ics will be dominated by the question of, should humanity build ultra-intelligent machines or not,” said Hugo De Garis (Kelly 2). De Garis went so far to say that major warfare will break out between the sides with one saying that building machines is the destiny of mankind and the other saying that it too dangerous (Kelly 2). Kevin Warwick, professor cybernetics, says that there is no reason why artificial life would not be more intelligent than humans are, and that is a dangerous threat to mankind as a whole (Kelly 2). People will never be sure that these robots would not decide that the human race is a pest and exterminate it, and humans would have given them the intelligence to do it. De Garis sees that soon robots will tire of their human creators and make their own decisions like it or not for the creators (Kelly 2). “The day when robots do not do what we want then to do may already be here,” says De Garis (Kelly 2). With limitations some robots can be very beneficial and helpful. These robots help humans perform the acts that humans cannot perform safely. The synthetic nature of robots is an advantage because they are immune to dangerous and unstable environments. Some robots mimic or respond to human interaction whether through remote or body suit (Uttal 125). Teleoperators, where a robot is controlled at a distance by a human, are essential when doing dangerous work such as clean up of radioactive spills like at Chernobyl (Osborn 1). Scientists have created a robot to enter the contaminated shelters and map out terrain, temperature and radiation (Osborn 2). Only a robot can do these necessary but lethal actions so that humans can design a solution to radiation leaks. This robot can be a lifesaver in situations where humans can not handle the severity of the situation. Pioneer, a robot, was designed to enter contaminated shelters at the nuclear meltdown site in Chernobyl (Osborn 1). This robot is ...
