LinuxBender 13 hours ago |

Will we ever trust robots?

Personally I will not. Most here will not agree with me but that is OK. Life lessons have taught me not to trust humans and robots by extension are programmed by humans. Humans have made it clear they can not be trusted with anything that impacts society. The most recent and obvious examples were the algorithms used to target and manipulate people on social media. Once LLM's reach critical mass and adoption they will also be twisted to serve Dr. Evil purposes. Home robots already spy on people and upload data for Dr. Evil data collection. So I will be that cranky old man with robotist signs saying "Robots not welcome here". All that said, I am fully aware that many people will blindly trust robots because they are so helpful and cool.

Even less popular of an idea, I predict that almost every scene in the movie iRobot will come true in our lifetimes [1] due to protections against malicious behavior being considered too much friction and management would never allow it.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wu7mlHyQik [video][2m46s]