Unit 1c Markoff Summary

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Amandeep Sadyora
Student ID: F00396603
Assignment Unit 1C

Markoff explains about a robot capable of walking and charging itself. This thing made a worry in other scientists mind that robots may take over human control. Robots have software which can be hacked and can be used in a negative way. So keeping the advantages aside there were more of disadvantages when talked about crime and things can done which can affect human life. But when explained about robots can be built as the voice based system. So instead focusing more on the technical thing and making it complicated, focus more on socializing part. A limit should be set to design advanced robots so that it should go out of human control. The researchers came to a conclusion that this

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