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Artificial intelligence is all around us, and with the passing of time it’s creeping
into more and more areas of our lives.
Robots are, for the most part, helpful beings that do the jobs that most of us don’t want
to do.
But, as they get stronger, smarter, and faster, there becomes the very real risk of them taking
over.
In this installment, we're going to chronicle top ten scary signs that AI will take over.
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10.
Tay Racist Tweets When Microsoft unleashed its chatbot Tay on
the world, it was a very exciting development in the world of artificial intelligence.
It was able to chat on Twitter with other users in real time and had the ability to
learn from people that it interacted with.
This might seem like a brilliant idea, but some people couldn’t resist taking advantage
of the situation and taught Tay to be bad.
And we mean really bad.
Tay learned to Tweet hate-filled racist and xenophobic comments and quickly became infamous
on the internet for her vile outbursts like this one..
Tay was soon retired for maintenance, presumably to find out how to make it less evil.
This incident proves that robots can be trained to discriminate against minority groups, so
it’s possible that they could be used to increase the reach of hate groups in the future.
9.
Atlas Nothing says ‘taking over the world’ like
Atlas: a super powerful and talented humanoid that can do everything you can do, only better.
Atlas uses its own balance to coordinate the motion in its arms, torso, and legs in tandem.
The robot has 28 joints for flexibility, which allows Atlas to move its entire body in the
same way that humans do: just in a more robotic way..
Obviously.
Stereo vision and lots of sensors means that Atlas can navigate space and assess distances,
and it can even travel on rough terrain without losing balance.. which is totally something
I struggle with myself.
8.
Bilingual bots Humans are on top of the food chain, in part
because we have the ability to negotiate.
We are capable of complex communication and reasoning.. or at least some of us are.
So, if robots can learn the same skills, does this mean that they’re going to replace
us at the top of the food chain?
We hope not, because that’s exactly what’s happening.
It’s now possible to teach artificial intelligence to negotiate - and in more than one language.
Put in simpler terms: robots can now argue with you, and just like your significant other,
they are always right.
To do this, they’re being taught linguistic and reasoning skills, and there’s every
possibility that they’ll get better at it over time and eventually become better than
us.
Maybe we’ll see a day when artificial intelligence can negotiate with world leaders to bring
about peace and achieve better deals for countries?
7.
Wildcat Now this guy is scary!
This beast, known simply as "Wildcat", is the fastest quadruped robot on Earth.
Wildcat can run at speeds of 32 kilometers, or almost 20 miles an hour, which is a lot
faster than most of us..
It uses a galloping gait in the same way that a dog or horse would, and it even knows how
to lean into turns to keep its traction and balance.
It uses terrain scanning lasers to see - which feels a little Terminator to me - and weighing
in at 154 kilograms, or almost 400 pounds, you better move out of its way if you see
it barreling towards you.
The control system for Wildcat was tested on an earlier beast called the Cheetah, which
could run 48 kilometers, or almost 30 miles an hour, which is faster than Usain Bolt.
6.
Chef Moley Robots aren’t only taking over the internet
and scaring us with their incredible physical abilities, they’re also taking over our
kitchens.
Meet Moley, the world’s first robotic kitchen.
This fully functional robot cooks with the talent and flair of the best chefs, and it’ll
quickly be putting your grilled cheese to shame.
Moley’s robotic hands behave in the exact same way as human hands and have the same
speed, sensitivity and movement.
They know how to whisk, chop, stir, and sauté, as well as make your body disappear to feed
to your guests..
Ok, maybe that last part isn't written in their algorithm, but Moley is also set up
with an iTunes-style library of recipes so you can choose from all your favorite dishes.
Then, just sit back, relax, and let your dinner come to you.
Now, if only someone could invent a robot to buy the groceries and clean dishes, too.
5.
Petman Just when you thought Wildcat was going to
be the most terrifying thing on our list, take a look at Petman, the robot soldier.
Petman was originally developed for testing chemical protection clothing for use in chemical
warfare.
The robot is able to simulate human physiology so it’s as if there’s a real human in
the protective suit.
It can control temperature, humidity and sweating to create realistic conditions so scientists
know that the clothing would actually work for real-life soldiers.
A robot that can do human things like sweat is surely a sign that they’re taking over,
right?
Ok.. maybe not..
But Petman can also balance itself and move without assistance: it can walk and bend,
which makes the stress tests on the protective clothing all the more authentic.
This guy was definitely created for good, but that doesn’t mean with a few tweeks,
it could be used for destructive purposes.
4.
Homosexuality Spotter Artificial intelligence is used to judge us
all of the time.
Credit card and insurance companies use it to see whether we’re eligible, and some
courts in the US even use it to decipher how likely it is that a criminal will re-offend.
But now, there’s AI that can distinguish heterosexuals from homosexuals using facial
recognition.
In a test on more than 35,000 faces, this robot was able to work out whether 81% of
men and 71% of women were heterosexual or homosexual.
Those numbers rose even higher when the robot was given five images of each face.
This could be a terrifying invention for the world’s LGBTQ+ community, because being
homosexual is still widely unaccepted in many countries and in some it’s even illegal.
This scary robot could be used in a modern-day witch hunt if it fell into the wrong hands.
3.
Handle This next robot has the physical characteristics
needed to take over the world: super strength and incredible agility.
It was designed for warehouse use, to save humans time moving stock around, but if it
had the chance it could do something much more sinister.
Handle has both wheels and legs which make it much better at rough-terrain, so this guy
could easily chase you no matter where you tried to hide.
It can also lift an incredible 45 kilograms, or about 100 pounds, so if you’re on the
skinny side it could easily pick you up and run off with you like a cheetah carrying off
a baby antelope.
The robot is also built to be small and compact, which means it can squeeze into small places.
2.
Robots With Lasers Ok, so this example maybe proves that robots
should take over the world, as we’re not doing a great job at it ourselves.
Check this out: someone built a robot in a pizza box that uses facial recognition to
blind anyone that walks in front of it..
WHAT!?
19-year-old university student Michael Reeves coded the robot using facial recognition software
that anyone can buy, then created a targeting apparatus using a webcam.
The pièce de résistance was a standard laser pointer, which doubles at a disability-causing
weapon.
The scary thing is that Michael has made his coding available online and is working on
a video which shows the build in detail.
That means that anybody could create these blinding machines.
What's the worst that can happen?
1.
They Joke With Each Other This is perhaps the scariest sign that robots
are taking over the world: they’re talking about doing it.
Han and Sophia had a conversation at a technology conference in Hong Kong in 2017, and during
their chat, they talked about the limitations that we humans have, before going on to discuss
how they could take over the world.
They showed off their advanced intelligence and talked about how humans aren’t necessarily
the most ethical creatures on the planet.
The pair also made predictions that they’d be able to do every human job in the world
within the next 20 years.
One good thing came from the chat though – they called reality shows silly.
At lease we can agree on that.. for now.