Introduction: On the Artificial Intelligence, in Theory and Practice
Because of the growing impact of science on various spheres of people’s lives, it has become vitally important for people to trace scientific discoveries and the changes which they trigger. However it is not always that people take the newly introduced invention as something that is going to change the society for better.
On the other hand, it takes huge time to understand the value and the importance of the given invention. Artificial intelligence, or robots, one of the most scandalous and brilliant inventions of the XX century, causing people’s concern for the world safety, has become one of the leading branches of the modern science, which troubles the mankind at present.
Petrified by the idea that artificial intelligence can be used in the military sphere against the mankind, people take the ideas of robots development rather reluctantly. Yet it must be admitted that the spheres of use where robots can be of great help for professionals is not limited by the army and war. With help of the new technologies, millions of lives can be saved. Yet it is doubtless that artificial intelligence is a double-sided sword.
Global Impact of Robot Engineering in the World
Since the artificial intelligence engineering is designed to help people in such spheres as medicine and science, the global impact of the issue cannot be doubted. It is evident that robot engineering will gradually lead the mankind to the spheres of the highest development level and will slowly guide people to a stunning technological success.
Taking into consideration the stunning possibilities which robot engineering opens in front of people, it is evident that this branch of technologies has a brilliant future. One of the probable spheres of applying the new methods to practice is medicine. With help of the new technologies people will be able to hold the operations which used to be absolutely impossible and cope with the problems which used to be absolutely out of reach for the most experienced doctors.
Another prospective area of using the new technologies is the computer programming. Taking into account that the artificial intelligence, when programmed well, does not make mistakes which a man is so apt to, the impact of the new technologies becomes even greater.
It is also important to note that the robotic technologies can be used as a defensive means for the people of certain country. Maintaining constant control of the area, robots can provide the population with much greater level of safety than any army if squad. With help of their main feature, the disability of making a mistake, robots can help people feel more secure and at the same time increase the military authority of a given country, which is also of great economical and political benefit or the state and its population.
Serving as a “firewall for society” (Lin), robots will be able to help people evade the dramatic consequences of the enemies’ attack and will provide people with the security which they need so much. Thus, it can be considered that robots will find application both in the military sphere and in the sphere of medicine.
One more important use which concerns the everlasting conflict between the military issues and the society is the concern for the people in the army. Like any other people, they suffer hunger and cold as well. However, when they are substituted by robots, the army will become completely invincible – or, at least, it will not depend on such aspects anymore.
Therefore, it can be considered that with help of the artificial intelligence in the military service, people will undergo social changes – their idea of army and robots will shift to more positive one, triggering the associations of comfort and safety.
Thus, it can be supposed that the use of artificial intelligence will cause positive changes in the society. Progressive and promising, the new technologies will provide comfort and certainty for people.
Societal Impact of Robot Engineering in the World
Because of the fact that the modern engineering concerns a number of various social and ethical issues, it is possible to suggest that the societal impact of engineering is quite considerable.
In the light of the latest developments in the modern engineering, it can be suggested that the interconnection between engineering and politics and ethics becomes increasingly evident. In spite of the fact that the three spheres of human activity seemingly have nothing in common, engineering serves as a bridge that joins ethics together with the technical progress of the mankind.
Due to the fact that the modern mankind is highly preoccupied with the ethics of creating robots, the developments of the modern science engineering concerning the artificial intelligence cause quite a lot of concerns. Still it must be admitted that the issue is quite controversal and requires thorough considerations.
On the one hand it is evident that the science engineering is currently working on the most efficient ways to handle various medical and technical issues of paramount importance. In this sphere, the use of artificial intelligence is highly required. Thus, in this case the societal ad the scientific are opposed to each other in an unceasing conflict.
There is no doubt that the development of robots and the like machines will give pouch to further development of ever more progressive technologies. Yet on the other hand the ethical problem rooting from the new invention is quite obvious and demands certain solution as well.
Another ethical aspect that troubles people even more than the very idea of blasphemy is the probable consequences of an ill-thought use of robots. It is the military use of robots and artificial intelligence that causes the greatest concern. No matter how far the mankind could have gone, people till understand where such progressive technologies can lead when applied in the sphere of military actions.
Threatened by the idea of global war and the most tragic consequences of the further development of robots engineering, people consider this branch of science rather controversial. Being frightened by the very idea of war where robots are used as another kind of weapon of mass destruction, people fear that the development of robot engineering will drive to complete annihilation of the mankind.
Groundless and far-fetched, these ideas still trigger certain constrain even among certain layer of society. Thus, the ethical issue of robot-making technologies has been doubted not once and has finally driven to the idée fixe among the world population.
Conclusion
With help of robots, people can both build and destruct, which means that the new invention must not fall into the hands of the unwise. No matter how tempting the idea of flexing powerful technological muscles in front of the opponents might seem to the government, robots are not to be used as a means of attack.
However, when applied in the military sphere as the means of defense, robots can prove absolutely astounding perfect “soldiers”. In addition, the sphere of robots appliance must not be restricted to the military sphere with help of artificial intelligence, medicine and engineering can benefit as well.
Works Cited
Lin, Patric. Robots, Ethics and War. SIC. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2010/12/robots-ethics-war