Movies like I, Robot, Wall-e and Bicentennial Man pose interesting questions that blur lines between man and machines. They not only allow our imaginations to soar high but somewhere also peek a hint of fear or uncertainty about the actual good of our scientific actions when man tries to play God! However, with the latest developments in the AI sector it is safe to say, assassin robots or a trap of cyber-warp field like the Matrix, where they will enslave the creator of machines is still a distant and very unlikely future. Perhaps it helps us to understand our very humanness better when try to translate these traits of thought and decision-making into our machinist creations! So, how far are we from having robot with morals?

Machines, Robotic an AI: Technology is part of our lives. Like personal assistants, our smartphones and apps, computers and social media, ease our days, help us keeping in contact with friends and acquaintances, manage our working schedules, our workouts, and even help us find a job. In a society where human interaction with technology is increasing, challenges are a natural consequence. Robots have been used for quite some years now in the industry, autonomously performing repetitive tasks, in shop floors, where collaborative robots can work in close connection with humans, in medicine, just think about surgical robots, and even in our homes, where they clean our floors giving us some additional free time. Within this picture, artificial intelligence is just another step further.

With artificial intelligence set to transform our world, a new institute is putting Toronto to the front of the line to lead the charge. The Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, made possible by funding from the federal government revealed in the 2017 budget, will move into new digs in the MaRS Discovery District by the end of the year. There, scientists will aim to attract and retain top global talent while working on software that mimics -- and may one day surpass -- human intelligence. Vector's funding comes partially from a $125 million investment announced in last Wednesday's federal budget to launch a pan-Canadian artificial intelligence strategy, with similar institutes being established in Montreal and Edmonton. 'I think this truly is Canada's moment and we would be foolish not to take advantage of it,' said Canadian Institute for Advanced Research CEO and president Dr. Alan Bernstein.

Few places evoke the rise and fall of Japan's industrial might than the head office of the Imperial Steel Works in Kitakyushu. The red brick Meiji Era building was the heart of the nation's first big steelworks. Kitakyushu, with nearly a million people, embodies the struggle of Japan's cities to adapt to a future where citizens are older, workers are fewer and many houses are emptying. The emblems of government efforts to revitalize the economy -- a billion-dollar airport, a robotics factory -- stand beside the empty lots, an idle blast furnace and shuttered shops. Five hours west of Tokyo by shinkansen, Kitakyushu lost over 15,000 people in the five years to 2015, more than any other city in the country apart from those evacuated because of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

"I think it gives time back to people to focus on pursuits that are creative and important," he added. His comments come after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he is not worried about AI replacing jobs for at least 50 to 100 years. "I think that is so far in the future -- in terms of artificial intelligence taking over American jobs -- I think we're, like, so far away from that that," said Mnuchin at an event held by Axios last week. "Not even on my radar screen," he added. The comments were at odds with the technology industry.

Dubai will soon be introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its government sectors, a media report said. A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) smart lab will soon begin training government officials to implement AI in a wide variety of tasks that will make lives easier, reported Khaleej Times. The lab, launched during a workshop by the Smart Dubai Office (SDO) and Smart Dubai Government Establishment, will begin training a batch of 200 persons next month, but will later on be open to researchers, students and the general public, said the report. "To move towards the future, we have to redefine government and embed AI in our services. We have no choice but to embrace technology," said Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director-General of Smart Dubai Office.

America's manufacturing heyday is gone, and so are millions of jobs, lost to modernization. Despite what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin might think, the National Bureau of Economic Research and Silicon Valley executives, among many others, know it's already happening. And a new report from PwC estimates that 38 percent of American jobs are at "high risk" of being replaced by technology within the next 15 years. But how soon automation will replace workers is not the real problem. The real threat to American jobs will come if China does it first.

According to a report from The Toronto Star, a new institute is launching in Toronto with the goal of commercializing AI research. The non-profit Vector Institute, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto, will hire approximately 25 new faculty and research scientists. The federal government is providing at least $40 million from its $125 million Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy announced as part of the federal budget. Reportedly, two dozen companies have committed millions in funding over 10 years, including $5 million each from companies like Google, Air Canada, Loblaws, and Canada's five biggest banks. It will be backed by over $150 million in combined public and corporate funding.

Developing new drugs is notoriously inefficient. Fewer than 12 percent of all drugs entering clinical trials end up in pharmacies, and it costs about $2.6 billion to bring a drug to market. There are so many molecules to test that pharmaceutical researchers use pipetting robots to test a few thousand variants all at once. The best candidates then go into animal models or cell cultures, where hopefully a few will go on to bigger animal and human clinical trials. Which is why more and more drug developers are turning to computers and artificial intelligence to narrow down the list of potential drug molecules--saving time and money on those downstream tests.

TODAY, IN 2017, the president's top economic advisor said he had no worries about robots putting people out of work. "In terms of artificial intelligence taking over the jobs, I think we're so far away from that that it's not even on my radar screen," Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told an audience in Washington. "I think it's 50 or 100 more years." Mnuchin has made similarly confounding statements about AI before. "Not even on my radar screen," he said breezily during an Axios interview.