• Question: When will robots take over the world?

    Asked by Mac to Adam, Adele, Deborah, Matt, Samantha on 20 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Adam Hargreaves

      Adam Hargreaves answered on 20 Jun 2017:

      According to the Terminator movies it should already have happened in 1997, so we’re fine!

    • Photo: Matthew Lee

      Matthew Lee answered on 21 Jun 2017:

      I also thought it would be 1997! But i reckon we’re looking at something like 2120. At the current rate of technological advancement If we havent cracked artificial intelligence in 100 years then chances are we wont do it in the next 300 years i reckon. So you might die before it happens im afraid

    • Photo: Samantha Ahern

      Samantha Ahern answered on 22 Jun 2017:

      I am not convinced that they ever will, however, I do think that they will become more useful and become another useful tool like a computer or fridge. Humans are funny in that we like some assistance to a point, but not too much. Lots of HCI (human computer interaction) work to be done.

      A great, fairly easy to read book on this subject is Murray Shanahan’s The Technological Singularity.

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