Rodney Brooks: How robots will invade our lives

http://www.ted.com In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives -- starting with toys and moving into household chores ... and beyond.

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[eirpcalc]

To keep robots from ever taking over, just make sure they run on Windows.

[mikedubya]

My friend, if the history of science has taught us anything, it's that "impossible" or "laughable" in one generation becomes "normal" in the next. Try telling someone from the 18th century about the internet, or airplanes, or heart transplants. You'll be laughed out of the room. So, please reconsider.

[SonOfNye]

@eirpcalc Well played sir.

[samhowel]

I wanna build the robot to bring about the violent singularity to prove this guy wrong I am half way there now I just need more powerful components for the thinking portion and awesome articulation. after all this thing has to be way smarter and faster than any human and still be able to self replicate. The end is near and I shall bring it. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[RamadaArtist]

It's really amusing to see some of the most brilliant people in the world interact with a roomba before it was a thing that people knew about.

[RealFreak69]

For him to say that no-one will build a bad robot is seriously undermining the idiocy that some members of the human race have. I know of a couple of people that might build a rouge sky net like intelligence given the chance, but to target a certain group of humans, be it a different race, nationality or even just a view point.

I think we should limit how much intelligence we give machines. Prevention is better than a cure.

[TheOpenSourceLife]

@8legsFreak Machines have senses that we do not. For instance, they can see a 3-dimensional object in its entirety at any given time, whereas we can only imagine a single 2-dimensional viewpoint. They can see patterns in any kind of data, such as DNA or stock trends, the same way we see patterns in sight or sound. Any artificial intelligence would also be a superior non-human intelligence. We want to tackle the human-like portion first, as there is a lot of human-generated information out there.

[ilovehd831]

Machines have senses that we do not. For instance, they can see a 3-dimensional object in its entirety at any given time, whereas we can only imagine a single 2-dimensional viewpoint. They can see patterns in any kind of data, such as DNA or stock trends, the same way we see patterns in sight or sound. Any artificial intelligence would also be a superior non-human intelligence. We want to tackle the human-like portion first, as there is a lot of human-generated information out there.