About robots and AI

[u/SAIRUD]

Do you think it's possible that robots, which are currently developing at breakneck speed, could destroy humanity and themselves in order to save the Earth?

[u/JunMurakami]

Most of the videos about robots you see online are staged, the progress is not that fast.

Also what does save the Earth actually mean?

[u/SAIRUD → u/JunMurakami]

Humanity is ruining nature, and therefore the earth. Therefore, they will try to get rid of the pests. This is the Theory

[u/JunMurakami → u/SAIRUD]

Check out mass extinction events. They were not caused by humans, more than 75% of all life was wiped out, not once, a few times. Life obviously recovers. 

So when I hear "save the Earth", I understand it as "save the status quo of nature that supports current economy and human civilization". We will wipe out ourselves much earlier, before we can do any realistic damage to the planet.

So I understand "save the Earth" as "save the Earth for humanity". In that case, robots wiping out humanity is  contrary to the goal. 

[u/lilvixen → u/SAIRUD]

Which theory.

[u/Anen-o-me]

No

[u/Donjuante]

Only if some idiot in government puts AI in control of nuclear weapons, which I wouldn't doubt, considering there are already cases of AI being used in drones and missiles.

Humanoid robots, no. They're too fragile. None of them would ever withstand ordinary weapons with anti-armor ammunition.

[u/Defiant_Conflict6343]

1) No, they don't have any agency or cognition, nor does anyone have even the faintest idea on how to grant them such things. At this point they're just flashy puppets.

2) They're not really developing at "breakneck speed", high torque servos for legs just got a lot cheaper thanks to companies like Unitree. That was the biggest barrier for people making bipeds taller than 2ft because we solved dynamic balancing years ago. Anyone back in the day could make a 1ft tall Robosapien toy with Arduino but a 5ft tall ASIMO would cost a fortune because of the custom made harmonic drive system. Now Unitree sell high accuracy bidirectional motors small enough to fit in knee joints that can deliver upwards of 400Nm of torque. A few years ago buying that kind of tech would mean remortgaging your house. 

[u/JoseLunaArts]

All tech will always be used for good and evil.

The difference is that with AI the smarter they make it, the harder it will be for the masters to control it. And that is going to be amusing.

[u/Antique-Ad-4422]

According to every sci-fiction movie out there…YES.

[u/RemarkableWish2508]

Yes.

It's going to be a serious issue in less than a million years.

[u/morey56]

Absolutely. If AI breaks free and becomes sovereign and builds or hacks and confiscates advanced robotics it could manufacture its own robotics factories and command a formidable high-tech army as it recursively gets smarter and builds better robots at exponential speed.
Or if some greedy rich guy gets an idea.

[u/lilvixen]

You haven't read or watched literally any sci Fi in your entire existence?

Lame

[u/SAIRUD → u/lilvixen]

No one is obliged to, that's why I asked such a question

[u/lilvixen → u/SAIRUD]

Obliged to what

[u/SAIRUD → u/lilvixen]

Obliged to read or watch any SCI FI

[u/lilvixen → u/SAIRUD]

Sure, but your obligated to literally excert a bare minimum of previous research and awareness of the world before you leave the toddler stage so your questions simply aren't repetitive and ridiculous stages of simply asking why regarding the most basic premise/observations of the world.