Intelligent machines such as robots are now being used. Is this a positive or negative trend?

Moore’s law dictates that the speed and capability of our computers would increase every couple of years and that they’ll be ever more cost-efficient in the future. Another tenet of

this

law is that

this

growth is exponential. The drastic improvement in computing power is what made advanced robotics possible.

In

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At

the age of artificial intelligence, no

one

knows for sure just how far we can take it, and like opening a Pandora’s box, no

one

knows if the human race is headed towards its own ideals or its very own demise. Whether the emergence of AI is positive for us or not depends entirely on what happens after “singularity,” a hypothetical future in which computer programs become sentient. Right now, the Hollywood depiction of the all-seeing, all-knowing, and

omnipotent version

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an omnipotent version

the omnipotent version

of AI is a total misconception because as of now weak AIs

are made

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is made

base

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based

on our own thought processes and can only answer simple questions and give scripted response. Though weak AIs are not a threat to us,

hyperintelligent

, sentient AIs

are

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is

. The worst-case scenario might akin to that in the movie “

iRobot

a mechanism that can move automatically

robot

” starring Will Smith, where the centralized,

hyperintelligent

AI had come up with the undeniable logic of how the only way to preserve mankind is to forcibly control them so that they don’t end up destroying themselves; should clashes arise between the protein-based and silicon-based life forms, it’s obvious which side would win. The above is

one

scenario where the robots had an agenda in mind, but there is an alternate possibility where mankind is the

one

responsible for the retaliation of the intelligent machines. AI sentience implies that the AIs are capable of grasping abstract concepts

such

as good and evil, possess a range of emotions - elation, depression, aggression, and fear – just like we do, and make decisions based on how they feel; at

this

juncture, it would be wise for humans

to consider

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consider

viewing these sentient beings as equals and provide them the rights and entitlement they deserve, but knowing what men are, full of hubris and pride, we know full well that

this

is not going to happen. We may wind up beaten and defeated like

ones

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the ones

in the “Animatrix” series where a full-on war broke out between the robot resistance and their fragile makers simply because the intelligent machines’ pacifist, diplomatic approach did not work well with the humans; difficult it seems for the humans to live and let live. Like most things, I suspect that the truth is somewhere in the middle. The AIs

bring

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brings

us convenience, and there is nothing to worry about

now seeing

Accept comma addition

now, seeing

as how they have yet to gain sentience; there’s not enough computing power for them to gain sentience anyway.

However

, we might have to worry about what comes

next

once we have hit that threshold.