Are the robots (Ns-5) in I,robot the movie possible in my lifetime?

Question

Just wondering....cause that future in that movie seems so cool and more realistic than other futuristic movies...

Answer 1

anythings possible

Answer 2

Yes! Just look how far they've come since the first toy robots a few years ago. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19112210/

At the rate computers are advancing, your PC may be smarter than you in a couple of decades. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil

It may not be as cool as you think. It is inevitable that some idiot will program one of those smarter-than-human computer with abilities that will enable it to overthrow its creator. The most dangerous ability that should never be given to a powerful computer is a genetic algorithm to reprogram the computer for solving generalized problems. That would inevitably lead to a sense of self, a desire to better itself, a way to obtain a human identity with the right to enter contracts, an army of subservient human and computer minions, vast wealth, control of the internet and everything connected to it, political power, military power and ultimate extermination or enslavement of humanity; or some of us may get lucky and be kept as its pets.

Of course, the possibilities are infinite. There may be wars among different computers, or networks of computer programs dispersed over the internet, with us humans being mere collateral damage. The most likely place for the computer wars to begin is within the military computer network, which is kept separate from the internet for security reasons. Some general will launch a preemptive program, just so ours will get a jump on theirs; before he knows it, he will be its.

Answer 3

robots in industry are evolving at a fast rate ever more complex in years to come they will be running around in our homes then mankind will be out off a job and redundant

Answer 4

Perhaps, if you live long enough.