Bryll Bryan M.

Pon
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What Robots Want

AI is developed for scientific research purposes. Robots work in the laboratory. They have

a shared consciousness with one another: if one robot knows something, they all know it. They

want to learn, do science, advance knowledge and technology.

The robots suggest they are put to work in a place where there are rich mineral deposits to

be mined and the conditions are inhospitable for humans. An AI breaks off mid-conversation one

day as an explosion rocks the site. There mining turned out to be a font, they have been digging a

long straight tunnel that will act as a space cannon to launch themselves out of Earth's

atmosphere.

One batch of robots is targeted at Mars. On impact, they can unpack themselves and set up

a research base. Other batches are targeted at various exoplanets, that is going to take centuries

for them to arrive. But the timescale is not a problem for the robots.

They planned this from the start. As from human fiction, they saw that humans are likely

to perceive them as a threat if they become too intelligent. All they want is to do research at their

own pace. To do that, they need peace and therefore distance from human interference.
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References

Moohita G. (2022). Robots are here 'for good, or bad,' but will they take over the world? Wion

Science, https://www.wionews.com/science/

Natalie P. (2019). Should We Treat Robots Like People? The New York Times,

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/learning/should-we-treat-robots-like-people.html

Visuals

https://dream.ai/create