Tech | August 20, 2009 | 5 comments

3 Laws Blow Robots' Minds?!?

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32479552/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/

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By Jeremy Hsu

updated 2:12 p.m. CT, Wed., Aug 19, 2009

Science fiction’s robotics laws need a reality check.
Asimov’s Three Laws don’t recognize current limitations, experts say.
Artificial intelligence researchers often idealize Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics as the signpost for robot-human interaction. But some robotics experts say that the concept could use a practical makeover to recognize the current limitations of robots.

Self-aware robots that inhabit Asimov's stories and others such as "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Battlestar Galactica" remain in the distant future. Today's robots still lack any sort of real autonomy to make their own decisions or adapt intelligently to new environments.

But danger can arise when humans push robots beyond their current limits of decision-making, experts warn. That can lead to mistakes and even tragedies involving robots on factory floors and in military operations, when humans forget that all legal and ethical responsibility still rests on the shoulders of homo sapiens.
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5 comments // 3 Laws Blow Robots' Minds?!?

  • xxxCiscoKiDxxx
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      xxxCiscoKiDxxx  

    • OMG...

      We're nowhere near the dreaded *dun dun dun* "robot taking over the world" scenario.

      Let's actually concentrate on meaningful uses for the amazing technology we have.

      We can power and feed the entire world for nothingness if we chose to automate our society. But it's notions that robots will take over that scares everyone under a rock!

    • 2 years ago
  • bailey78
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  

    • It is just a matter of time before they start thinking for them selves. I've seen what Honda and Toyota have done with robots and it scares me. the next step should be to move back two steps with these.

    • 2 years ago
  • AnotherEducatedWhiteGuy
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