Social Robotics Research Meet-Up to Discard Anxiety About Technology
Technology is a beautiful thing. It has undoubtedly made our lives much more accessible and happier. One downside of technology, however, is that it has negatively affected society. Experts have discovered that as well as creating more excellent life opportunities, technology can be highly addicting and negatively affect users’ communication skills. Extended screen time can lead to health consequences such as eye strain, eyestrain, and high stress and anxiety. A recent study revealed that the constant viewing of TV and computer screens could hurt how people see and react to the world around them.
The connection between technology and society cannot be denied, however. Some experts argue that human minds are wired for technology. Others point out that humans have been using technology since ancient times; societal behavior rather than technology has changed over the years. Individuals will be forced to take a step back when humanity and technology mix and examine their behavior.
To understand this phenomenon more thoroughly, researchers may need to create a social robotics lab. This virtual lab would investigate how humans interact with technology. By studying this phenomenon, humans may create a healthier technological community where they can thrive.
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is conducting social robotics research. This research aims to explore how human interaction and the different ways technologies are used affect each other. Additionally, the study seeks to examine the effect of these technologies on future humanity. As technology changes, we may be forced to reevaluate our relationships with each other and with other technological devices. Understanding how humans interact with all these devices may help better guide the direction in which future technological innovations are taken.
One of the most important questions to be answered is whether or not humans can distinguish between artificial intelligence and actual human life. Consider for a moment that technology is steadily becoming more capable of human life. Today we live in a world where cars can drive themselves; self-driving cars will likely be available within the next decade. We will also have access to artificially intelligent computers, which will effectively do our bidding without our intervention. Will humans be able to distinguish between machines and man and control or manipulate these technologies? What will happen if, as predictions suggest, technology becomes so capable of human life that it becomes impossible for humans to survive without it?
If this were to occur, would humans be able to control or even comprehend their AIs? Theoretically speaking, if you could design AIs that were more like you or more like your children, what would become of self-driving cars? The most likely conclusion is that humans would have to develop some artificially intelligent android assistant that could drive the car and take control of the wheel while it sat in the driver’s seat. We will see that as our AIs become more capable of personal decision-making.
Is there room for a social robotics research meet-up? If we continue to pursue technological advances that can enhance human life, there will undoubtedly be an expansion of the investigation into nanotechnology, cognitive science, computer science, and neurotechnology. These areas of study are developing technology to meet humans’ needs better. However, it would appear that as the technology is designed more specifically for social robotics, it may be possible to meet these goals through technology alone.
It would be interesting to see if humans develop technologies we don’t need to live to meet basic human needs. For instance, if you could implant computer chips in your body, you wouldn’t need to eat or breathe; yet, if you had the storage capacity for music, movies, television shows, and news, you would not need food and water. As humans learn to meet their human needs with artificially enhanced technologies, this could be viewed more as augmentation rather than as a separation in the realm of technology.
