The Robot Thread

Started by Mandryka, August 19, 2021, 12:52:13 AM

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Mandryka

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

SimonNZ

Why do they keep making robots humanoid in shape and with the limitations that brings?

Jo498

Most useful robots are not in humanoid shape, e.g. the lawnmowers or the ones in industrial production. But they don't appear so often in general news because people are apparently more interested in the humanoid ones they know from Star  Wars.
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

Mandryka

https://www.youtube.com/v/dKjCWfuvYxQ&feature=emb_logo

One consequence for me of the human shape is that I can't stop myself attributing a life of sensations and emotions to the robot, and indeed thinking of the robot in moral terms.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Mandryka

But the best robots are really humans. Look at the boy in the orange sweater at 1.43 here

https://www.youtube.com/v/4YJ3BTKMILw&feature=emb_imp_woyt
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Szykneij

Quote from: Mandryka on August 23, 2021, 01:10:27 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/dKjCWfuvYxQ&feature=emb_logo

One consequence for me of the human shape is that I can't stop myself attributing a life of sensations and emotions to the robot, and indeed thinking of the robot in moral terms.

Yes, I kept rooting for the robot to fight back! Hard not to feel empathy even when you know it's not a real being.
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