In this article I will be discussing an interesting new development in the field of robotics. The idea of robot students seems a bit odd considering robots can be programmed so what would they need to go to school for?
Well, it seems that whether people like it or not, college students at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California can now find themselves walking into philosophy class on the first day of the new term and have the opportunity to study alongside a synthetic human named 'Bina48.'
Bina48 looks like a human – at least the head and shoulders of one. Her voice sounds somewhat like a human voice. And in the fall of 2017, she became the first-ever robot with artificial intelligence, or A.I., to complete a college class.
So Bin48 has already completed its first course using AI. Is it just me or is this news slightly disturbing?
Are governments going to allow robots to compete with humans for competitive scholarships? Do we now need to compete with less fortunate robots for pell grants to gain the privledge of attending tertiary schools? Sorry but this whole story seems a bit silly to me...
How would you feel about studying with Bina48? I don't want to be discriminatory but studying alongside robots just seems a bit strange personally.
Bruce Duncan is the human behind this project and he is also the managing director of the Terasem Movement Foundation. According to Duncan, Bina48’s programming includes the general knowledge that can be described as Bina’s thoughts, opinions and memories as she could provide. One interesting fact about this programming is that the robot can use unique combinations of this information to process new information and speak in a human-like way.
The robot’s mind does not operate exactly the way a human mind does. And the robot does not possess the most highly developed A.I. technology available. Still, Duncan argues that Bina48 does express some understanding of the world around her.
If you aren't creeped out by now then I guess I haven't been doing my job well enough! What do you guys think about this new robot student?
Please leave your thoughts and opinions below!
Thanks for reading @Techblogger
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machine became a part of our life a long time back now it will also control our emotions
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I believe in the future AI will be indistinguishable from humans, in fact, they will be better than us.
Our future probably relies on us adopting synthetic ways to further improve our intellectual capacity. And interacting with robots as if they were a person will obviously happen first.
I think I would feel creep out at first. But eventually, as AIs start to look more and more like us we will feel more and more comfortable.
Perhaps our best friend in the future could be an AI, why not?
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OMG robot going to college? . I can't imagine that before but these days technology has become developed . Honestly , it is kinda creepy to compete with AI robot in college . How can we compete if they are programmed to know a lot of knowledge. ? I think it is unfair to the regular students . Anyway , maybe it is just a study or something . :) Thank you for sharing this news @techblogger.
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Interesting thoughts. I agree that the playing ground is unfair in regard to AI robotic students competing with real human ones...
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Thank you for acknowledging my thoughts @techblogger . :) We just don't know what our future would be with AI robots. It maybe a good thing or bad thing. Let' see.
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Great Post Bud i had no clue this was on the horizon. I am well versed with AI but i had no clue we were on the verge of this.This is scary yet interesting.
I am currently uploading my experience working on developing Self Driving cars in the posts that i am uploading on d.tube. Feel free to check me out i have a feeling you could relate to most of my posts.
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WOOO! its really amazing news because I can't believe that the robot can go to college, but it would be interesting news as well
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS POST DEAR,
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Robots could be smarter than humans. I remember this article where it is explained how AI at Facebook does things beyond control and was therefore shutdown:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-artificial-intelligence-ai-chatbot-new-language-research-openai-google-a7869706.html
It’s fascinating though! I like movies about it, like Terminator, I robot and Ex Machina.
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