Why Does the Future Not Need Us

Question 1

• argued that humanity, so-called power over nature “turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument’.
• He feared that modernism and its ability to explain away everything but “nature “would leave us emptied of humanity.
• All that would be left is our animal instincts.
• The choice we have to see humanity as a complex combination of both material and spiritual components or else to be reduced to machines
  made of meat ruled by other machines with nothing other than natural impulses to guide them.
• He also warned us of a society that has explained away every mystery, and the danger of what he calls “man-molders which will be armed with the powers of an Omnicompetent state and irresistible scientific
  technique

Answer 1

C.S. Lewis

Question 2

• According to him, there are three possible scenarios for the near future.
  1. First, the genetically enhanced intelligence or the prospect of living longer lives free from genetic disease.
  2. Next, advance in stem cell research might soon allow us to regenerate any tissue in the body.
  3. Lastly, the widespread use of psychotropic drugs like Prozac and Ritalin that can make everyone happy without the side effects of the drugs

Answer 2

Francis Fukuyama

Question 3

• warns that as technological capabilities grow, they results in countless means to accomplish tasks than ever before.
• The more dependent we become on technology, the more it conforms our behavior to its requirements rather than vice versa

Answer 3

Jacques Ellul

Question 4

• who coined the term “cyberspace”, has said the ‘the future is here”- it’s just not evenly distributed”.
• Some of the important changes in the future will come not from a new technology, but from a large number of people having access to
  something that already exists (Scharre, 2017).

Answer 4

William Gibson

Question 5

• It is the process by which an organisms’ genetic material is altered or manipulated so that the organism will have specific characteristics.
• It has been applied in numerous fields including research, medicine, industrial biotechnology and agriculture.
• It can be used in Cloning, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), Gene therapy.

Answer 5

Genetic Engineering

Question 6

• It Is an interdisciplinary research area at the interface of computer science and engineering.
• It involves the conception, design, manufacture and operation of robots

Answer 6

Robotics

Question 7

Types of Robots

Answer 7

o Pre-Programmed Robots (operate in a controlled environment where they do simple, monotonous tasks)
o Humanoid Robots (robots that look like and/or mimic human behavior – Sophia)
o Autonomous Robots (operate independently of human operators
o Teleoperated Robots (mechanical bots controlled by humans)
o Augmenting Robots (either enhance current human capabilities or replace the capabilities a human may have lost)

Question 8

(operate in a controlled environment where
they do simple, monotonous tasks)

Answer 8

Pre-Programmed Robots

Question 9

s (robots that look like and/or mimic human behavior
– Sophia)

Answer 9

Humanoid Robots

Question 10

(operate independently of human operators

Answer 10

Autonomous Robots

Question 11

(mechanical bots controlled by humans)

Answer 11

Teleoperated Robots

Question 12

(either enhance current human capabilities or
replace the capabilities a human may have lost)

Answer 12

Augmenting Robots

Question 13

Applications

Answer 13

1. Military Robots
2. Industrial Robots
3. Collaborative Robots or Cobots
4. Construction Robots
5. Agricultural Robots
6. Medical Robots
7. Robot Combat for Sport, Domestic Robots
8. Nanobots
9. Swarm Robotics

Question 14

Application of robots:
(to search, rescue and attack)

Answer 14

Military Robots

Question 15

Application of robots:
(IBM keyboard manufacturing factory in Texas)

Answer 15

Industrial Robots

Question 16

Application of robots:
(intended for direct human robot
interaction within shared space

Answer 16

Collaborative Robots or Cobots

Question 17

Application of robots:
(robotic arm and robotic exoskeleton)

Answer 17

Construction Robots

Question 18

Application of robots:
(closely linked to the concept of AI-assisted
precision agriculture and drone usage)

Answer 18

Agricultural Robots

Question 19

Application of robots:
(da Vinci Surgical System and Hospital)

Answer 19

Medical Robots

Question 20

Application of robots:
(Rotimatic, flatbreads baking, Frobot, frozen
yogurts)

Answer 20

Kitchen Automation

Question 21

Application of robots:
(Roomba vacuums the carpets)

Answer 21

Robot Combat for Sport, Domestic Robots

Question 22

Application of robots:
(Kinesin uses protein domain dynamics in nanoscales to walk along a microtubule)

Answer 22

Nanobots

Question 23

Application of robots:
(disaster rescue missions, target localization and
tracking, simultaneous localization and mapping, cooperative environment monitoring and convoy protection).

Answer 23

Swarm Robotics

Question 24

It is the study and manipulation of atomic or molecular scale to improve or even revolutionize many technology and industry sectors.

Answer 24

Nanotechnology

Question 25

• Refers to “machines” that respond to stimulation consistent with traditional responds from human, given the capacity for contemplation,
  judgement and intention.
• It is being used in health care, energy development, finance, transportation, aviation and telecommunications.

Answer 25

Artificial Intelligence

Question 26

• established the fundamental goal and vision of artificial intelligence.
• It is the attempt to replicate or simulate human intelligence in machines.

Answer 26

Alan Turing

Question 27

• defined Artificial Intelligence in four approaches:
  ➢ Four Approaches:
  o Thinking Rationally
  o Thinking Humanly
  o Acting Rationally
  o Acting Humanly

Answer 27

Norvig and Russell

Question 28

➢ Four Approaches: of AI

Answer 28

o Thinking Rationally
o Thinking Humanly
o Acting Rationally
o Acting Humanly

Question 29

Potential Risks To Society

Answer 29

o Devaluation of humanity
o Decrease in demand of human labor
o High costs of creation
o Ethical issues
o Social isolation
o Environmental Problems

Question 30

List of Emerging Technologies that will shape our Future

Answer 30

o Electric/ self-driving cars
o Robot butlers
o Flying cars
o Space tourism
o Colonization of other planets
o Wearable screens
o 3D printed Food and Metal
o 5G-6G connectivity
o Re-engineering and Recycling
o High-rise farms
o Lab-grown meats
o Robot soldiers
o Roads over rivers and seas
o Holography
o Body implants prosthesis