The future is a cold, emotionless robot takeover

[ManaMinori 4,145]

I'm not liking where this is going. Wal-mart says they'll soon be replacing human staff, for drones to work the aisles annd liky robots at the register soon after. Cars are advancing so there's no need for human drivers. Drone delivery is becoming more accepted at fast food and retailers. Restaraunts are cutting staff for robots. Personal caretakers are also becoming robots

 

Am I the only one worried here? There will be no need for anyone to look or jobs, because robot takeover. Everyone will become even more distant with each other, because why interact with people when there's robots? Then these robots will gain sentience, because hackers, and kill us all.

Abort! ABORT!

[FanOfManyShows 396]

Mind.Exe has been blown, rebooting...

 

Robots can't replace everything, there will be that tiny bit of creativity that robots never replicate. that and humans have morals, robots are emotionless and don't have morals, so whatever they make, has no motive behind it.

[Lisa 5,553]

robots are emotionless and don't have morals, so whatever they make, has no motive behind it.

 

The robots don't have the motive, but the humans who created the robots do. Robots are tools for humans, meaning there is a motive behind them, it's just that the robots aren't the ones that created that motive.

[Dreambiscuit 10,088]

Hopefully it would mean humans would have more time and freedom to use their creativity. But realistically, it would just create a society where tech jobs are more prevalent to design, build and program the machines. Just as it is with computers now, robotic machines would be tweaked, rearranged and re-sold without much significant improvement. So they won't go anywhere, and humans won't either.

Computers and modern technology haven't really changed the world to the point where humans can blissfully lounge about all day and think deep philosophical thoughts, or forge a Utopian existence while the machines do the grunt work. This would still require human beings to actually get off their butts and start thinking for themselves and stop being programmed like the machines they build. Until that happens, machines will take over the world, and in a sense, already have. 

[Invincible 2,091]

Robots don't make the same mistakes humans do. They aren't prone to emotions and don't need to be paid, only maintained. From a business standpoint, this is probably the example of a great worker.

 

Human hands, eyes, ears and mind will always be in demand, it's the skills we possess that may soon become useless.

 

I for one would prefer to have businesses around me run by automata anyway. But i also dislike most humans anyway so what do i know?

[AzureNightLight 122]

If I remember correctly, Google has been developing a 'Big Red Button' for when the AI decide to start getting ahead of themselves and start rebelling. They decided to take precautions and created a way for them to effectively halt their robots from functioning. Its unnerving that they had to do this.

 

You also don't want y'all turning into fat piles like those guys from WALL-E do you?

Edited June 6, 2016 by AzureNightLight

[Brony Number 42 10,072]

Those little house robots can't even properly clean the floor, I wouldn't worry about a take over. In all of the sci fi robot apocalypse movies I wonder why humans don't just unplug them? A robot can't function without an artificial power source. Unless it is solar powered, in which case it moves slower than a sloth and goes dead if the sky is cloudy. I have a message for the robots:

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[Guest]

I'm not remotely worried considering our artificial intelligence is so pathetic that it's worlds away from ever being able to develop sentience and become Skynet. Don't forget, movies make us think things about robotics that would never happen in real life.

 

I honestly can't tell if you're joking or not. I hope you're joking.

Edited June 6, 2016 by Guest

[PiratePony 8,476]

I'm not remotely worried considering our artificial intelligence is so pathetic that it's worlds away from ever being able to develop sentience and become Skynet. Don't forget, movies make us think things about robotics that would never happen in real life.

 

I honestly can't tell if you're joking or not. I hope you're joking.

That's just what an agent for the machines would say Keys. I am watching you.

[Solid 1,327]

You also don't want y'all turning into fat piles like those guys from WALL-E do you?

^

 

Remembering the fundamentals of survival and basic level of social functioning is quite important even when it seems uneeded.

 

Imagine the Internet experiencing a temporary global shutdown, hope you all still know how to write letters and talk to living breathing people.

[Anneal 2,197]

I smell fear-mongering.

 

The major shift in automation is definitely going to displace several million workers, but no, robots are not going to completely "steal our jerbs". For the most part, robots are going to take up repetitive work – office receptionist, factory worker, cashiers and clerks, drivers, for example. It's also just as likely that technological developments will open up newer jobs. Not enough to cover up the jobs that will disappear, but enough to indicate that the society isn't going to collapse because of robots, but rather face a complete skill change.

 

Robots are capable of doing a whole lot now and will continue to be more efficient and reliable in the near future, but I really don't see robots going all out Terminator anytime soon, if possible at all. Even, at you say, some robots might be hacked, you're also assuming the ones building the robots won't build significant countermeasures to prevent the regular hacker from successfully accessing one. Even then, hardly any robots will happen to be the kind that are capable of injuring or killing anyone. The companies who are going to produce these robots aren't stupid.

 

Not to mention robots cutting down on these redundant and repetitive jobs would significantly reduce employees required to do the same jobs, which frees up more of the labor pool to be used on something else that isn't automated (not completely the case but I will go over that later). In that case robots are helpful. They're far less prone to human error, are very cost efficient in the long term, and will waste far less resources. More indirect effects would be that commercial spaces will be reduced; because you no longer need to account for as much human labor, companies can significantly cut down on the overall space it uses. I won't be surprised if supermarkets literally turn into "supervendors" in a few decades.

 

The downsides, though – some of the work that robots are replacing are almost always going to be low-end, so most of these people getting off at minimum wage are immediately going to be unemployed, possibly permanently if they are incapable of getting any sort of better education. When the education and work bar increases, these people will be unable to catch up. Regardless of what stance you have in politics or economics, unemployment is always a bad thing, so we need to do something about it to help these people, whether it's the more radical "guaranteed income / free money to the poor" or setting them up on some education program like the G.I. Bill we have...or some different ideas.

 

Before people start berating on "THE US IS NOT GOING TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT'S REGRESSIVE", note that this case does not just apply to the US but to most developed countries as well.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,725]

Honestly, with how society is nowadays, it kinda already feels like humanity is comprised of drones. So it wouldn't be much different.

 

Funny thing is, if robots became a popular work related thing, it would replace a lot more than just Walmart workers. Different types of engineers could be thrown out the window as well.

[\/ 651]

Here's how it will work. Life will not come to a halt. All that will happen is robots will begin doing things that robots can do, and humans will do things that only humans can do. By the whole process, we will, in essence, become more human than ever. Whether that is good or bad, nobody knows.

[EpicEnergy 23,224]

Well you see, John Connor is the only man who can stop this, but if the T-800 kills Sarah Connor before John Connor is born, all will be lost to the machines and humanity's last hope will be nonexistent! So there is hope, but there's also a fight to control the future of this world because of the existence of a time machine.

[Xada 420]

If societal structure does not change, we are headed to a future where there are 3 groups of people. Those who own the robots. Those who maintain them and do what little can't be automated. And the unemployed "undesirables"