Thursday, December 07, 2006

Robots...Robots ...Robots


Metafilter devotes an entire paragraph of links about robots.


"Sherry Turkle, who used to believe in the benefits of robot pets, has changed her tune and now "finds human-machine love unsettling (pdf)". Tyrell:"We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all, they are emotionally inexperienced, with only a few years in which to store up the experiences which you and I take for granted. If we gift them with a past, we create a cushion or a pillow for their emotions, and consequently, we can control them better." Was he referring to us or them?"

3 comments:

Evil Spock said...

I tried reading her article, but it's a bit much.

What's the difference between loving a stuffed animal or a car compared to a robot? Man has always loved inanimate objects, so what's wrong with robots.

Evil Spock can't wait for the robot hookers . . .

Romius T. said...

If we start loving them robots, one day they gonna get us. Walk up behind us and kill us. Matrix style even.

Evil Spock said...

That's what I keep telling my girlfriend! But replace robots with children!