• The classification of AI systems and research into two categories, where only strong AI research is intended to produce machines with an intelligence that matches or exceeds that of human beings.
• A distinction between two philosophical positions in the philosophy of artificial intelligence described by John Searle as part of his Chinese Room argument. Weak AI only claims that machines can act intelligently. Strong AI claims that a machine that acts intelligently also has mind and understands in the same sense people do.

“We need to design robots to interact with people who do not understand technology.” Making robots user friendly will be one of the hardest tasks for the robot builder and inventor. A good robot human interface is the best place to start. The interface has to be simple, straight forward and easy to use.  The robot also has to be strong and sturdy. Hard to break and low maintenance requirements. Battery life needs to be extended. People will not want to recharge batteries every two to three hours.

 He had a very funning line “the banes of robots are 12 year old boys because they will want to take apart the robot and see how it works.”

‘You need to think about how robots will interact with real people” not nerds/robot geeks.

“Robots are different than any other form of technology.” It is also a very rapidly developing technology. Like the internet and computers in their early stages of development.

‘Who is responsible when a robot causes an accident at home or on the job?” A Mower kills a cat or a robot pourer’s coffee into your lap? That question maybe best answered by a lawyer or judge. Is killing a robot or torturing a robot illegal? You can torture and even kill the robotic dinosaur Pleo. There are even videos of this behavior on You-tube. Most people laugh at the videos and think that they are cool. Are these acts of violence or good natured fun?

Three Laws of Robotics

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

the Zeroth Law reads: "A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm."

http://samvak.tripod.com/robot.html

Will we need to write laws that govern how people can treat robots?

“Need to develop a human robot interface that is painless to use.” I think that the best approach will be an audio, visual interface. Have a touch screen on the robot for very detail questions and answers and an audio response to more basic inquires.

Humanoid robots? Or should function dictate form. Studies have shown that too human creeps’ people out.  “A robot that is too human may freak out people around it?” A bladerunner type robot maybe fine until people find out that it is a robot? The best robot maybe humanoid it just may take a while for us to get use to them in the work place, at home or in public? I personally think that the best robot design will be a humanoid but you will still be easily able to tell that it is a robot. If you do a Google search on humanoid robots you will find that a lot of people think that robots should not have human form. Most think that a human form is not necessary and a waste of research time. 

I think that the biggest question that I now have after thinking about his lecture more is how will people truly see robots as they enter the work force? Will they see them as a tool, an aid, a co-worker or an annoyance! If people see than as an annoyance (robot prejudice maybe) than it may be impossible to get rid of all problems between robots and people? The real work may be in educating and getting people use to having robots at home, in the workplace and in public. That is something that this robot geek will leave to other people to work out.

Check out the books: Mindblindness and The Media Equation.

Dr. Smart programs his robots using the open source robotic C complier called Player.

            Almost all the above definition are from Wikipedia.