Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Blog 9
The stories by Isaac Asimov have been pretty interesting and has make me think about what the world would be like with the robots he portrays in his stories. The story reason had me a little uneasy when I was thinking about the world with that type of robot. In the end, everything is fine and that the robot did was it was told. But leading up to that was filled with the robot taking control and thinking it is superior. Even though everything was fine at the end, if a robot really thought it was superior, would it have a happy ending every time? With the robot clearly having its own mindset, who knows what would happen if that robot were on earth or even put in the same situation. I think that even if there were happy endings, there would be some endings that didn't end to well for the humans. If i robot were to show that independent thinking along with the thought they are superior, they would eventually be taking the humans spot and replacing them. This was a very fun and interesting story to read, but if it were to be in real life, the ending might not be as happy.
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"Robots" have been taking jobs from humans ever since they have been created in their most primitive form. In the auto industry, for example, we see, since the assembly line's first use, how robots have been taking over human jobs. I would further say that, in regard to the conversation in today's classroom about robot teachers, etc., I believe that many jobs, in particular teaching, are becoming more and more robotic! Spellcheck has been around for quite a few years and is fairly effective at detecting errors in spelling and grammar in a paper. The more objective grading becomes, for example, with a certain percent of the final grade for attendance, multiple choice tests and T/F questions, a great deal of emphasis in some classes being put on paper construction and less on knowledge of the topic, the more "robotic" it is!
Also, I have often thought that, in certain classes with certain professors/teachers, doing an online class would be better for many reasons... Professors who have inconsistent grading policies (completely NON-robotic; you don't know what to expect), test questions that are confusing and badly phrased, and to make things worse, the above complications COMBINED with online testing!
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