Why we will rely on robots?
As a IT Mobile Applications Developer student, I find this TED talk presentation by Rodney Brooks titled "Why we will rely on robots?" very interesting. He stated at the beginning of his presentation that he is worried whether or not we are going to get the technology we need in the long-term because the demographics are going to leave us with lots of jobs that need doing and that we, our society, is going to have to be built on the shoulders of steel robots in the future. He is concerned 40 years from now that there will not be enough robots to do mundane jobs such as factory work because of the changing demographic.
In his presentation, Rodney Brooks demonstrated and argued why he believes that we will rely on robots and that artificial intelligence will not decrease jobs, instead it will help improve overall efficiency. He believes the key is to have robots that ordinary workers can interact with so that workers are not displaced from the technology. He introduces Baxter, the first wave of robots that ordinary people can interact with in an industrial setting. Baxter demonstrated that ordinary people can interact with robots and that technology allows robots to be programmed with biological principles of movement and reasoning.
In the future, I can envision people ordering fast food through mobile applications and paying for it in advance. The data for the order is then received, prepared, and delivered by robots to hungry customers driving through the drive thru in their autonomous vehicles. What are your thoughts?
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