• Question: is there a chance that robots could be more intelligent then humans one day and become dominant over us?

    Asked by Hannah to Darren, Ellie, Catherine, Andres, Samantha on 6 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by Annie, ellie123, Issy123, Sherlock The Karate Scout, Haniya, Mel, Ella, xxEmmaxx.
    • Photo: Darren Rhodes

      Darren Rhodes answered on 6 Nov 2016:

      Hi! I think what you have described are the terminator movies! 🙂

      In all seriousness, it’s very possible that robots will be as, or even more intelligent than humans… We are well on the way to developing robots that can have a human sense of time, have emotions, and can be more human like.

      Intelligent artificial life is not far away – however, when a robot does eventually become conscious (Google ‘technological singularity’); I imagine that there will be a ‘safe-key’ – where we will be able to shut the system down if it becomes dominant or dangerous. However, if an artificial intelligence becomes conscious – will it be ethical or moral to build in a safe-key? Who are we to say whether an intelligent being should be controlled by us? Interesting questions!

    • Photo: Andres Olivares del Campo

      Andres Olivares del Campo answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      I think Darren’s answer is spot on.

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