“Personally, I’m not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats.”
The aforementioned quote was said by Daniel H. Wilson, a New York Times best selling author, a and an armchair expert on robotics. In every sense of the written word, the above quote holds up. All along the evolution of robotic technologies, there have been fans as well as naysayers. The community of naysayers have always held a paranoia towards the growth of robotics and it’s supposed taking over the world through artificial intelligence. While what may happen in the future is as good as anybody’s guess, if current trends are any indication, robotics as a field of study or as a branch of technology is definitely gonna revolutionize the way we live. Especially when one considers the fact that the access to core concepts of robotics have now trickled down to the younger generation. Placing the know-how of a technology in the hands of tomorrow’s generation is only going to expedite the process of bringing future to the present.
The new generation of children who were born after the global paranoia of Y2K or the dot com bubble or the 2008 financial crisis probably had parents who shielded them from the consequences of these global events which spread the fear of unemployment and career uncertainty to the youth who witnessed them. The world has come a long way from such crises and stabilized now. Children who were probably toddlers back then are now in their teens. These teens, the perspectives of whom now spans the entire globe thanks to phenomenon like smart phones and high speed internet, have resources and time of abundance that their seniors were not blessed with until a decade ago.
These young netizens, who today are blessed with luxury of instant access to knowledge, should be given the right set of skills for them to become the right beneficiaries of such luxuries. When facts such as that of History and other social sciences are available at instant clicks, it no longer makes sense to spend considerable time on memorizing them. It makes more sense for them to spend their energies on concepts that are dynamic and ever changing. Concepts of science and technology which are evolving everyday thanks to endless research, need to be given more attention to. The subjects of programming and algorithm on which the entire information age runs are more vital than history and art. It is imperative that students learn these important subjects at a younger age in a manner that they can use throughout their lifetime. It is prudent that these concepts are packaged in a manner that students of a younger age can comprehend. Robotics which is at the crossroads of all the aforementioned subjects of importance should be included in the curriculum of children. It will have an immense impact on their scholastic performance. Learning robotics will not just equip them for their academic year, it will equip them with a skillset for their lifetime.
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