Robots and artificial intelligence : friends or foes

Robotics and artificial intelligence : friend or foe

Once I was talking to my friends on topic robotics and artificial intelligence so some of them had a conclusion that it is good ,some had conclusion that it is bad but none have a conclusion that whether it is very good or very bad. I too don’t have a conclusion that it is very bad but I have a conclusion that it is very good , but how ?
How artificial intelligence and robotics are related to each other? if you consider yourself as a robot then the the thing which is deciding your actions is artificial intelligence and both work in coordination with each other. I would like to touch different aspects of robotics and artificial inteliigence like its impact on humans , its usage in space and defence field,its impact on jobs.
It was Saturday morning of 15july 2017 when 5 people went to clean septic tank in ambedkar colony,chattarpur,new delhi but because of methane gas present all fell down one by one of which 4 people died and one who was alive was under medical suopervision for months.according to government data tabled in parliament 282 sanitation workers have died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in the country between 2016 and November 2019. So now a robot has been developed by gemrobtics of kerala which can work to clean septic tanks in 20-25minutes.so hasn’t robot here proved to be our friend?
Now moving towards its importance in space ,security and defence field. We all know that india is planning a manned space mission named gaganyaan and for executing this a pre study is always necessary to check impact of radiation on human body,control systems and environment in space and for that study a humanoid name vyomitra has been developed by isro for pre study, without risking human life and also it doesn’t need food or specific clothing,so becoming a very cheaper option too.so isn’t this a good reason to support use of robots?
Many a times we listen about about our soldirs being martyred due to ied blasts but now drdo has developed a robo named daksh which can itself check,detect,diffuse the bomb planted,saving precious life of soldiers.also when it comes to cost it costs in the range 5-20crores and when ifwe see soldiers, it requires very long special training,trained dogs squad,special clothing,hand held devices totaling amount close to that of robo daksh and saving a lot of time and precious life of civilians and soldiers.so yes we can see robots again proving to be our friend .
we know defence forces across the world use planes,jets for survllience till date but with the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence the dynamics have changed, as now drones proving themself efficient and cheaper option . advanced fihghter jets per hour operating cost is about 20-30lakh rupees,aircraft carrier INS vikramaditya costs about 1crore per hour for its opersation.these costs go higher depending upon combustion and advanced techs used but on the other hand most advanced drones in world costs around 2-3 lakh rupees per hour to operate which in turn helps for surveillance,intelligence,even for limited combat missions and also in turn saves preciuos lifes and time.so,again robots has proved us to be our friends.
Now cpming towards its impact on jobs so according world economic forum upto 2022 there will be loss of about 50 million jobs,but wait, the story doesn’t end here because the same report by world economic forum says there will be generation of 133 million new jobs due to robotics and artificial intelligence ,but how?there is an example of amazon heaadquarted in usa ,amazon is using robots in limited numbers and usage of one robot gives 2 to 3 direct employments as imagine a bundle to be shifted from one point to another so one person will be standing at initial point to give bundle to robo and one person will be at destination to receive cargo from robo and one person will be for maintenance of robo and also there are a number of indirect employents for robo manufacturing and components manufacturing related to robo .
One more thing is to be noted that using robotics and artificial intelligence at workplace will make people technically sound.so,I think now robots have convinced us that they are our friends not foes.