| Title | : | Laws of Robotics and Human Consciousness |
| Speaker | : | Prof. Rajeev Sangal (Professor Emeritus (Honorary), IIIT Hyderabad) |
| Details | : | Wed, 8 Nov, 2023 2:30 PM @ SSB 334 |
| Abstract: | : | Laws of robotics were formulated in fiction so that robots do not allow any harm to come to human beings, and yet they obey them and protect themselves. These raise many dilemmas for the robot. Is causing pain to someone, equal to causing harm to the person? Consider that a person is swimming in water. Should he be forcefully removed by the robot because there is a potential for great harm, namely, drowning? What would a robot do if performing an action causes harm to one human being, but performing another action causes harm to several other people? The question asked in this paper is what are the laws of human consciousness? The modern society is built on the belief that human beings are selfish and greedy. Together with market, it uses these assumptions to organize economic activity efficiently, in the hope that the human being would be happy living in such a society. These assumptions clash with the innate nature of human consciousness creating a dissonance within the individual. Education would have to take a lead in making people aware of their own feelings towards family and other people. The expansion of these feelings would gradually build global family or communities (called vasudhev kutumbakam). |
