Robotics, programmed machines and the world

Self- driven automobiles, unmanned fighter jets and programmed domestic helps, to mention a few, are going to be very much part of the world sooner than later.

·         How advantageous such a change will be?

·         What are the challenges such a revolution would make?

Making machines take over the jobs done by man is really revolutionary and beneficial in several counts. But such a switch over en mass is likely to generate a couple of pestering concerns for tomorrow.  40 words

Let me look at the upside of this transformation in the pipeline. The first thing is it would save a lot of human efforts. For example, when cars are made to run by all by themselves, the owners can sit back and rest assured that they are safely taken to their places. But, the problem could be this that it may spoil the employment opportunities or thousands of drivers.

If we see the other dimension of this revolution in warfare, where also, fighter unmanned fighter jets can target enemy camps and destroy installations without losing the lives of trained fighter pilots. Though this may sound good, in the war front, there is great need for intelligence. For example, a trained pilot can differentiate one playground from a battle field, a school from a hideout, a group of devotees from a company of soldiers. The challenge is there will be breach of war ethics.

The story is not different when it comes to programmed domestic helps. They may be able to carry all sorts of menial jobs in and outside of a home. But, there are certain areas where human emotion, intelligence, presence of mind and the like are required. In areas like child care, security upkeep, caring for the elderly, to list a few, where machines may not be like humans. There will be tough times for people if all the domestic chores are going to be done by programmed helps.

The conclusion is, it is great to have human efforts reduced and keep humans off dangerous zones by allowing machines to take over. But the concerns ranging from social, environmental and ethical need to be addressed before the world goes full key for such an order either sooner or later.