Why are We so Scared of Robots / AIs?

Hello Monks...
I am Riddhi Bhatt from  Department of English. You know...what is today's blog ?This blog is about Thinking Activity on  Why are We so Scared of Robots / AIs?. This task is assigned by Prof. Dr.Dilip Barad sir, Head of the English Department of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavsinhji Bhavnagar University (MKBU). As a part of the syllabus, students of English department are learning the paper called Cultural Studies (paper-205). So, let’s start friends. But before we start I want to give short information about what kind of things we see here…

Here I am going to talk about short movies which has some storyline connected with Robots in this blog

Why are We so Scared of Robots / AIs?

Here in this blog 3 short film about robots that 1)The first one is about babysitter robot who becomes so obsessed of the child that murders the murder. 2)The second one is on the iMom - Mom robot. 3)The third is on Satyajit Ray's short story 'Anukul' (1976) - directed by Sujoy Ghosh.

In these short movies and other sci-fi movies we see that they make a villain out of technology. Why are we so scared of robots or AIs so that we always imagine them as monsters or villains? What is my interpretation?

Why are We so Scared of Robots / AIs?

This thinking activity's task and also one kind of question that Why are we so scared of Robot/Als?.If see that Robots have become an integral part of the manufacturing industry, but they’re also moving into other industries as well. As they continue to become a larger part of our society, people are voicing growing fears about them. Whether it’s a fear for their jobs, their lives, or something else entirely, it’s all built on a lack of knowledge.

What exactly is a Robot? 

• According to Encyclopedia Britannica 

"Any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not resemble human beings in appearance or perform functions in a humanlike manner. By extension, robotics is the engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots."  

• According to Merriam Webster Dictionary 

"A machine that resembles a living creature in being capable of moving independently (as by walking or rolling on wheels) and performing complex actions (such as grasping and moving objects)." And Such a machine built to resemble a human being or animal in appearance and behavior."

Why are We so Scared of Robots ? 
We’ve all seen science fiction films about robots turning on their masters and we’ve certainly heard naysayers talk about how robots are coming to steal human jobs, but are they really so bad? The answer is No. Let’s explore fears that about robots that simply don’t hold up to the light:

1. They’re Not Safe
First and foremost, you’ll hear about how robots aren’t safe. While it’s true that fenced robots in manufacturing are behind said fences for a reason, that’s not to say that their collaborative counterparts are dangerous as well. While nothing is completely safe, collaborative robots are in fact built using a standard set of guidelines known as the ISO TS 15066.
These provide some standards for collaborative robotics to abide by, which helps manufacturers ensure that their robots are as safe as can be. Today’s standards, combined with safety technology, has resulted in several excellent options for safety with collaborative robots:

• Power and force limiting
• Speed and separation monitoring
• Hand guiding

New safety technology continues to emerge as time goes on, quickly revealing that humans have no need to fear their safety around robots in the workplace, so long as they are well informed.

2. They’ll Take Our Jobs
Throughout history, people have always feared technology, because they were scared it would make their jobs obsolete. Cars, the printing press, industrial technology, all of these things were met with fear in the past. People were afraid these things would put them out of work, but in every case, they did not.

They’ll Take Our Jobs ?

Instead, technology creates new industries, new jobs, and more prosperity as a whole. With robots, the same thing is happening today. People in manufacturing are afraid their jobs will be taken, but new jobs are already being created.
Whether it’s someone to program the robots, or a human to work on more intricate tasks that robots can’t perform, new roles are emerging as robots increase production and lower costs. Back-breaking jobs that humans hate can now be given to robots, thus freeing them up to do more rewarding work.

• According to Bill Gates.. 

"It is really bad if people

 overall have more fear about what innovation is 

going to do than they have enthusiasm." 

Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, seems to be taking the position that we have nothing to fear but fear itself. He has also voiced his opinion that people need to approach advancements in technology with enthusiasm, not outright fear.He seems to believe that if we plan accordingly and address these fears in advance, humankind will have nothing to worry about.
There’s nothing to fear, because technology creates far more than it destroys when it comes to industries, jobs, and careers.

3. Artificial Intelligence Is Dangerous
We’ve made some huge strides in regards to artificial intelligence, but we’re a long ways off from robots that are as smart, or smarter than humans. People who think about decades in the future may have concerns about the intelligence of robots being used against us, but that’s not something we need to worry about now.

Artificial Intelligence Is Dangerous ?

The current landscape of robotics puts us squarely in control. As a result, the idea of robots turning on us or becoming sentient is still in the realm of science fiction. Major technology figures like Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and others are already thinking about how to properly harness A.I.

Geoff Hinton, known as the “godfather of deep learning,” told the BBC that...

“You can see things clearly for the next few years, but look beyond 10 years and we can’t really see anything. It’s just a fog.”

Instead, we should focus on the fact that today’s A.I systems can process information too vast or too complex for humans to grasp. There’s nothing to fear from the growth of A.I as we are still in the infancy of the technology.

Is there a danger Robot/AIs is going to take over the world?

•  According to Joanna Bryson..

"There's a lot of really intelligent people who aren't trying to take over the world. There's a broken idea that anything that's intelligent will want will have the same kind of ambitions as we have," 
Example of a cheetah "The idea that just because humans are the smartest animal, anything that is intelligent will become a person is broken. That's like thinking any animal that becomes fast will turn into a cheetah." 

• According to Janelle Shane.. 

“So, when we're working with AI, it's up to us to avoid problems. And avoiding things going wrong, that may come down to the age-old problem of communication, where we as humans have to learn how to communicate with AI. We have to learn what AI is capable of doing and what it's not, and to understand that, with its tiny little worm brain, AI doesn't really understand what we're trying to ask it to do. So in other words, we have to be prepared to work with AI that's not the super-competent, all-knowing AI of science fiction. We have to be prepared to work with an AI that's the one that we actually have in the present day. And present-day AI is plenty weird enough.” 
(The danger of AI is weirder than you think - TED)

Robots & Elian in our Bollywood Cinema:

Example of Robots are Good... 

For better understanding You can also watch my presentation...

Why are we so scared of robots ? from Riddhi Bhatt

Work Cited 

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