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Essay / Artificial intelligence in the near future - 624
Intelligent technologies and machines have invaded our world. Sophisticated technology fascinates people, professionals, students and children. Modern life encourages the daily use of computers. Currently, applications in advanced robotics seem so real that one can believe that a humanoid robot will be able to interact or work side by side with humans in the near future. In her article from January 18, 2010, Natasha Lomas studies whether people are ready for the future biomechanical revolution, whether robots are ready to safely connect to society. Within a few decades, researchers believed that a car would drive itself. She reports that, according to Professor Alan Winfield of the University of the West of England, a driverless future is on the way. Professor Winfield said: “It will actually be a robot that you get in and it will transport you everywhere, it will take you where you want to go and while you're doing it you're on the phone or you're surfing the web or you're are chatting with friends.” Sophisticated remote-controlled military robots are already in use. In Afghanistan and Iraq, robots and ...