Robots have long escaped the boundaries of science fiction films and have become part of the real world. Will we be able to maintain control over them?
1. Robots are much faster than us
The fastest man - Jamaican track and field athlete Usain Bolt - has 8 Olympic gold medals. But even he will not be able to overtake the four-legged Cheetah robot, developed by Boston Dynamics.
2. They easily deceive us
In September 2012, 2K Games held an artificial intelligence competition. The developers were asked to create a bot that could mimic the behavior of live players in Unreal Tournament 2004. The degree of "humanity" was assessed by ordinary players who had a referee weapon and could mark any character as "alive" or as a "bot". As a result, the first place was shared by the Texas bot UT2 and the Romanian MirrorBot. Both artificial intelligences received a humanity score of 52%. The most surprising thing is that real players had an average rating of no more than 40%.
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3. They work as a team
Scientists at the Universities of Sussex and Sheffield are building a neural model for flying drones based on the structure of the bee's brain. According to Dr. James Marshall, "Simple organisms such as social insects have amazingly advanced cognitive abilities" and "they are more accessible to research than the brain of vertebrates." If this news did not scare you, think about what in the long term drones are capable of, which are oriented in space and work in a team as a "single whole"?
4. They can walk on water
Chinese engineers have created a water strider robot capable of not only walking on water, but also making impressive jumps. The developers applied porous nickel foam to the robot's limbs, which has water-repellent properties. The water strider weighs 11 grams and jumps 14 centimeters in height.
5. They are much less vulnerable than we are
This is a robot earthworm created by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the video, the researchers show us how stable this robot is: it cannot be turned over or knocked down, because there are simply no limbs. It is too early to say that robots have become completely invulnerable. But engineers are working in this direction.
6. As soon as the robot realizes itself as a person
He will question the dominant position of man. Yale University researchers are actively working on this. Scientists have already presented the robot Niko to the public, who realized that his left hand in the reflection is actually the right one. We look forward to continuing.
7. Rise of robots is no longer considered a fantasy
The University of Cambridge admits the possibility of war between man and machine. The Center for the Study of Existential Risks is considering a scenario in which machines become intelligent and independent. Naturally, the interests of robots are unlikely to coincide with the interests of humans. Let's hope that scientists will be able to save humanity.
Alisa Gorbunova