"How do you avoid a robot apocalypse""
As automation places millions of us at risk of losing our jobs, now is the time to rethink how humans and robots will coexist on this planet, says designer Madeline Gannon in this Opinion column.
We are reaching an inflection point. For the past 50 years, robots have served us well: we told them what to do and they did it ? to maximum effect. As a result, we have had unprecedented innovation and productivity in agriculture, medicine and manufacturing.
Now rapid advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence are making our robotic systems smarter and more adaptable than ever. These advancements also inherently weaken our direct control and relevance to autonomous machines. As such, robotic automation, despite its benefits, is arriving at a great human cost: the World Economic Forum estimates that over the next four years, rapid growth of robotics in global manufacturing will place the livelihoods of five million people at risk, as those in manual labour roles will increasingly lose out to machines. What should be clear by now is that the robots are here to stay. So, rather than continue down the path of engineering our own obsolescence, now is the time to rethink how humans and robots will coexist on this planet.
Advancements in artificial intelligence inherently weaken our direct control and relevance to autonomous machines
How do you avoid a robot apocalypse" What is needed now is not better, faster or smarter robots, but an opportunity for us to pool o...
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