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מציג פוסטים מתאריך נובמבר, 2017

The rise of the robots

תמונה
Well, there is no point in denying it any more. We are living in that period that in certain ways is much scarier than that alternative horrible reality described in the "Terminator" movies, that time when Skynet's took over the planet. Why am I saying this ? Because this age is a time of a huge leap forward in robotics. We are witnessing amazing children toys that can imitate emotions and become a child's friend: Actually, they are so potent that experts are  already express concerns : "...robots should never be designed to deceive. In other words, that their machine nature should be transparent. We’re concerned about vulnerable people – they might be children, disabled people, elderly people, people with dementia – coming to believe that the robot cares for them.” We are witnessing "sex robots" that are so life-like, it seems that for some they can already provide alternative real-life intimacy: And of course, there are all the ot