Why Does the Future Not Need Us Flashcards
- 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
C.S. Lewis
- 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
Francis Fukuyama
- 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
Jacques Ellul
- 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).
William Gibson
- 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.
Genetic Engineering
- It Is an interdisciplinary research area at the interface of computer science and engineering.
- It involves the conception, design, manufacture and operation of robots
Robotics
Types of Robots
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)
(operate in a controlled environment where
they do simple, monotonous tasks)
Pre-Programmed Robots
s (robots that look like and/or mimic human behavior
– Sophia)
Humanoid Robots
(operate independently of human operators
Autonomous Robots
(mechanical bots controlled by humans)
Teleoperated Robots
(either enhance current human capabilities or
replace the capabilities a human may have lost)
Augmenting Robots
Applications
- Military Robots
- Industrial Robots
- Collaborative Robots or Cobots
- Construction Robots
- Agricultural Robots
- Medical Robots
- Robot Combat for Sport, Domestic Robots
- Nanobots
- Swarm Robotics
Application of robots:
(to search, rescue and attack)
Military Robots
Application of robots:
(IBM keyboard manufacturing factory in Texas)
Industrial Robots
Application of robots:
(intended for direct human robot
interaction within shared space
Collaborative Robots or Cobots
Application of robots:
(robotic arm and robotic exoskeleton)
Construction Robots
Application of robots:
(closely linked to the concept of AI-assisted
precision agriculture and drone usage)
Agricultural Robots
Application of robots:
(da Vinci Surgical System and Hospital)
Medical Robots
Application of robots:
(Rotimatic, flatbreads baking, Frobot, frozen
yogurts)
Kitchen Automation
Application of robots:
(Roomba vacuums the carpets)
Robot Combat for Sport, Domestic Robots
Application of robots:
(Kinesin uses protein domain dynamics in nanoscales to walk along a microtubule)
Nanobots
Application of robots:
(disaster rescue missions, target localization and
tracking, simultaneous localization and mapping, cooperative environment monitoring and convoy protection).
Swarm Robotics
It is the study and manipulation of atomic or molecular scale to improve or even revolutionize many technology and industry sectors.
Nanotechnology
- 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.
Artificial Intelligence
- established the fundamental goal and vision of artificial intelligence.
- It is the attempt to replicate or simulate human intelligence in machines.
Alan Turing
- defined Artificial Intelligence in four approaches:
➢ Four Approaches:
o Thinking Rationally
o Thinking Humanly
o Acting Rationally
o Acting Humanly
Norvig and Russell
➢ Four Approaches: of AI
o Thinking Rationally
o Thinking Humanly
o Acting Rationally
o Acting Humanly
Potential Risks To Society
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
List of Emerging Technologies that will shape our Future
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
