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I can imagine there are constant ethical issues surrounding scientists as they create/improve ways to make life easier, especially in the fields of robotics or nanotechnology... With that said do I believe we should fear the future and take on a more Luddite view of it? I have to say no.
Maybe I'm a little overly optimistic about what the future holds for us(too many sci-fi novels growing up) but I see these two specific technologies, robotics and nanotech, helping us achieve what would be impossible. With robotics, we would finally be able to map the deepest parts of the oceans, use them on the battlefield, or do the dishes. With Nanotech, many diseases would be a thing of the past.
Don't get me wrong though, I can see the flip side of the coin. With robots, if they were to become self-aware then why wouldn't it replecate itself and do the whole "Terminator" thing. I mean we are more destructive to ourselves than anything out there. As for Nanotechnology, I can see it becoming the next form of WMD.
With all that said I guess the best way to put it is don't fear the future, embrace it and if you don't like the way it's heading, change it.