I don't mind the personal robot concept itself. Its all of the data of our activities going up to the cloud that bothers me. Hell, we cannot even control this on our little smart phones yet.
That really is my point... that is, the "cloud" and control is one part of the design. A very powerful component indeed! It can be used to increase the effectiveness of the personalized robots... and that is a good thing. The protection we need is really quite simple. None of the product/project components can be weaponized in any way. It can't be used to manipulate a populace nor leverage against them.
That is the precipice this technology brings us to. A bonafied "inflection point" in our design, delivery and use (and protections).
I think we need a new "lens" to evaluate this from.
I don't mind the personal robot concept itself. Its all of the data of our activities going up to the cloud that bothers me. Hell, we cannot even control this on our little smart phones yet.
That really is my point... that is, the "cloud" and control is one part of the design. A very powerful component indeed! It can be used to increase the effectiveness of the personalized robots... and that is a good thing. The protection we need is really quite simple. None of the product/project components can be weaponized in any way. It can't be used to manipulate a populace nor leverage against them.
That is the precipice this technology brings us to. A bonafied "inflection point" in our design, delivery and use (and protections).
I think we need a new "lens" to evaluate this from.