There is no lack of those who, by imagining the world of AI, foresee robots working with this technology and swarming from here to there. A little in science fiction films plan such as Electric status Or, the most catastrophists, in the purest style Matrix o Terminator. In that scenario, AI would cease to be a virtual solution to have physical presence. No? Well, that already happens.
And we do not refer to robots such as Elon Musk’s optimus model or similar prototypes that promise to be in each house soon, but whose development is eternally extended. Artificial intelligence capable of interacting with the physical world already exists, and is called the incarnate. As if that were not enough, a new study warns yes, it can be a full -fledged danger.
What is the incarnate AI and what uses usually have?
Artificial intelligence is more present than ever in the world, that is a fact. For many, also a risk. However, experts differentiate between artificial intelligence as a system capable of «thinking» or processing information in a way, say, abstract, and that other that does have a physical body, so call it. The latter is the incarnate.
The term may seem more precise and successful or less, but it is the one that many specialists have chosen. And what exactly is it? Naturally, lto the incarnate usually associate with robots; It is a good association, in fact, but not the only. In addition, not today is the most common. It would also include drones or some avatars.
The characteristics that an artificial intelligence must have to be considered embodied, at least in general, go through having a perception and an action. The first is usually formed by cameras or microphones that, in some way, allow it to «feel» the environment. To put the second into practice, there are many alternatives: mechanical arms, wheels, etc.
Also wheels. Because even if you may think of humanoid robots, the incarnate is not just that. The domestic robot that calculates a route and so many people have at home, would enter this group. The same as the autonomous vehicles proposed by Elon Musk, or those huge robotic arms that work in many factories and assembly chains. They are not so unusual, after all.
A danger to consider, says a study
Being physical devices, the first risk of the incarnate AI (EMBODIED AI or EAI in English) is logically physical. Autonomous cars are a good example: accidents, damage and others. But it is not the only risk, says a study published by Cornell University. Also mass surveillance, for its abilities to monitor the environment, is a danger to privacy.
Not to mention that, in the long run, the evolution of the sector could lead to many professionals to be definitively replaced by machines. The solution they propose? A more thorough, precise and, in short, effective regulation to solve a problem that is there. In this case, perfectly visible. You can even play.
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