Technological progress

Are you afraid of the development of robots?

1) What science fiction promised us is not always reassuring

Let's take the example of I, Robot (1950), a collection of short stories by American author Isaac Asimov, the master of science fiction. In this collection appeared the story Runaround, in which he exposes the three laws of robotics:

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN REGARD TO OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY

Introduction: What sort of robots do they make now ?

Boston Robotics
(formerly a Google X Company, a now owned by Hyundai Motor Group & SoftBank)

2014-2025: from Petman to Atlas

Boston Dynamics' robots have evolved tremendously in ten years...

Complete your handout while listening to Asimov's interview:

2) Cute, therapeutic robots that make the world a better place

3) Yet, reality isn't that rosy... Have a look at this documentary film, 'The Dawn of Killer Robots'

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

discussions in the UN to ban fuly autonomous weapons

Report by Human Rights Watch

Nobel Women Initiative

TO GO FURTHER: Isaac Asimov's True Love (1977)

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