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Advantages Robotics Disadvantages Robotics
Debate Score:36
Arguments:40
Total Votes:44
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Robotics

Advantages Robotics

Side Score: 6
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Disadvantages Robotics

Side Score: 30
2 points

i think in democratic society as it is robotics would simply cause unemployment. but if robots are truly integrated, they could essentially be our slaves, taking off any and all strain mankind has of self-maintenance (which is a lot, especially considering the entire tertiary sector) however they would be slaves about as sentient as a rock. all our material desires and needs would be fulfilled and all that would be left is to pursue our desires. it would enable a perfect communistic society where all is equal and rich and nobody is forced to work. the only issue i can see is the robotic potential for life.

Side: Advantages Robotics
Harvard(666) Disputed
2 points

Don't you think the increase in desire acquisition is limited to business ownership?

Robots would replace not just the most unpleasant or unappealing jobs, they would replace any job requiring motor skills.

Assuming this is true, there would be in increase in market competition with the now new competitors hopeless given the established dominance the market already has. Your best bet is to Patton an idea, sell it to a company, and collect royalties- but really, how many innovators are going to be successful when billionaires can just steal an idea and modify it to fit outside the legal boundaries of said Patton?

Basically, suicide rate will go up if the only employment is building the robots- and even that won't happen given that robots will just build each other.

I own business netting 80K a year all while going to school full time; I could easily drop out and take my companies to multi-million dollar companies. But I'd rather keep networking with brilliant engineers that I'm meeting. Basically, I'm fine with a robot dominated country, it's you people who have to worry.

Side: Disadvantages Robotics
3 points

I own business netting 80K a year all while going to school full time; I could easily drop out and take my companies to multi-million dollar companies.

:/

Side: Disadvantages Robotics
Nomoturtle(857) Disputed
1 point

that is all rooted to the idea that we run under the same system. in a robot-autonomous society. money is a motivational mechanic for work. what use would money be in such a system where work is no longer necessary?

Side: Advantages Robotics

But then again, I suppose there's always Stepford Wives :P

Side: Advantages Robotics

Robotics can make life easier because robots can handle the menial labor force.

Side: Advantages Robotics

To put it in the fewest number of words possible:

Skynet.

Side: Disadvantages Robotics
Coldfire(1014) Disputed
1 point

If we're using as few words as possible: slippery slope. .

Side: Advantages Robotics

Well, if the robot becomes autonomous then we could have a problem on our hands. We can always program the robot the do what we want it to do, but what would happen if the robot could edit it's programming? Or what if one person created a robot that was fully conscious, but was capable of killing humans? Years ago Korea created this weapon. What stops another country or person from doing this on a wide scale?

Side: Disadvantages Robotics
1 point

As with all things human the ultimate issue is control. As long as we control the robots then we are able to limit their usage to what we need to sustain our civilisation , however, if robotics combined with AI ever gain the potential to become self aware then this conversation would be futile because robotics will have little if any use for us....?

Side: Disadvantages Robotics
1 point

As with all things human the ultimate issue is control. As long as we control the robots then we are able to limit their usage to what we need to sustain our civilisation , however, if robotics combined with AI ever gain the potential to become self aware then this conversation would be futile because robotics will have little if any use for us....?

Side: Disadvantages Robotics