The risk of AI humanoids becoming malicious is a ‘real concern’ for scientists

SCIENTISTS working on humanoid robots are genuinely concerned about the prospect of the technology being used for evil.

So says a humanoid expert who spoke to The US Sun at this week’s South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.

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Professor Luis Sentis of the University of Texas at Austin spoke at the conference and presented his work with a robot called Draco 3.

Draco 3 is designed as a helpful AI robot that can perform menial tasks such as washing dishes and helping around the house.

Sentis isn’t necessarily concerned about Draco, but fears that similar technology could be used for the wrong reasons.

When asked if evil humanoids are a real concern, he simply replied, “Of course.”

I think warfare is the most tangible thing,” he continued.

‘War with Ukraine, Israel and Gaza has been a transformation.

“Now it is being combated by drones and that is not going back.

“In future wars, the armies of the future will have millions of drones, because the infantry.

“You know, we’ve lost half a million lives in Ukraine and Russia and this is terrible, and a lot is being lost in Israel.

“We will see a proliferation of machines in battle, with countries not wanting to see their infantry die.”

Sentis compared the fear of the unknown when it comes to humanoids to automatic weapons.

“This is similar to the developments we’ve seen in automatic weapons, where the argument is that it’s terrible for war because anyone can press a button and destroy the world.

‘There is the argument that this has deterred people from using them [humanoids] because there is a balance,” the expert said.

“It’s not my area of ​​expertise and I’m concerned about it,” he added.

Sentis would prefer to see humanoids used for things like helping small businesses or the elderly.

He gave the example of Draco 3 and all the positive things the humanoid is capable of.

“It’s easy to train. Can put things in boxes faster. It can move things.

“It’s very attractive to see how robots are helping small businesses, and to see how robots can control people at home.”