From The Drum I have an irrational fear of machines. Even though I spend every day constantly hooked up to them. I think it stems from ...

Will a robot take my job ?

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From The Drum
I have an irrational fear of machines. Even though I spend every day constantly hooked up to them. I think it stems from being given the I,Robot stories by Issac Asimov when I was 10. I was hooked. I loved it. The sci-fi fascination continued through my childhood with Star Trek, Blake’s Seven, Doctor Who, Quantum Leap (remember that?) and even Buck Rogers. My youth saw the golden age of sci-fi movies - 2001 Space Odyssey, The Matrix, Terminator, Star Wars and Alien – they were more than films they were clearly defined moments of my life.
And this is where my problem lies, a large number of the themes of these movies display a dystopian future that often includes some sort of ‘rise of the machine’ and therein lies my fear for a future where machines take over. When even Tony Stark himself (aka Elon Musk) describes artificial intelligence (AI) as “summoning the demon” and that these “existential risks’ are the biggest threat facing the world I think the World should sit up and listen.
Clearly it is good to see that the more creative and empathetic careers are not under threat but surely it is only a matter of time. After all as Will Smith asks Sonny in the brilliant I Robot “Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a... canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?”  Sonny’s reply “can you?” says it all.
Be afraid, be very afraid………
See the original here: http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2015/10/01/vox-pop-will-robot-take-my-job



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