A Story
Over the years, gradually the tales of the future were passed on from generation to generation. The one thing common in them was evolution. It started off as the evolution of human beings and their creations and eventually the evolution of the one creation in particular, ‘The Robots’, which was soon to take over mankind. Today those tales have become a truth. The very creator of the idea of feelings for robots sat down with his beloved dog begging for food from a robot. A very unusual sight to the old folks. This was the slow yet overnight transition.
Like Mr Silver, (the chief engineer robot) or so he was liked to be called, walked in the street gauging at his phone and scheduling meetings for his upcoming day, his servant carried the cup behind him. None with the slightest of humanity for the humble man sitting beside them on the busy street. The new dog on the street could not even bark and a robot may have developed the ability to feel but humanity could not have been taught to them. the robotic dog will never have the same therapeutic effect on their masters that the wild dogs had over their masters.
“Technology will enslave men one day.” This day has passed. Today technology has enslaved technology.
Mr Silver was one of the first robots on the site of the development of robots. As a helping hand for his master, a human. His task was simply to perform complex calculations. The judgement lay in the master’s hand whether to proceed or modify the algorithm. As his master worked Silver spent a lot of time understanding his decisions and keeping them into account. His son was the first human to have brought the idea of inducing feelings in these robots and therefore the first one to be experimented upon naturally was silver. With the first brain and sense of feelings to himself, he mastered all that came his way. Who had known that the person whom he learnt from everything would be begging on the streets while he would walk past him not even noticing him? At least a slight nod or a small gesture was the least Ted expected. Was it incorrect? As a human, I say no, but do we have a say in it. No.
Something we must not forget is that even though technology may take over what it shall always lack will be humanity. Human beings have the supreme power of humanity and determination that no machine will ever have. So, it’s time we find the lost humanity and stand tall. Fight for what is ours and once again be the better of ourselves.
The above story has been contributed by DevVrat Jadon who was inspired to write after he saw the above picture in The New Yorker October 23, 2017 Issue.