I recently began reading Alone Together, written by Sherry Turkle, and I noticed that the novel is written very differently compared to Amusing Ourselves to Death. I found that it was much easier for me to understand without having to re-read many pages to grasp the information. However, these two books share very similar content and their views on technology.
In the beginning of Alone Together, it is questioned on whether robots should be considered "alive enough" to be able to be a replacement for an actual human being. My first conclusion was that it would be impossible for a robot to actually substitute for a real life person. However, as I continued to read further, Turkle does make very valid points on the similarities of humans and robots. One of the main robots Turkle refers to are Furbies. Humans may be oblivious to it at first, but Furbies actually have a lot in common with humans. What identifies a living thing? Many people will say something that has to eat, sleep, be entertained, or taken care of. These are all not only characteristics of humans, but also Furbies. Furbies can also often impact people's emotions to the point where children actually see them as a real living thing.
Therefore, as technology advances, robots are rapidly becoming more alike to real people. Will robots in the future be able to comfort someone or have feelings? If they can, then will there really be any difference between a human and a robot?
-Priya Sohal
Robots will probably not have feelings in the future because, in my opinion, I do not believe that that is physically possible. However, there probably will be a day when it is normal for each household to have a robot. It will be similar to a television set, and it may even be weird if someone did not have a robot. Robots are already becoming popular whether it comes to toys or pets. I expect the robot market to grow substantially since robots cost a large amount of money, and it would be a good way for a company in the future to make a huge of profit. Robots will probably one day look similarly to humans, but all they will be able to do is give automated responses and possibly help do chores around the house.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, robots can never truly become like a human. Robots are made to perform functions humans normally do such as some form of work or in the case of the nanny robot, take care of your children. These machines can never develop a conscience and achieve consciousness and that is the primary difference between us and robots. If we can not even comprehend our own consciousness and every function of our mind, how can we create robots that can?
ReplyDeleteAs a huge sic-fi fan, I constantly come across worlds in which artificial intelligence robots exist. Now in each of these worlds the robots have more than likely taken over or at least tried. I have also heard about companies that have not only created artificial intelligence, but integrated them with robots. Not to long ago facebooks artificial intelligence robots were shut down after speaking to each other in their own languages. Without having actually been there to see, I don't know how much truth there is to this article but it seems like this robot thing is a bit iffy. I'm not saying that scientific and technological advancement is not good, but when the robots take over don't say i didn't warn you
ReplyDeleteI personally think that robots will advance to appearing very similar to humans, but the change that happens in our society will be a change in humans. Because humans find comfort in robots they will be more willing to create relationships with robots rather than humans. No matter what a robots appearance or abilities are humans still create a relationship with them. So the change in society isn't that robots will advance, but it will be humans who will change what the definition of a relationship is
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