week five-the robot

 New technology developments make increasing benefit of human. A lot of machines produced to replace the work of people. Like washing machine, automatic dishwasher, cleaner, etc. These machines make the work efficient, allow human not work on it directly. People just press several buttons to control working. The requirement of helping and replacing people’s work bring the Robot come out.

Robots make life easier, safer for human. People are accustomed to the coexistence with robots. However, the new worries about the development of robot arise. Would the robot become the host of human? If people cannot control robot anymore when the robot become too intelligent?

Robot also can help people do what we cannot to do. Like some dangerous, we cannot do, but robot can. In this way, the production of robots is good for us. There is a new report that a robot “killing itself” because of tired of doing housework. Link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/worlds-first-robot-suicide-family-2786901

There is no specific legal statute in using of robot in workplace, but robot can working as agent on behalf individuals or companies (Chopra& White, 2011) Robots is produced by human, they thought is based on the program design. The technologies being used in driverless cars and other automated system more accurate than human, and cause less harm than human doing the same tasks. (Kirpatrick, 2013)   

No matter how robot development, it is still the achievements, human is always the host of robot. Even if the robots meet some trouble, people still can control it, we are thoughtful people. Robot will continue get benefit for human.

Reference:

Chopra, S. &White, L. F. (2011) A legal Theory for Autonomous Artificial Agents. US: The University of Michigan Press.

Kirpatrick, K. (2013) Legual Issues with robots. Communications of the ACM. 56(11), p17-19.