Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Robot Stories
I thought that the videos were very interesting as well a a bit disturbing. The first video we watched about the woman who was trying to get a baby was very odd to me. The husband seemed to not have a problem with having an emotional attachment to the machine but the wife obviously saw the machine for exactly what it is: a robot. Personally i would have a problem with creating an emotional relationship with a piece of metal even if it meant possibly gaining a real life child as a result.
Humans have a natural emotion towards children. When we see a small child we have an inherent trait for nurture. Testing a humans maternity with a robot is not exactly fair since we don't have an inherent desire to nurture that "child". Especially since the practice bot was so inhuman in appearance.
I see the point the movie made about testing your maternity levels in the future before having a child. I do not however agree with the creepy example the used to practice. IT is impossible for a human to have a real emotion to such a creepy little robot.
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Just an observation that there's an element of cultural influence involved here. The statement "it is impossible for a human to have a real emotion to such a creepy little robot" is contradicted by the example of the relationship of the Japanese towards their technology. Perhaps from the Western perspective it is "creepy" as we do not attribute anything approaching a "soul" to material objects which do not exhibit any sign of life. This is not so in a culture suffused by the tenets of Shinto. Since the 17th century we have been disenchanting nature, and so we are at an extra remove from any such possibility.
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