Monday, April 20, 2015

Star Wars Droids: An AI Robot scenario

People today ask what will happen when we give AI to robots high enough to become sentient beings. Terminator and Odyssey 2000 bring the worst case if we let it unregulated, but Star Wars may show the best outcome of the situation


An R8-Series Astromech Droid being loaded into an X-Wing
Astromech droids are sapient beings who are not only good companions but helpful and can even fix ships and navigate, also they can use multiple utilities for purposes beyond the shipyard, perhaps with AI in robots we can have loyal mechanical pets who can fix our cars, another example of friendly AIs in Star Wars are Protocol Droids

C-3PO (Gold) and K-3PO (White) are both Protocol Droids, meant for serving, translating, and so on
Protocol droids were designed to be translators for droids who use droidspeak (droid language like astromech droids), alien languages, and also double as domestic servants around the household, or some cases offer repair or military files (K-3PO served as basically an intern unit for the rebel alliance, keeping files stored in his databank but also ironically gave him enough knowledge to devise battle tactics.) they only ask for respect and used wisely and fairly, but some like C-3PO are rather too timid to make such a demand (which brings the question of robot-rights, but that is another subject), all these can be useful in business and home

these droids can be proof that if we are wise with giving robots sapient AI we might be able to also have them not only as servants, but loyal companions

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