses then they will attack humans and will eventually kill humans. So, human invention of very great level may ultimately lead to human death, pain and suffering.
Conclusion
As we know that all inventions have advantages as well as disadvantages. All inventions have their own limitations. So, it becomes very much essential that to look at the disadvantages as well. If we add human qualities to robots then they will give harmful reaction at least once in a while. If we say that a robot is working for us all the days, but if some day it is disturbed as all machines do get spoiled or damaged, then it will spoil all the work that it has done for us. So, we can say that robots may try to replace humans to some extent, but in a larger context they also have their limitations. They can never replace humans cent percent.
Humans have limitations, humans are sensitive and are more rational. Human brain is far more capable than any robot or AI. Only thing is that one has to channelize and train one's mind to work in a proper and better way. Robots have more capacities than humans as they are merely machines and machines can do much more. So, in same way machines have more capacity to harm also and they do not have compassion and human touch.
Something Important
If robots are given all the powers then ultimately they may become more powerful than humans. They will start dominating over humans. They will overpower humans. Then they may become more powerful than humans and then they may control humans. So, ultimately it may so happen that
"Human invention may lead to human destruction."
Then world may be governed by robots and humans may be slaves of robots and robots may become master. So, as now we know that robots are made to make human life more easier but the outcome cannot be predicted, it can be anything beyond human imagination. Advancement of robots in human life may also lead to end of human species and robots may be the only ones to survive in end. So, we have seen the power of robots and we have realized that robots are far more powerful than humans are so we can make out that they can even be more destructive and harmful also.
Video 2. A mother leaves her kids to the care of a robot then an unexpected bond is formed between a child and an iMom.
In this video we can see a good example of robot that is iMom. In a time we are living when woman are also working and don't have time to look after the kids, then it becomes very much essential to have somebody to look after the kids. So, here we find a robot mom who is very much loving to the child and she is programmed in such a way that she makes the child read the lessons louder, asks the child about what happened with him in the school, in the class, etc. In this we also she that how when mother instructs the iMom before going out for work and it does accordingly.
Once when the outside weather is stormy and lights are off, then child calls the iMom and it tries to calm and console the child and in this way a bond is formed between the child and the iMom. So, child does not feel alone even in the absence of a mother.
Another important point is that in this video initially we see that boy is not convenient with the robotic mom and so he tells this to his mother and not even responding to the iMom. But when the boy is scared of the stormy weather outside and electricity failure, then at that moment iMom comes to the boy's rescue and then a bond of affection is formed between a child and a robot.
Conclusion
Sometimes some inventions are very helpful to humans. So sometimes as in this case we can see that iMom is very much helpful to the child. When a woman is working and wants to live a life of her choice and doesn't want to spend her full day behind the child then here in this case the robotic mom is very much helpful in this case.
So, if robots are helpful to humans in this way then there is nothing wrong in accepting robots in our daily life. But still many experiments and observations need to take place before we fully accept robots in our daily life.
As far as this new technology of AI and robot is concerned, we cannot keep children in the robotic hands. Even the watch of one or two people is needed along with the safety measures while keeping robots for our various purposes. We should not completely rely on robots because after all machines also have some limitations.
We don't want robots to rule, to control, or to over power humans. But we can accept the new technology in such a way that we can control the robots and not that robots to control us. If robots become more powerful than humans then we need to become more alert and take strict measures to prevent robots controlling the human life.
We need to keep humanity, human development, human safety at center in any field of Science, technology, Robotic Science and even AI.