Question: Will robots take over the world?

Vince Hall answered on 25 Jun 2013:

Probably.
Though I don’t think it’ll be like the Terminator movies. I think we will make them to solve our problems, and do our work for us. We’ve got a history of doing this wherever we can.
I just see robots as a modern-day equivalent to using tractors instead of oxen with ploughs, using trucks instead of horses and carts, using calculators instead of pen-and-paper.
I think we will put tiny robots into our bodies to make sure everything is running well:
Are some cells becoming cancerous?
Is there a virus in my body?
Let’s stop that bleeding.
Let’s exercise those muscles and that brain to make them stronger.
Put a compass, a map and a GPS transmitter/receiver inside so I know where I’m going.

I think we will put robots everywhere, and use them to solve any problems we have. I think we will control them; they wont take over and rule us, but they will take over our work. When they take our work we can think of more interesting and intelligent things. Maybe we can concentrate on paintings, music, games and travelling more. That’s already true now.