{"id":53519,"date":"2018-06-09T02:15:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T09:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=53519"},"modified":"2018-06-09T02:15:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T09:15:53","slug":"mr-smart-by-dr-raghavendra-rao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/mr-smart-by-dr-raghavendra-rao\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Smart: By Dr. Raghavendra Rao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Sekhar was well known among scientific circles who specializing in robotic artificial intelligence. His published papers in reputable scientific journals paved the way for accurate diagnosis of diseases and algorithms for cancer treatments. Of late, the National defense Department expressed an interest in his robots with artificial intelligence, human emotions and in their discriminative capacity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you visited the professor\u2019s research room, you\u2019d be surprised. It was chaotic as a tempest had passed through. Wires, computer chips, laptops and printouts were scattered all over the room. Paper cups with dried rims of coffee at the bottom, lay on the floor. Robots, male and female, in various stages of development, stood in a separate room. Because the Professor worked long hours, he had a bed at one corner of this room for relaxing. As the research was highly classified, only the professor and a young MIT graduate assistant, Mr. Robert, AKA Bob, had access to the room.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The professor\u2019s favorite was Mr. Smart, a robot imbued with speech, acute vision and hearing, and rudimentary feelings of right and wrong. Dr. Roy, a Chief Scientist in Robotics at the Defense Institute in Washington, heard about Professor Sekhar\u2019s research and wanted to test Mr. Smart\u2019s capabilities. The defense department had use for such robots. They could function as intelligent soldiers, distinguish foes from friends, spare children in combat, and rescue fellow wounded ones in the battle fields. The professor was proud of Mr. Smart and respected him like a human. When Dr. Roy called the professor and requested to see Mr. Smart, the professor was worried how Mr. Smart would behave because he had feelings, such as, fear, shyness and anger.<\/p>\n<p>The day of reckoning arrived. Mr. Smart, wearing a dark-blue suit, hat and sunglasses entered the hall accompanied by the Professor and occupied a chair on the stage. Dr. Roy was already there with his assistants. The hall was filled with students from MIT and specialists in artificial intelligence. Silent anticipation pervaded the hall.<\/p>\n<p>After the Professor had introduced the dignitaries, Dr. Roy said, \u201cProfessor Sekhar, please allow me to talk to the robot without anyone interrupting me. I want to assess the depth of his emotional knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Roy, Please note. I\u2019m not a robot. I\u2019m Mr. Smart.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The visitors clapped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Smart, how are you? Are you comfortable talking to me?\u201d Roy said with a broad smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, Dr. Roy, I\u2019m fine. I know I should reply you with a smile, but the techs haven\u2019t fixed my zygomaticus major and levator labii superioris, so I can\u2019t smile like you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s fine. Don\u2019t worry. You look sharp in your blue suit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiterally, I\u2019m not sharp. Figuratively, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The audience burst into a laughter. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a data-size=\"850x567\" href=\"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53496\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02.jpg 850w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02-558x372.jpg 558w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/PAGE-FICTION-RAO-MR-SMART-02-560x374.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cO, my, you\u2019re intelligent. Your professor informed me you learn new facts every day. I\u2019m curious. Tell me what you learned over the past 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA whole new world opened up for me. At 10 o\u2019clock last night, the door to the research lab slowly opened. Because of my night vision I could see clearly. It was Robert who assists the Professor. Then, hesitantly, a young female entered the room. I didn\u2019t know her. She was beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did you figure out she was pretty?\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI measured by my built-in scale inside my eyes her facial length and width, and calculated the ratio, which was 1.62. That measurement signifies a woman\u2019s beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did you manage to sneak out?\u201d Bob asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEasy, good old pillows under the blanket technique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it, Mr. Smart?\u201d Dr. Roy asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an escape technique by teens to sneak out of the house, or a dorm, to dupe the parents or warden. Not foolproof. You know it. You\u2019re testing me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I did. That\u2019s how I saw all the Batman movies. Now, what else did you learn last night?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a couple of verbs and how to use them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re so beautiful,\u201d Bob said. \u201cHe went near the female and tightly put his arms around her torso. Then he applied his lips against hers and said, \u2018You\u2019re so sweet.\u2019 I checked in <i>Merriam Webster\u2019s Dictionary <\/i>and learned what kissing and hugging is. Then I referred <i>Best and Taylor Physiology<\/i> book. Saliva doesn\u2019t taste sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The audience burst into laughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sensitive faculties detected a raise in their blood pressure, rapid heartbeats and rocketing dopamine and serotonin levels. These are pleasure hormones. Bob whispered, \u2018I love you.\u2019 He grabbed her hand. \u2018I can\u2019t wait any longer. Let\u2019s go into the other room.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Let go off my hand, Bob. I want to go home,\u2019 said the woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Sekhar intervened. \u201cMr. Smart. That\u2019s enough. Don\u2019t say anymore. Stop talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProfessor, listen.\u201d Dr. Roy said. \u201cIf I know the full capability of your creation, how Mr. Smart would behave now, I can recommend you for the defense grants for further research.\u201d He paused. \u201cWhat do you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Professor looked at Mr. Smart. \u201cAll right. Go on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Smart resumed talking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop\u201d I shouted. \u201cBob, what you ask is not moral according to my professor\u2019s teachings. Please go out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re just a machine. What can you do? I can deactivate you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob, I already transmitted what had happened here to the professor\u2019s personal computer at home. If you don\u2019t go, like a bouncer, I\u2019ll throw you out. If you touch me, I\u2019ll break your neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob\u2019s face turned pale. He silently walked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI looked at the young woman who was crying. I asked her name. \u2018Kavya,\u2019 she said. I told her to go home and never show her face at the research room again.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>* <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>* <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>*<\/p>\n<p>That night, professor Sekhar had a lot to discuss about values to his daughter, Kavya.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Sekhar was well known among scientific circles who specializing in robotic artificial intelligence. His published papers in reputable scientific journals paved the way for accurate diagnosis of diseases and algorithms for cancer treatments. 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