Will Highly Developed Robots Eventually Take Control of the World?

Omar Lopez, PhD
3 min readJul 12, 2022

It seems inevitable that we will develop extremely advanced artificial intelligence as technology progresses. There may come a time when AI programs will have human-level intelligence or consciousness and will be able to speak and reason. At that point, it is possible that it will have an effect on the economy, politics, and even conflict. The widespread application of artificial intelligence (AI) in today’s society has made possible a great deal of activity that would have been unthinkable just a few decades ago. It lets robots gain knowledge through experience, adapt to novel inputs, and carry out work that would ordinarily be performed by humans. However, this has given rise to the worry that it would one day expand uncontrollably, which could eventually result in it conquering the entire earth and exterminating humanity. This phenomenon is described by scientists as the “AI singularity.” Despite this, researchers from the University of Huddersfield argued in an article for The Conversation that the AI singularity does not appear to be that conceivable on a practical level considering how limited AI currently is. Even though some of today’s advances in artificial intelligence can perform better than humans in certain tasks, there is still very little evidence to suggest that general artificial intelligence (AGI) can emulate humans’ ability to respond to a variety of tasks, which could put humans in danger in the future. On the other hand, a number of experts in the field of artificial intelligence have stated that the potential of it occurring cannot be utterly dismissed because of the profound effects it has on human society. Already, artificial intelligence is having a profound impact on our everyday lives. The usage of artificial intelligence (AI) in technology that surrounds us can be illustrated by the presence of semi-autonomous cars, robotic equipment, and smart biometrics, to name just a few examples. The quality of artificial intelligence is improving, and it will continue to do so, as well as continue to develop and have an impact in practically every sphere, including education, healthcare, entertainment, governance, public safety, and so on. It has the potential to dramatically improve the quality of human existence, provided that it receives a greater level of adoption and innovation. According to a number of studies, the majority of life choices will likely be made by artificial intelligence by the year 2122. The current line of thinking among academics is that they can teach AI to make more objective and moral choices, which, if successful, will lead to an improved and more secure world. The use of AI has already resulted in significant accessibility improvements. A few instances of how technology has made things more accessible to persons with impairments include automated captioning and the creation of automatically generated image descriptions. In one hundred years from now, technological advancement will have reached the point where it is able to provide individuals with disabilities with equal possibilities and the same level of comfort. It is possible that we will start living in a virtual environment that is surrounded by machines, and as a result, we will start to become more disconnected from the real world. Additionally, it has the potential to impact individuals’ capacities for feeling and emotion. It’s possible that in the future, people won’t have as much empathy for one another since they’ll spend so much of their time surrounded by machines that will do all of their work and decide what to do for them. A significant number of human jobs have already been taken over by machines, and this trend is expected to continue in the foreseeable future, which may result in significant increases in the rates of unemployment and poverty. The future will look and feel very different by the year 2122, compared to how we currently view and anticipate it. It is difficult to foresee how humanity will respond to and adapt to the rapid improvements in technology, such as 3D printing, autonomous cars, space travel, and many more. Will we become more humbling, more haughty, or more scared as a result, or will we understand and respect our own beginnings more as a result? These are a few questions that can only be answered by looking to the future.

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