With technology becoming more and more dominant in the world, it's no wonder that machines have a huge role in production. Many of the things we use in our everyday lives were built by machines and programs. Many movies and books have been diving into the fact of machines taking over the planet and early on that idea seemed so far away. 

   Two years ago, a Japan based robotics company created a robot known as CB2. It made world wide headlines this year because it developed human social skills by interacting with its creators. The robot was built by a team of robotic engineers, brain specialists, psychologists, and other experts. They created this robot in hopes to break a barrier between the science fiction world and ours. The scientists hope to have this android's intelligence up to a 2 year olds in the same amount of time. 

   In 1942, Isaac Asimov created a short story known as "Runaround". This story would soon become the story "I, Robot". The story comprises of rules that a robot is installed with. This are known as the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS. By following these laws, a robot cannot harm a human. This is science fiction of course but, with the technology available to us, should a system like this be programmed into these androids that we are created? 

   Bill Joy's article "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us" depicts what could happen if the technology of today becomes too "smart" tomorrow. He believes that machines and robots, like the CB2 model, will evolve into the dominant creature on earth and we will be living in a post-human world.