Continuing my search robots and humans and getting my head round the notion of robots possibly having feelings and emotions…the worry about that line being blurred with increasing progress…
(extracts from each article are in italics)
i think this was created in 1999
American society for the prevention for cruelty to robots
“How can we tell when a robot is experiencing cruelty?”
probably similar to the idea of ethics of science/bio/med
Ethics for the robot age
“there’s the frightening opportunity for using animals as cheap, disposable robot bodies…”
this one ties in with the ethical issue
Legal rights for robots
“some futurists have already begun to devise elaborate codes of ethics for robots”
mmm…
Man and Machines
“AT SOME POINT IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE, we might actually face a sentient, intelligent machine who demands, or who many come to believe deserves, some form of legal protection. “
linked to the notion of A.I and also our anxieties of them taking over…
Can a machine ever become self aware?
“The dual connotation often attributed to science fiction robots represents the clear expression of desire and fear…”
never ceases to amaze me what us humans can come up with…
Robots that make you think
“the Hopper had to keep moving to stay upright - just like humans”
leave it to the Japanese to come up with this…
“female” android named Repliee Q1Expo.
“She has flexible silicone for skin rather than hard plastic, and a number of sensors and motors to allow her to turn and react in a human-like manner. She can flutter her eyelids and move her hands like a human. She even appears to breathe.”
and (on a lighter note…though it actually can be rather disturbing depending on how you look at it…)from a site called freaky news…a contest of photoshop-ed photos that create “humanoids” “fueled by the following news: Scientists claim a discovery of a new humanoid species they called Island Hobbit. The species found was a woman humanoid found on the island in Indonesia and who lived some 18,000 years ago. Scientists claim the species can not be considered the same species as humans and need to be treated as a separate humanoid species.”
No Comments Yet
No comments yet.
Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI
Leave a comment
