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A.I., human interaction, expression, and the old next gen robots

Eavesdropper
 
The next gen robots are coming; the next gen robots are coming... for over 10 years now. The robot, "Cog," was based on the hypothesis that human-level intelligence requires gaining experience from interacting with humans, like infants do. Cog was designed to learn from its embodied experiences rather than hard-coded logic.  As such, Cog may be considered the first cognitive developmental humanoid. Read more about Cog and see more video at the its MIT page.
 
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The Kismet project originally started out as a new head for Cog, but became Cynthia Breazeal’s thesis project. Dr. Breazeal noticed a baby watches their parents very closely, and the parents seem to over emphasize their voice tones and bodily gestures. Kismet's social intelligence software system, or synthetic nervous system (SNS), was designed with human models of intelligent behavior in mind. Learn more about Kismet at its MIT page.
 
With all of these advancements one can't help but think of movies such as the Terminator and the matrix. These movies depict the world taken over by computer intelligence. When confronted with these questions Dr. Rodney Brooks answers them like this: Could our research be used to harm people? Unfortunately, it probably could. However, almost every type of research (both inside and outside the field of Artificial Intelligence) has this dual nature. A toaster can make 2 pieces of delicious toast, or could be used to burn two hands. Any technological advance can be used to help or hurt people. Like most researchers, we sincerely hope (and believe) that our work will ultimately serve the greater good. So keep your eyes peeled for increasingly more interactive robotic human interactions.
 
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  • If you combine this AI capability with the MRI visualization of your inner thoughts, I quickly come up with a capability to create a technology that could indeed be used for many nefarious uses.  I won't elaborate them here as I suspect many would be shocked at the way I can translate ideas into potential uses, plus, I don't want to give someone with less restraint any ideas.

     

    However, you do expose the most important truth.  Technology and AI will continue to progress beyond the understanding of most people.  Its use for good or evil will lay in the hands of those people who fund the research and reuse the technology.  Most people assume that the technology will only be used to help others.  Unfortunately, history has shown that some people will use the technology to try to control others.  We must all be diligent in our pursuit to find the evil uses and eliminate them before they can be used to hurt others.

     

    I always apply the "Trust but verify" test whenever I see potenial misuse of technology.  I hope the rest of you do the same.  Otherwise we will see some very nasty implimentations of some of this capability.

     

    Technology should only exist to serve and assist mankind, not the reverse.  We must all stay diligent and steadfast in our efforts to keep technology in its proper place.  Only those of us who can understand the technology can do this important task.  Those less capable of understanding technology will not see the problem until it is too late.

     

    Just my opinion.

    DAB