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From the discussion about automation below - just some thoughts - ExAx
Posted: Jan 20, 2015
can't remember who's quote this is, but I read it in my teens, and he was an American Indian looking to the future (even back then) and he was wondering how "man is going to survive his own insignificance." now it makes even more sense to me...
am a fan of Isaac Asimov and his science fiction novels (he actually was a professor of biochemistry) and especially the robot series - he wrote these futuristic type mysteries all involving robots and they give such a good description of what like probably will be like in the not-so-distant future now. atmostphere becomes so bad people live iunder bubbles on the surface of the earth in sky-rises, and robots do all manual labor outside (mainly for food). tokens were used rather than money, and no one physically touched anyone else. they used gloves for everything.
his robot laws are actually used in modern robotics:
- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
...oh and holograms (which I think are the next big thing for our time).
amazing stuff, but he wrote in terms anyone can understand, never over-the-top. all with the robotic, modern world backdrop...fascinating. but to see some of it come about now is incredible.
am not on the clock today, so if my typing offends anyone, well, I respectfully say "too bad" :) (had a complaint on Nuance board)
discussion about automation - SM
[ In Reply To ..]Since you are a fan of Isaac Asimov, have you read "2030" by Albert Brooks? You may be familiar with him as an actor and director, but he's also a brilliant writer. I wouldn't classify this book as science fiction because the facts in it hit too close to home. Example: Almost all surgeries are done robotically with only a nurse in the operating room, the surgery itself being performed remotely by a surgeon in Asia. A cure for most cancers has been found and people are living so much longer, there's no place left to build enough facilities to house all of them, so they use refurbished cruise ships as nursing homes and independent care facilities and the elderly spend all their time aimlessly circling the globe. That's just the tip of the iceberg (no pun intended). I won't even tell you about China, except all the signs are already here and what happens in the book is totally plausible.
discussion... - cr
[ In Reply To ..]That sounds interesting! I think I'll check it out.
Definitely need to check it out! - NM
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