Humans would one day become a thing of the past. Movies like Terminator, i-Robot and Cyborg have been fuelling people’s fears of becoming obsolete. Observing the rate at which robots are developing, to do almost everything that only we humans can, it is a cinch that they would replace us as the most sought-after labor, a few years from now. In recent times, we have been witness to the fact that machines can be trained to do almost everything. The advancements in Artificial Intelligence have drawn our attention to the reality that machines can learn to improvise too.
Take for example, the fruit-picking robot fabricated by Vision Robotics, a California based company. The fruit-picking robot can 
perform a variety of farming tasks, starting with a dual machine, where a top robotic arm handles grapevine-trimming chores. Of the two rolling robots that comprise this machine, the first identifies and notes the position of the fruits and calculates the most effective and efficient way to pluck them. When this information is passed on the second robot, it picks the fruits with no resultant damages to the tree or other fruits.
On first thought, it is delightful and amazing. However, it is an indicator of the imminent danger of losing our jobs to machines that are a lot more efficient than us. With the tremendous growth in the robotic industry, it is undeniable that we are losing the battle to the machines. The machines are rising!!
Via: scifi
