Reality of killer robots

[kashyap putra]

Scientists have warned that mankind might lose control over artificially intelligent machines that carry out a growing share of society's workload.   
 
 Robots -- artificial people or say mechanical servants -- could be dangerous to human beings. A situation which is now limited to only sci-fi films, such as the Terminator series, The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Minority Report, could turn true, warn scientists. Advances in the scientific world promise many benefits, but scientists are secretly worried over the thought that artificially intelligent machines could outsmart humans. At a secret meeting to discuss limiting their research, leading scientists warned that mankind might lose control over computer-based systems that carry out a growing share of society's workload, from waging war to chatting on the phone, and have already reached a level of indestructibility comparable with a cockroach, reports The Times.

"These are powerful technologies that could be used in good ways or scary ways," says Eric Horvitz, principal researcher, Microsoft who organized the conference on behalf of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.

According to researchers, scientists are spending too much time developing artificial intelligence and too little on robot safety.

"We're rapidly approaching the time when new robots should undergo tests, similar to ethical and clinical trials for new drugs, before they can be introduced," Alan Winfield, a professor at the University of the West of England, told The Times.

The scientists who presented their findings at the International Joint Conference for Artificial Intelligence in Pasadena, California, last month fear that nightmare scenarios, which have until now been limited to sci-fi films could come true.

Scientists are particularly worried about the way the latest, highly sophisticated artificially intelligent products perform human-like functions.

While many scientists fear artificial intelligence could run amok, some argue that ultrasmart machines will instead offer huge advances in life extension and wealth creation. Some pointed out that artificial intelligence was already helping us in complex, sometimes life-and-death situations, as per The Times.
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