It appears to me there is one common theme among people and robots. It is the fact that people seem to personify them and give them human qualities. In the film we watched about robots, the baby is a prime example. They have to use the robot as a test baby for them. The problem I have with this experiment is that robots are programmed to act to a certain way. They do not feed off of human emotions the way a human baby would. Also, it was like the baby was almost programmed to cause trouble.
When it comes to the other stories and all of the youtube videos we watched it seemed like there were a couple of common problems with the robots. The first one obviously being the fact that they have no human emotion. They cannot look at other people and understand how they are feeling and i don't think they ever will be able to. There is a lot of talk that robots will replace people in certain occupations and jobs but I think that would be a huge mistake. Emotion are an important part of everyday life including in the workplace. For example, if they replaced a pilot with a computer, or robot for that matter, it would not be able to weigh different options based on emotions. It would only be able to calculate based purely on numbers and data and that can not be the only factor in a decision.
Basically what it comes down to is that robots are great to do small things. I don't think it would be a good idea one bit to rely on a computer because if the program is even slightly off it could cause a whole bunch of problems that no one needs to deal with.
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