In other words: may our smart products destroy us?

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/stephen-hawking-artificial-intelligence-could-wipe-out-humanity-when-it-gets-too-clever-as-humans-a6686496.html

It does not look like that. Artificial intelligence and robots continue to require humans or, in certain situations, the system needs to interact with humans. It does not seem that man will achieve this by 2030.

May be it can solve a lot of problem for humans

As a firm acolyte of Cobotics, I believe the purpose of the human-in-the-loop is to make AI and robotics more effective, not the other way around

It may not look likely today, but take into account that many people are already under technology control. Many are addicted to social media, video games or simply any digital device, for example. The domince of AI might not come in the shape of a war between humans and machines as predicted by many sf texts such as I, Robot, Terminator or The Matrix. It might come in a much subtler way than most expect!

nice insight

I’m following this Question

In my opinion, whether the development of artificial intelligence and robotics will lead to the creation of fully autonomous and independent from human intelligent robots depends only on human. Therefore, whether it is possible for man-made fully autonomous intelligent robots to rebel against a man, it also depends only on how these robots will be built by man.

Can a catastrophic, apocalyptic vision known from the series of science fiction movies entitled 'Terminator' about rebellious and cyborg warfare survive in the future? This is also a derivative of how a man will lead and control the process of developing artificial intelligence technology. However, the risk can not be ruled out that there is little chance that this development could get out of control.

As in the field of creating highly pathogenic, infectious, epidemic-causing and high mortality created with the use of genetic manipulation of new details and species of bacteria and viruses for the development of biological weapons. Such studies may be classified, however, the risk that these highly pathogenic new strains of bacteria and viruses will escape from the laboratories in which they were created can not be ruled out. Can similar risks be related to the development of artificial intelligence technology?

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

Please reply

I invite you to the discussion

Let me bring additional perspective to the discussion.

"We should be worried about computer systems, but not because they’re going to become synths and take over the world. We should be worried about the usual motivations of any profession that involves computers. I think a lot of computer systems are built by people who are perhaps less competent than they should be, so they make mistakes. Consequently, we get results like stock market crashes, caused by automatic trading systems. We might say the manipulation of elections through social media are caused by computers, but it is the people behind it who are at fault.

These are just problems of humanity. We make mistakes, we are incompetent, and we have poor motivations. We do bad things and we do them by using whatever technology is available. It is not the technology itself that is evil or wicked; it is the people using it".... Prof. Peter Robinson, Cambridge University.

The question asked was "What is your take on robot humans and God? For instance, should man be bothered about robots and should God be bothered about human enterprises on artificial intelligence?"

http://connect.cis.org.uk/interview-professor-peter-robinson.html

Like others, I also feel that the development of artificial intelligence and robotics has made us felt their presence in each and every aspects of life. No doubt our life has become easier than ever because of it. But at the same time I feel it should not get out of control of humanity. And it can't get out of the control of humanity as the existence of AI and Robotics is because of Human intelligence.

I agree with you to a very large extent however the question if artificial intelligence can escape human control is possible if artificial intelligence is made to independently tap into the human minds without restrictions. If that is possible, then it can get to a level where there is a possibility of it spinning out of control. But for the mean time, that's still quite hypothetical and it's still dependent on humans.

Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG,

I would like to add considerations on the following topic to the above discussion:

Determinants of axiomatic and technological implications of the possibility of building artificial awareness.

The above discussion inspired me to formulate the following question:

Will it be possible to build artificial awareness in the future?

Based on the above considerations and conclusions from the discussion on interesting issues discussed, I formulated the following thesis that in connection with the rapid technological progress in the field of ICT and Industry 4.0 information technologies, including the dynamic development of technology, learning machine and artificial intelligence, perhaps in the future advanced artificial neural networks will be created that can imitate the functioning of human consciousness. Therefore, as a result of the integration of these technologies, it will be possible to create artificial awareness.

Below I have described the key determinants confirming the formulated research thesis. To the above discussion I would like to add the following conclusion formulated as a summary of my earlier considerations on this topic: Axiomatic and technological implications of the possibility of building artificial awareness.

Technologies of advanced data processing Industry 4.0, including above all Learning machines and Artificial Intelligence is also used in the attempt to build machines equipped with the ability to self-improve the performed tasks and programmed activities. Perhaps in the future there will be an attempt to build artificial awareness in which supercomputers will be equipped. In my opinion, consciousness can only be mathematically modeled in theory. Even if a mathematical model of artificial consciousness were built using ICT and Industry 4.0 and in the future Industry 5.0 and based on this model artificial intelligence would be created in quantum computers installed e.g. in autonomous robots, androids, it will still be only artificial intelligence without emotions and the essence of human consciousness.

An analysis of the nature of human thoughts is necessary to distinguish between human intelligence and various artificial intelligence technologies being developed. In advanced computerized systems of neural networks, artificial intelligence systems are created, whose task will be to solve tasks consisting of complex sequences of many algorithms and self-learning systems for solving complex problems with the help of many algorithms. In these systems, man will try to create a structure that solves complex analytical tasks and learns from his mistakes. The advantage of artificial intelligence systems over their creator, i.e. man, is to rely on a much smaller number of mistakes made during repeated processes of solving complex tasks and learning new complex formulas to apply specific increasingly complex algorithms. However, after developing these artificial intelligence systems and applying them in many computerized fields of modern economies, what will be the next stage of technological progress in this field?

Therefore, will the age of artificial intelligence and artificial consciousness come after the age of artificial intelligence? In my opinion, this is impossible. In my opinion, despite the rapid progress in the development and creation of new generations of artificial intelligence, it will never be possible to create an artificial creation that can be the equivalent of human intelligence taking into account human emotional intelligence and the specifics of human thoughts, human consciousness, human feelings. Therefore, the thesis can be formulated that in some respects artificial intelligence will probably never match human intelligence. The machine will be able to solve very complex problems and tasks but will not know why it does it, who it is, in what world it operates, it will not be able to realize its existence in the Universe etc. Machines in the form of autonomous androids can perform physically difficult works that a man cannot is able to perform.

Quantum computers equipped with Big Data Analytics will be able to solve analytical tasks many times faster than the most powerful human minds. However, they will not be aware of their existence. Human awareness of its existence has been evolved in millions of years of evolution of the human mind and also of human ancestors that preceded the human being, i.e. human-like primates belonging to primates. Human consciousness was created in a process of evolution lasting millions of years, during which the process of continuous interaction of a complex biological organism with the environment has evolved. While artificial intelligence is based on systems of neural networks in a simplified way, to a small extent mimicking the human central nervous system and the computational power of performing specific elementary tasks exceeding the analytical abilities of a human being, however, the level of complexity of the living organism of mammals is still many times higher than the most advanced computers.

In view of the above, the following question arises:

Will artificial neural structures become such advanced artificial intelligence that artificial consciousness will arise? Theoretically, you can consider this type of projects, however, to verify it realistically, you would need to create this type of artificial neural structures. Research on the human brain shows that it is a very complex and not fully understood neural structure. The brain has various centers, areas that manage the functioning of specific organs and processes of the human body. In addition, consciousness is also complex and consists of elements of emotional, abstract, creative intelligence, etc., which also function in separate sectors of the human brain.

In line with the above, in my opinion, due to the rapid technological progress in the field of information technologies ICT and Industry 4.0, including the dynamic development of technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence, maybe in the future advanced artificial neural networks will be created that will be able to imitate the functioning of human consciousness . Therefore, as a result of the integration of these technologies, it will be possible to create artificial awareness.

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

In view of the above, other important questions arise in this area:

- Will research on the human brain and progress in the construction of ever more complex structures of artificial intelligence lead to synergies in the development of these fields of science?

- Will the development of these fields of science lead to the integration of research into the analysis of the functioning of the human brain and the construction of increasingly complex structures of artificial intelligence equipped with elements of emotional and creative intelligence, etc.?

- Besides, can the improvement of artificial intelligence lead to the creation of artificial emotional intelligence and, consequently, to autonomous robots that will be sensitive to specific changes in environmental factors, factors in the surrounding environment?

- Will specific changes in the surrounding environment trigger evoked reactions of advanced artificial emotional intelligence, i.e. activation of pre-programmed algorithms of implemented activities and learning processes as part of improving the learning processes of machines?

- As a consequence, is it possible to create an artificial consciousness that will function with the structure of an artificial, electronic neural network constructed in such a way as to reflect the structure of the human brain?

- Will the structures of advanced artificial emotional intelligence built in such a way be able to improve themselves on the basis of acquired knowledge, e.g. from external online databases?

- Will artificial neural structures become such advanced artificial intelligence that artificial consciousness will arise?

- Will it be possible to build artificial awareness in the future?

- Will it be possible to build artificial emotional intelligence?

- What do you think about this topic?

- What is your opinion on this topic?

Please reply.

I invite you to discussion and scientific cooperation.

Thank you very much.

Best wishes.

Dariusz Prokopowicz

I Agree With Emmanuel Fakola

Dear Emmanuel Gabriel Fakola, Yes, I fully support your view on the issue of threats related to the potential development of artificial intelligence and its applications in the future. If in the future it would be possible to combine artificial intelligence with the human mind, an attempt to create artificial awareness, then a specific risk category of the potential possibility of the development of artificial intelligence escaping from human control arises. But for the moment, there are views that suggest that the development of artificial intelligence technology and other Industry 4.0 technologies should take place only under human control and according to the goals, assumptions, premises and determinants of this development, which are shaped by humans.

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear Abdelkader Mohamed Elsayed,

Thank you for your answer. Greetings,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

I think the artificial intelligence will also change the structure of international humanitarian law when it comes to the use of drones or perhaps robot soldiers.

i think humanity is facing a great challenge with every advanced technology achieved .the only think that i do not agree with is the presumption that humanity will not survive until the end of 21st century . yes , humanity failed but this is not the end of the story yet, wisdom i believe , shall prevail.

Dear Louna said Farhat, Yes, the development of Industry 4.0 technology, including artificial intelligence, is very dynamic. Artificial intelligence in the coming years will find application in various branches and sectors of the economy. Artificial intelligence may deprive some people of employment due to the continuation of automation of production processes achieved thanks to the implementation of artificial intelligence into economic processes. Autonomous robots equipped with artificial intelligence will replace humans at work in difficult conditions, e.g. in mines, in arduous production processes, in saving people in natural disasters, in military operations, etc. Autonomous vehicles and unmanned transport drones will appear in various applications. The possibilities of using artificial intelligence, machine learning and other Industry 4.0 technologies are huge.

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Yes, I agree with you on the development of civilization in the 21st century. I believe that humanity will be able to solve global problems, e.g. the progressive global warming process, more and more frequent droughts in farmlands and forest fires, increasing pollution of the natural environment, depletion of biodiversity of the natural ecosystems of the planet Earth, etc. in the 21st century. I believe that the development of artificial intelligence will not get out of human control and that the technology of artificial intelligence and other technologies Industry 4.0 and other technologies, e.g. in the fields of life sciences, biotechnologies, ecotechnologies, etc., will contribute to solving the greatest global problems of civilization development in the 21st century. Greetings,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

In certain technical moments, this event can happen, but not as a general tendency. I am thinking mainly about events in medical diagnostics, aviation, security solutions and supply systems, when human competencies are given too fast to automated machinery, without enough testing procedures and serious ethical concern.

Not if proper controlling measures are built into the system well in advance, like the three laws of robotics by Asimov

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics

In any means, we must not forget that AI is directly associated with wars and it is originally launched for the destruction of humanity.

This is an extremely interesting topic. Many thanks Dariusz Prokopowicz Jack Don McLovin

The problem is that there is no "human control". Power-holders (economic, administrative, cultural) shape the development and the use of technology. AI cannot literally escape human control, because it is produced by people. In fact, "artificial intelligence" is a wrong concept (I have been saying this for 30 years, but the concept is already adopted.) There is no artificial intelligence; all intelligence is human, and it exists only for people. Machines do not (and cannot) know what is intelligent and what is stupid. Intelligence is a matter of aim, and aim is a matter of feeling, and machines have no feelings (it seems to me). I call machine behavior "functional intelligence", because machines function in the way people designed and programmed them. Anyway, AI has been out of "human control" for a long time. But it is firmly under the control of power-holders, who control all of us.

An addition to the above post.

Technology may escape the control of power-holders. And this has been gradually happening. Many people are needed for the development and use of technology, so that many people know how to produce and apply technology. And some of those people may begin to do this in their own way and for their own purposes. And this has been happening. Technology will not run out of human control at one point in time. This is a process, and this process has been going on.

Dear Mario Radovan,

That's right. Man should have full control over the development directions and applications of new technologies. Technology cannot get out of human control. The created new technologies should primarily help to solve the key global problems of the development of civilization.

Best regards, Have a nice day, Stay healthy!

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dariusz Prokopowicz - The fact that something "should be" the case, does not have much operative power. This is the essential problem. It may be that I exaggerate sometimes, but I wrote many times that history has been shaped by greed, vanity and madness. This may not be the whole story, but this contains a significant part of it.

Instead of Artificial Intelligence, I have been using the concept Functional Intelligence, because there is no "artificial intelligence" - all intelligence is human, and exists only for people. Animals may be considered intelligent too, but machines not. There is no intelligence without a goal, and there is no goals without feelings.

Anyway, AI/FI has been developed because it may serve some good things, as bulldozers and airplanes do, and because people are restless and curios creatures, so that they cannot sleep in peace, as cats can. What will people do with AI/FI, it depends on their greed, vanity and madness, as always.

Dear Mario Radovan,

Yes, you have noticed the important issues of the discussed issues of artificial intelligence. You added to our discussion important issues regarding the interpretation and essence of what is commonly referred to as artificial intelligence. Thank you for your reply and participation in our discussion. Yes, I also believe that the concept of artificial intelligence is sometimes used imprecisely, that it is confused, for example, with the concept of machine learning technology.

Have a nice day, Stay healthy! Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

I fully agree with Nidhal Kamel Taha El-Omari that AI is directly related to wars and is initially launched to destroy humanity.

This question reminds me of the computer Hal in 'Space Odyssey 2001 and 2010'. I think we must be careful, as always, not to allow the misuse of power by the few.

Dear Joseph Stroud,

Yes you are right. Hal's computer in "Space Odyssey 2001", "Space Odyssey 2010" but also such film images as: "I, Robot", "A.I. Artificial Intelligence "," Prometheus "from 2012," Alien. Alliance "from 2017, the series of films" Terminator "etc. take up the issue of the possible escape of artificial intelligence from human control in various perspectives and interpretations. The development of artificial intelligence and robotics technologies should be run in such a way that it never happens.

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

In the future, in the years to come, the growth of artificial intelligence and robotics applications will continue in various industries and sectors of the economy. During the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic, new applications for autonomous robots equipped with artificial intelligence also appeared. Robots are built that replace people in the performance of works with a high level of health and / or life risk. For example, robots are being created to look after people with Covid-19 disease in hospitals. In addition, in public places, in city parks, in shopping malls, robots patrol these places and control the wearing of protective masks. However, despite these many applications of robots and artificial intelligence, there is a certain level of risk that the development of these technologies may escape from human control. The issue is debatable and unresolved.

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear Halyna Smolnykova,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, this is unfortunately a negative aspect of the development of artificial intelligence applications. The development of artificial intelligence technology should be driven by positive applications of supporting people.

Thank you very much,

Greetings,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear Joseph Stroud,

Thanks for the kind words and the positive assessment of the topic of this discussion.

Thank you, Regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear Jack Don McLovin,

You have pointed out many important, interesting aspects of the possibilities of developing artificial intelligence and robotics technologies. Yes, the problem is complex and multi-faceted. However, let's hope that the development of artificial intelligence and robotics technologies will not get out of human control.

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz