The robotics is advancing rapidly and the robots are almost able to act like a normal person. This generates a lot of interest but, obviously, also intimidates the uncertainty. Some experts in the field predict a society where robots and human beings coexist in parallel.
Within the context of ethical robotic laws, robots cannot replace humans!
Thanks Kennedy for your answer. At present this may be so, but in the future... do you think this would be possible?
I'm sure that it impossible because the human will devlop itself but for robots its imossible
@ José Miguel Toribio-Guzmán , I am very sure you are basing your questions on these Laws of Robotics by Isaac Asimov + the 4th Zeroth law (See blow)
Kindly note that the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology of UNESCO (COMEST) has proposed a technology-based ethical framework on robotics ethics based on the distinction between deterministic and cognitive robots. In fact, COMEST identified ethical values and principles that set regulations at every level to Engineers, Scientists, etc viz: (i) human dignity; (ii) value of autonomy; (iii) value of privacy; (iv) “do not harm” principle; (v) principle of responsibility; (vi) value of beneficence; and (vii) value of justice.
With these COMEST specific recommendations concerning the application of robotic technologies, there is no way robots will replace Humans!
My advise is that for variety of areas for future development, we need to seriously teach codes of ethics to roboticists; retrain and retool the work force, as well as to the advice against the development and use of autonomous weapons. This ethical perspective justifies my previous assertion. Regards
Robotics Laws
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws
4. A robot may not injure humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
The co-existence is probably the good scenario.
There exist other scenarios too:
- human will be transformed to a hybrid being
- robots will deploy superior intelligence and begin to eliminate humans...
- something else, as a mixture of the above two
Be cautious...
Kennedy Chinedu Okafor, thanks for your contribution. I agree that the ethical perspective is fundamental.
Demetris Christopoulos, Coexistence is the present and perhaps the best for humans, but the future ...?
Interesting perspective. Thanks
No, robots can not replace humans! Some related readings and discussion about this topic follow.
https://tech.co/news/robots-replace-humans-work-2017-08
https://www.quora.com/Can-a-robot-replace-human-beings
Please also have a look at this old RG discussion thread.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_robots_replace_humans
Ljubomir Jacić Thank you very much I will check these publications.
Arvind Singh thanks for the contribution. The opinions of 5 years ago to a similar question are comparatively very interesting.
My view about the question is no. In future, robots can replace many of the jobs done by humans, but not all.
See the following quote.
@ José Miguel Toribio-Guzmán
Please also see the following RG link.
Article Robots Shall Not Replace Humans, Robots Shall Make Humans Human
Thanks!
@Samuel Tesema Lakew, Thanks for your opinion. It is true that the robotics progresses quickly and is unstoppable. It is an advantage that robots can work for us, but if we can not control them, this is a serious problem.
A robot, no matter how advanced, can never replace a human being. Following are some of the differences:
1. Humans are organic beings, while robots are not.
2. Humans are far more complex and superior to robots in almost all aspects.
3. Humans are highly social beings compared to robots. They are capable of forming relationships, and generating complex feelings, or emotions such as love.
4. Humans can learn, can estimate and have the power of adaptability, flexibility, skill and intelligence.
Just feelings would be enough to differentiate between the two.
@Ali Semerci, Thank you for your opinion, I hope the discussion meets your expectations
@Muhammad Younas, Thank you very much, interesting comparative. The feelings are a big difference, but the robotics will continue to develop and who knows if they can achieve this one day.
Since robots are created by human beings, they can never emulate their builders.
The plans are for such a task:
- replacing human workers of any kind (including doctors and engineers) by robots
If they succeed, nobody knows!
i dont think so. However, in certain cirumstances they are better than human and can replace them completely as working deep under the water , in the space , ....etc
In future robotic technology may be an essential helping tool in our job place but it can't be a substitute to the human. It can't replace humans. It can't compete with human brain.
Referring the following link:
https://srudymoose.com/robots-cant-replace-human-essay
Definitely NO
tasks that are programmed.
As powerful and helpful as technology/robot might be, it doesn’t necessarily mean to replace human anytime soon. The reason is simple; any technology system is programmed, it doesn’t think on its own. Even if you have an , it still doesn’t match the complexity of the human brain, at least right now. Humans are the ones using, creating as well as adjusting the technology to suit their needs. Humans are also the one to bring in all the necessary solutions that make the process simpler and increase performance in the first place.
In the future, we cannot guarantee that technology won’t be able to think and create with the complexity level of the human’s brain. As of right now, technology is still a productive assistant to human.
Minh Tu
Never. Robots may have artificial intelligence but will never have EQ.
There exists several plans, written and non written about current issue:
- replace human beings in all kind of works, both hand and mental type
- create a new generation of humanoids-cyborg like entities by mixing biological with electronic devices (micro chips etc)
- creation of an upper elite class of top information technology, biotechnology, genetics, robotics experts while rest will have no faith...
I don't continue, I hope all those plans to be unsuccessful...
As present they cannot, but in the future I cannot see why not. Although the arguments here against the possibility are convincing, this reflects on present advances not likely future ones. I suspect human personality can be built up in the same way that programmes establish tasks, or will be in the future. Within a robot personality can be motivation and autonomy. While they may not replicate us, they will as good as damn it-as the saying goes.
Robotics is a part of mechatronics and automation. So, I have attached my thread about, the very related one with so many resources.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_we_consider_automation_as_the_enemy_of_employment
@Uche Nnolim. The truth is that the future in robotics is uncertain but unstoppable. Thanks for your opinion.
Srdjan Atanasijevic,
Robots can generate many solutions and faster with the right algorithms, but certainly creativity is distinctive of human beings.
Interesting contribution. Thank you.
At present we have humans to do most of the tedious jobs, paying them little. But we need to feed them too. And educate them!
@Mohammed Shwaish ; @Rana Burhan Alshahwany ; @Suparna Roy ;@Redha Taiar ; @Marta Du Vall
Thanks for your opinion
Dear all,
I realize that you have not yet understood how dangerous can all those issues will evolve in the near future.
I suggest to read more...
Robots Will Never Fully Replace Humans because:
Robots Don’t Understand Customer Service ;
Robots Lack Creative Problem Solving, robots’ lack of imaginative capabilities means they’re no good with anything that requires creative thought ;
People Prefer to Talk With A Human .
Dear José Miguel Toribio-Guzmán,
In some activities it is possible and robots are already produced, which replace people in specific repetitive activities. However, will robots replace people in future in all activities and functions? In my opinion, it is not possible for this type of futurological vision to be realized. People are afraid of such a scenario of the future development of civilization. The expression of these fears is the predominance of negative futurological visions known from fictional literature and films that such a development of civilization in which autonomous robots replace people in almost all activities, difficult work, production processes and achieve a high level of artificial intelligence generates serious threats to humanity.
Best wishes
@Demetris Christopoulos ; @Ali Semerci. The truth is that robotics will continue to evolve unstoppably. Thanks for your opinión
@Doaa El Amrousy, thanks for your answer. Certainly today robots are designed for certain tasks. Tomorrow the number of tasks we want to perform will continue to increase and robotics will continue to evolve, making the possibilities expand more and more.
@Samuel Tesema Lakew. Thanks for your opinion. I think that the world economy, at a given moment, will make a decision in that sense and it is very likely that they are on the side of the robots.
@Vasilis Nikolitsis. Hi, interesting contribution, effectively money and power may be the answer. Thanks for your opinion.
@Dariusz Prokopowicz. Hi, interesting contribution. I think that the robotics advances quickly and although it is a scenario that we can fear, the economic powers will end up being imposed, since robots offer great advantages for capitalism. Regards
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@Sadanand Pandey. Interesting.The question is whether robotics can get it. Regards
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The answer is negative. Robots can replace only the mechanical actions of humans and it really works. Mechanical work robots do better and more productive. Robots cannot replace intellectual work despite huge advances in machine learning, data mining and business analytics.
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Absolutely impossible because not everything humans do is mechanical.
Of course they can! Be ready to be replaced. Some problems will appear when trying reproduce the overall evolution, but, it comes! The robots that have been constructed to model the evolution from A to Z do properly their job. Just - some data missing...
Robots could not to replace human beings, but automated computarized systems when will be able to design and construct more evolutionared than itself systems could to substitute human beings as the principal subject on the world.
José Miguel Toribio-Guzmán In my opinion I'll say No! Reason - humans are still required to do the thinking from ideation to disposal of whatever robot is built. Robots can only assists human to perform complex tasks and make complex tasks easy.
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Men will always be at the stage.
Robot is a mechanical device , carrying out his performance with the devices created in robot which he merely carries out his work with the help of only his electronic function . Just as human beings he has no head, mind & brain to carry out his function independently & as such robot cannot be compared with any Human beings
This is my personal opinion
If we refer to artificial intelligence (AI), the answer to the question must be more nuanced.
“Researchers predict AI will outperform humans in many activities in the next ten years, such as translating languages (by 2024), writing high-school essays (by 2026), driving a truck (by 2027), working in retail (by 2031), writing a bestselling book (by 2049), and working as a surgeon (by 2053). Researchers believe there is a 50% chance of AI outperforming humans in all tasks in 45 years and of automating all human jobs in 120 years, with Asian respondents expecting these dates much sooner than North Americans.” https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.08807.pdf
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