In response to Kristin's latest post, I think we definitely will be working with robots in the future. When I was a technology support teacher for my school, there was a video circulating in the division to promote LwICT. Here the video stated that students couldn't possibly know what job they would hold as an adult as the job hadn't even been created yet; that is the technology hadn't been created yet. This was to show teachers that indeed we needed to integrate technology into our classrooms so our students would be prepared for the workforce when they were ready to enter it.
It may be in question if whether or not "our generation" will be working with robots. I think though, there is no question that indeed the future generation will be part of the robotic workforce.
It is important that we make the conscience effort to stay grounded in this new world that is emerging upon us. It is only we, that can make the decision to be taken over by the robotic world. We can fight for our individuality and not buy into the large corporate hype that is going on all around us.
The robotic world is also used for good. Robots have been sent to space, explored the depths of the ocean (San Andreas Trench) and explored many unreachable places of this earth.
There is no denying that the world is evolving and with it, robotics will probably be very much of our future. As long as we remember that the technologies are the tools and not the other way around, we will be able to hold some sense of balance. This has to be a conscious decision and we will have to decide to be the masters of our own fate.
I think that Preet being freaked out that about robots and not wanting them to replace humans, and Stephanie noticing that her workplace is already being run by certain types of robots, will aid us in trying to maintain the balance between humanity and a world run solely by technology.
A word of hope. Technology cannot survive without human beings. If we educate those human beings that will be programming the future robots (our present day students) to realize that the robot is the tool, the programmer is the master, and the consequences of greed in regards to technology, we may avert such an artificial world. As an educator, this is what my goal will be.
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