What Nobody Is Telling You About Robots

www.ozy.com [OZY]( [OZY]() Your World. Bold & Bright Sponsored by [Babbel]( Big, bold ideas. Future changemakers. Thrilling recommendations. This is the Sunday read you’ll find nowhere else. Feb 19, 2023 Sunday Human fascination with robots has long been fused with fear, as shown by many fictional stories of robots turning on their human masters. Meanwhile, the real world has created ever more advanced versions of mechanical servants, with AI technology more sophisticated than even most fiction writers imagined. Today’s Sunday Magazine takes stock of where we are, where the technology is headed — and the pitfalls that might lie ahead. [Learn A New Language Today!]( [Babbel]( Whether you’re studying abroad, dreaming of future travel, or just feeling the itch to learn something new, now’s the time to get cozy and start speaking a new language with [Babbel](. 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Plus, some jobs that we don’t currently think of being that creative, like project manager, could get a huge makeover. As explained on OZY’s [Future of X]( podcast, the project managers of the future will have to make sophisticated decisions to get the best out of both humans and machines. AI could even empower us to change the way we value work and our workers. And when you empower workers to be more creative and efficient, you also help solve another pervasive problem in the workplace today: people feeling less connected to what they do. [Read More]( The (Good Robots) Coming for Healthcare AI and robotics are also behind some incredible advances on the health care horizon. Let’s start with autonomous vehicles and robotics, including [self-driving wheelchairs](, which could greatly improve the independence and lives of people who benefit from mobility assistance. Robots are also being developed to dispense medication, fetch food and even provide companionship. The benefits of [robotic surgery]( are also becoming more attractive to doctors and patients. The wider use of robots in the operating theater could allow for other applications like telesurgery — in which the robot isn’t operated by a surgeon in the same room but potentially by one on the other side of the world. Coupled with new ultrafast networks like 5G, telesurgery could allow people living in rural areas or developing regions lacking surgeons to have procedures in local health centers equipped with a robot, instead of having to travel thousands of miles for treatment. Researchers in many nations are also developing minuscule nano-robots that are emerging as the next frontier in medical science. Unlike implantable devices that stay where they are placed, these robots are mobile and can be directed by human operators, or even move around inside the body with some autonomy. This mobility lets them carry out diagnostics, organ repair and even perform surgeries from within, reducing the need for tissues to be cut. [Read More]( Do Killer Robots Dream? The cinematic depictions are pretty clear. From I, Robot to The Terminator series to The Matrix, humans, either wittingly or unwittingly, manage to clash with the machinery that had previously served them. It’s a fight to the death, or else some sort of global enslavement scenario. Indeed, there are corners of the internet that holler about bloodthirsty bots already enacting takeovers. But an increasing number of people in prominent positions are also expressing concern about malicious AI. From the U.N. considering a treaty to ban fully autonomous weapons, to the time Facebook had to shut down its chatbots because they created their own language, the prospect of runaway robots should concern us all. 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