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Robotics

Emily Faziola, Anna Plank, Lauren Best

Justice Hammer, and Nikolas Theodoracopoulos

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Robotics Overview

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Do robots that look human-like make you feel uncomfortable?

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Are you optimistic about the long term future of artificial intelligence and robotics along with the benefits it has for humanity?

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Do you believe the advancement of robotics will help us slow down the effects of climate change?

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Do you believe jobs being replaced by robotics does more or less for society as a whole?

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Who should be most responsible for regulating robotic technology?

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Appendix

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Social

Supplemental Questions:

Occupation/Relationship:

Would you trust a robot doctor to perform surgery on you?
Would you trust a robot lawyer to represent you?
Would you support a romantic relationship with a robot?
Would you feel comfortable with a robot taking care of your older relatives?
Would you feel comfortable working with robots in a future career?

Social Issues/Wealth Distribution:

Do you believe robots will ever be completely resolved of their racial biases?
In what ways do you think humans will better adapt to the use of robotics?
How do you deal with the challenge of equitable wealth distribution in terms of robotics? What should even be considered equitable?
What if robot technology is concentrated into the hands of the very few?
Will a robotic economy present any inequalities?
When will the advanced technology of robots be available to everyone, no matter what social status?

Digital Privacy:

Do you believe the value of robotic technology outweigh the invasion of privacy that comes with it?
If money was not an option, would the Amazon Astro be a robot you'd implement in your own home?
How long will it take to figure out how to secure robots in your home?
Will proper security be based off a trial and error basis?

Education:

What are some of the ways our education system could better adapt to the new age of robotics?
When change happens, where do you think we can see it first? (early edu., middle, university)
How would our education system implement lessons if 65% of people will have jobs in the future that do not even exist yet?
If we’re making robots that can learn, will they be able to learn as much as us, or more?

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Education:

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Technological

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Ethics/Emotion AI Based:

How will a robot know and learn what is right and what is wrong, when even that line is sometimes blurred for humans?
How do we clarify what exactly is a mistake when a robot is taught to judge by logic? For example, if a self-driving car is met with the choice of running over a pedestrian or severely harming the passengers within the vehicle, which will it choose?
With the use of emotional intelligence in human like robots, will they be programed to manipulate humans based on the humans emotions?

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Environmental

Supplemental Questions:

How soon do you believe it will take for environmentally friendly robots to be integrated into society on a regular basis? 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
What are the major ways you believe robotics can help fight climate change?
How will robots affect the price of food in the future? Both at a supermarket and when dining in restaurants.
How will farmers be affected by the use of robots on their crops?

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Agriculture:

Sea Life:

This Robot Hunts Invasive Lionfish

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Economical

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Would you want to visit somewhere that is fully employed by robots?
If robots will do everything, what will humans do?
How will society keep human labor relevant in an era of increasing automation?
If most jobs are distributed amongst AI instead of humans, will revenue be appointed to fewer people? Won’t only tech companies and AI specialists reap all the benefits?
If we’re looking at a post-work society, how do we structure a fair post-labor economy?
How will inflation be affected by the use of robots globally?
What will happen to wages if humans are working side by side with robots?

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Political

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Taxes:

Should a robot tax be implemented in the economy?

Considering that automation is already replacing many jobs in the near future, is it time to think about making laws to protect some of these industries?
What changes need to made in our current political system to adapt to this new world?
Do robots have rights?

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Robot Rights/Regulations