Chapter 10

1. Given that we started the chapter with knock-knock jokes and ended up talking about robot phobia and addressing philosophical questions about existence, do you feel that AI is a threat? Why or why not?

   I do not feel that robots or AI are a threat in any way because the necessary and sufficient conditions for robots to be a threat do not exist, which is to say that the robots have to want to take over the world and must have a need to take over. Currently, robots and AI have no such wants or needs.

2. List any five professions that would be necessary to turn our Albert robot into a product.

   We would need project managers, packaging designers, advertising and marketing experts, salespeople, engineers, technicians, artists, package designers, machinists, electricians, accountants, lawyers, a psychologist, and support staff, among others. You can select any five from among these options.

3. Why would we need a psychologist in our imaginary company that manufactures robots...