With the way robots are continually being developed for all petty and intriguing tasks, there is no doubt that the next intellect that will out power humans, will be no wonder from the next planet but a creation of our own wit.
With rights nearly in place, and emotions embedded that depict our own, robots will soon have a self-developed intellect and will then be a complete kind - head over heals for a superior status over their own primitive masters.
For most, the thought may seem inappropriate, not anything over a mere fiction tale, but with South Korea setting its goal to have a robot in every home by the year 2013 - the impending impact that could have on the society can well be fathomed.
Yes, Korea and many other nations for that matter are making rapid improvements in the personal robot arena, but it is Korea alone that is the first to launch a project to write what is believed to be a Robot Ethics Charter. Scheduled for a release at the end of the year, it leaves one wondering, how far can robotic technology really go before it begins to impede upon our quality of life and the way our moral values are shaped?
This is what the new charter aims at, drawing boundaries to hold back the use of the mechanical companion for any illegal or dangerous purpose - this will seek harmony between the humans and robots, without any restrictions upon the latter.
South Korea has already unveiled a very advanced machine-gun loaded robot designed to fight alongside human troops, therefore a much stringent code of ethics will be required to be rooted upon the military robots.
The developments are vivid and potentially dangerous as well, therefore it becomes vital that Korea develops a high standard and low-risk charter that benefits our species, and then who knows the development helps us humans to better our own conduct, what say?
[Source: Inventorspot]
