Question

Consider a specific, computer-based technological development and apply "Moore’s Law" to it. (See again mini lecture 10-The Industrial Revolution for details.)    Assume, for instance, that the "brain power" available to computers and to artificial intelligence or robotics programs will continue to double every few years. How will this impact people's lives in the future?

Answer 1

Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuitdoubles about every two years. The observation is named after Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, whose 1965 paper described a doubling every year in the number of components per integrated circuit,and projected this rate of growth would continue for at least another decade. In 1975, looking forward to the next decade, he revised the forecast to doubling every two years.The period is often quoted as 18 months because of Intel executive David House, who predicted that chip performance would double every 18 months (being a combination of the effect of more transistors and the transistors being faster).  

Another possibility is robots being used to configure other robots. This is much more obviously in the spirit of a Moore’s Law acceleration, and again there is no reason why this could/does not happen (user manuals, regulatory updates, workflow configurations, and user instructions already trigger cascading updates through syndicated robots).

IMPACTS OF ROBOTICS/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON PEOPLE'S LIVES

Software Robots are software that mimics a human. They drive other computers and software products the way that humans do. As such, they do not need specialist integration or IT skills. They are like “virtual” colleagues that cost a fraction of a current global wage and are aimed at replacing humans by doing routine, rote computer-based clerical tasks.

• Robots are increasingly used in manufacturing (since the 1960s). In the auto industry, they can amount for more than half of the "labor". There are even "lights off" factories such as an IBM keyboard manufacturing factory in Texas that is 100% automated.
• Robots are used as couriers in hospitals (hospital robot). Other hospital tasks performed by robots are receptionists, guides and porters helpers.
• Robots can serve as waitersand cooks, also at home. Boris is a robot that can load a dishwasher. Rotimaticis a robotics kitchen appliance that cooks flatbreads automatically.
• Robot combat for sport – hobby or sport event where two or more robots fight in an arena to disable each other. This has developed from a hobby in the 1990s to several TV series worldwide.
• Cleanup of contaminated areas, such as toxic waste or nuclear facilities.
• Agricultural robots
• Domestic robots, cleaning and caring for the elderly
• Medical robots performing low-invasive surgery
• Household robots with full use.
• Nanorobots