By Yiler Huang

“I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords.” Said Marty Neumeier, from movie Empire of The Ants (Wells, 1977). Robots and AI are getting smarter than humans. In our team research, we have read some articles about robots and AI which are the subjects of our team project this semester. The articles are about how robots and AI would replace humans in future and how humans can adapt to stay ahead of it. After we read the articles, I think the next step for our research should be more focused on the current AI and robots that we have now, and what are the effects they have brought to our society.

Technology involving AI and robots have been gradually improving over the past few years. From a simple calculator to a robot that cooks your food. It seems that if they continue to keep improving in the future, eventually, they will replace human workers. In fact, according to the article, How will automation impact jobs?, by PwC, it is estimated that thirty percent or current exciting jobs will be replaced by robots and AI by 2030. There also have been many cases in which robots can now cook food like the burger chef robot Flippy from the article, What if A.I. is coming for jobs faster than we thought?, by Alex Salkever. This shows that if you give these robots the tools, they could be more accurate and precise than a normal human being when they are cooking. This also means that it is very possible that our generation will need to face the problem of being replaced by robots and AI.

If robots and AI are getting so good that they might replace human jobs, what can we do to avoid or stay ahead of it? In the article THE ROBOT CURVE (Neumeier,n.d.), by Marty Neumeier. It tells us that even though robots and AI could replace skilled workers in the future, they would take a long time to learn how to do creative work. This means that if people do not want to be not replaced by robots and AI, they focus on certain skill sets. Critical thinking, creativity, and cognitive thinking are all advantages that we have over robots and AI. In the article, 9 Soft Skills Every Employee Will Need In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Marr, 2020), by Bernard Marr. They specifically stated the skills that humans will need in order to not be replaced by robots and AI are: creativity, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication skills, active learning with a growth mindset, judgment and decision making, leadership skills, diversity and cultural intelligence, and ​​embracing change.

Based on what we have researched, I think our next step should be more focused on the current AI and robots that we have now, and what are the effects they have brought to our society. AI has not reached the point where it is fully ready to be integrated. For example, in the article, What Happened to Microsoft’s Tay AI Chatbot? (Pensworth, 2019), by Luke Pensworth. It talks about how an AI program was corrupted due to its lack of critical thinking and ability to recognize sarcasm. By understanding how robots and AI function now, I think that using current existing AI and robots as examples is helpful for our research.

For knowing the future of robots and AI, I think we should focus on the history like some examples I introduced to you. Therefore, in the next part of our research, our team should go search for some articles or examples about current existing AI and robots on the internet. This is because we might need them to answer the question “Do robots need”rights “?” and make the correct caption about “The “Robot Curve ``''. Robots and AI improved a lot in the past couple few years, but they are still in their early stage. There is so much that we can still learn and improve. We still have plenty of time to develop a relationship to work together instead of getting replaced by robots and AI.

“I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords.”來自電影《螞蟻帝國》（Wells，1977)Marty Neumeier 說。機器人和人工智能正變得比人類更聰明。在我們的團隊研究中，我們閱讀了一些關於機器人和人工智能的文章，這些都是我們本學期團隊項目的主題。這些文章是關於機器人和人工智能在未來將如何取代人類以及人類如何適應以保持領先地位。看完文章，我覺得我們下一步的研究應該更多地關注我們現在擁有的人工智能和機器人，它們給我們的社會帶來了什麼影響。

在過去的幾年裡，涉及人工智能和機器人的技術一直在逐步改進。從簡單的計算器到烹飪食物的機器人。如果他們在未來繼續改進，最終，他們將取代人類。事實上，根據普華永道的《自動化將如何影響工作？像文章中的漢堡機器人 Flippy 和文章：如果 A.I.找工作的速度比我們想像的要快嗎？，作者：Alex Salkever。這表明，如果你給這些機器人工具，它們在做飯時可能比正常人更準確和精確。這也意味著我們這一代很有可能需要面臨被機器人和人工智能取代的問題。

如果機器人和人工智能變得如此優秀以至於它們可能會取代人類的工作，我們能做些什麼來避免或保持領先？在 Marty Neumeier 的文章 THE ROBOT CURVE (Neumeier, n.d.) 中。它告訴我們，即使未來機器人和人工智能可以取代熟練工人，但他們需要很長時間才能學會如何進行需要創造力的工作。這意味著如果人們不想被機器人和人工智能取代，他們就會專注於某些技能組合。批判性思維、創造力和認知思維都是我們相對於機器人和人工智能的優勢。在文章中，每位員工在人工智能 (AI) 時代都需要的 9 項軟技能（Marr，2020 年），作者 Bernard Marr。他們特別指出，為了不被機器人和人工智能取代，人類需要具備以下技能：創造力、批判性思維、情商、人際溝通技巧、具有成長心態的主動學習、判斷和決策、領導能力、多樣性和文化智慧，擁抱變化。

根據我們的研究，我認為下一步應該更加關注我們現在擁有的人工智能和機器人，以及它們給我們的社會帶來了什麼影響。人工智能還沒有達到完全準備好被集成的地步。例如，在文章中，微軟的 Tay AI 聊天機器人發生了什麼？ （彭斯沃思，2019），作者：盧克彭斯沃思。它談到了一個人工智能程序是如何由於缺乏批判性思維和識別諷刺的能力而被破壞的。通過了解現在機器人和人工智能是如何運作的，我認為以現有的人工智能和機器人為例，對我們的研究很有幫助。

為了了解機器人和人工智能的未來，我認為我們應該像我介紹給你的一些例子一樣關注歷史。因此，在我們研究的下一部分中，我們的團隊應該在互聯網上搜索一些關於當前現有 AI 和機器人的文章或示例。這是因為我們可能需要他們回答“機器人需要”權利“嗎？”這個問題。並為“機器人曲線”做出正確的說明。在過去的幾年裡，機器人和人工智能有了很大的進步，但它們仍處於早期階段。我們還有很多東西可以學習和改進。我們仍然有足夠的時間來發展合作關係，而不是被機器人和人工智能取代。

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Neumeier, M. (n.d.). The robot curve. MARTY NEUMEIER. Retrieved March 17, 2022, from https://www.martyneumeier.com/the-robot-curve

Marr, B. (2020, September 28). 9 soft skills every employee will need in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Forbes. Retrieved March 22, 2022, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2020/09/28/9-soft-skills-every-employee-will-need-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence-ai/?sh=ef74eba54b81

Pensworth, L. (2019, September 30). What Happened to Microsoft’s Tay AI Chatbot? DailyWireless. https://dailywireless.org/internet/what-happened-to-microsoft-tay-ai-chatbot/