Should you trust A.I. with your kids? Chess-playing robot breaks kid’s 7-year-old finger
The more mainstream media divides the non-independent thinkers who can’t get along with those with a difference of opinion, we can expect A.I. to intervene and replace us. Not just in the job sector but in all areas of our lives. Sex, virtual reality, and intimate relationships to name a few. Our increasingly polarizing society hates those with “opposing views” so much that we will risk harm from nonhumans so that we don’t have to deal with those we don’t like. And because we’ve divorced GOD and mother nature for entertainment and sense gratification, we won’t care. As a result, Independent thinking and encouraging those around you to think independently is one of the few answers to our complex dilemma. Should you trust A.I.? with your kids? Chess-playing robot breaks kid’s 7-year-old finger.
“Sizzling Saturn, we’ve got a lunatic robot on our hands.”
― Isaac Asimov, I, Robot
There was once a Dog who used to snap at people and bite them without any provocation, and who was a great nuisance to every one who came to his master’s house. So his master fastened a bell round his neck to warn people of his presence. The Dog was very proud of the bell, and strutted about tinkling it with immense satisfaction. But an old dog came up to him and said, “The fewer airs you give yourself the better, my friend. You don’t think, do you, that your bell was given you as a reward of merit? On the contrary, it is a badge of disgrace.”
The Mischievous Dog
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
Is robot A.I. a sign of merit or a product of disgrace? Should you trust your A.I. or not? We have put a nice shiny bell on the public opinion of A.I. and its role in our lives. Yet, we don’t see the bell as a badge of disgrace. As with most technology, we see it as a reward. The chess-playing robot snapped at the 7-year-old boy just as the dog used to in the story above. Playing against A.I. may be justified to increase the skill of a child learning to play chess. However, playing against other humans is essential for boys’ growth and learning development. We couldn’t stop at video games, though. What will it take for humans to place a boundary on their curiosity?
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Most won’t care about the robot breaking the kid’s arm because we have faith in technology; it proves us with what we think is a much-needed distraction via entertainment from the real world. In the late 70s and 80s, kids grew up as the infamous latch key kids. Their parents were too busy working to watch them, and the parents were separated. We’ve transitioned from latch key kids to digital kids of today. Children are experiencing more and more mental health and suicidal ideation the more they engage in social media and the internet. Rather than solving the issues as a family, certain political ideologies are bent on causing a gender war through various means. This will ensure that children never receive the proper two-parent attention they need.
“You can’t understand human motivation. You can only understand your damned machines because you’re a machine yourself, with skin on.”
― Isaac Asimov, Robot Visions
It takes a sims village to raise a child. You can expect shortly that children will be walking or getting dropped off at school by robots. A.I. will wake them up with voice-controlled alarms, fix them breakfast, etc. Kids will beg their parents for it, and the parents will accept it as they will be too tired and dealing with mental health issues to nurture their children properly. And the cycle continues. For instance.
The selling point of robots is efficiency and trimming the fat of doing unnecessary tasks. Like chores? Parents won’t have to beg or incentivize their children to do chores anymore as a new A.I. robot can do household chores. Ironically enough, the small insignificant tasks are what Buddhist practitioners look forward to. Mindful meditation while walking, cleaning, and washing the dishes is a luxury and allows us to relax in our passive minds. Yet unless your household has a spiritual foundation, good luck convincing your children that chores are a seed planted for them to reach enlightenment later in life.
In conclusion, So should your trust A.I. or not? All spiritual systems on the planet instruct humans to place no trust in man, which includes man’s creations as well. When the robot broke the finger, it didn’t realize that it was a child or that it could break his finger either. Just as Elon Musk thinks were crash test dummies for his cars, we will continue to be lab rats for the devolution of society. Find peace and joy in the small “insignificant” tasks of life. The pandemic proved that Once we outsourced our jobs to A.I., it would be sensory gratification heaven. Are we going to do more meaningful things or find more excuses to be lazy once A.I. takes over the job sector? I’m going to say excuses.