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Humans and Robots of the Future
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Researchers at Innopolis University, Russia, surveyed 300 participants of the final stage of the Russian Robot Olympiad to learn what children, aged 8-25, think about robots, artificial intelligence, and the future of human-robot interaction.
The results are published in "Humans and Robots of the Future."
Sixty-nine percent of respondents said robot should be aesthetically pleasing, while 17 percent said they should look "like a human." Forty-two percent said the "humans will always be smarter than robots," and 31 percent said that "robots will be smarter than humans." Twenty-six percent said humans and robots will be "equally intelligent."
Over half said artificial intelligence will be dangerous. Twenty-seven percent said it will be "independent and hard to control," and 25 percent said it can "get in the wrong hands." Twenty-five percent said it would not be dangerous and "may not injur a human being," referring to Asimov's First Law of Robotics.
The number of robots is growing thus making them an integral part of daily life. So far, there is at least 20 types of robots worldwide: from industrial robots and mega-factories to molecular-size nanorobots.
Henn-na Hotel in Nagasaki, Japan, opened just a year ago with 90 percent of its employees being robots. Smart machines welcome guests at reception, deliver luggage to rooms, make coffee, and provide cleaning and laundry services.
Using robots in dangerous police operations and for neutralizing criminals and weapons is a growing practice. Governments of certain countries consider replacing human nurses in maternity homes with medical robots.
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