Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 94 No. 1, 2024.
Conference paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.94.1.4
How to Survive with Smart Machines
Bojan Jerbić
; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are unquestionably enhancing humanpotential.Theyoperate in a range from simple reasoning, performing simple actions to imitatingcomplex human cognitive and labour functions. Their tasks can vary from funor games to helping people with difficult or tedious tasks. In order to understand theimpact of artificial intelligence, it is both important to learn from past successes andfailures, and to predict its future directions and potential legal, ethical and socioeconomicimplications. In the near future, intelligent robots will increasingly become an integral part of ordinary people’s lives. The potential benefits are great, however there are also significant risks and ethical challenges. Our autonomy can be threatened, andsocial interaction obstructed. The widespread use of robots can lead to reduced contact between people and possible restrictions on personal freedoms. Smart machines are shaping a radically new world, bringing significant economic and cultural changes, creating both winners and losers on a global scale. Artificial intelligence is developed by taking humans as a model. Despite this, artificial intelligence and human beingsnremain fundamentally different due to their different natures. Can we then share thensame moral concepts? Although there are many concerns about what robotics and AI mean for our future, there is a belief from a scientific or philosophical perspective that they represent a part of the evolution. We progress, redefining humanity along the way, constantly questioning what makes us unique as humans.
Keywords
robotics; artificial intelligence; roboethics
Hrčak ID:
316177
URI
Publication date:
17.4.2024.
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