There is nothing worse in life than losing someone who is
close to you. Whether it is a family member or a friend getting over the loss
of a loved one is not something easily done. Throughout the past decade there
have been several movies referring to robots taking over the world. However,
even more recently there have been movies made about the benefits of robots.
This weeks black mirror episode reminded me of one of those movies. Her, in
where Joaquin Phoenix falls in love with a computer software that can think and
speak on its own. Phoenix takes the software everywhere, the software even asks
him to experience a physical encounter that comes with the system. A woman
knocks on the door and comes onto him without speaking and phoenix is unable to
go through with it. Phoenix only wants the physical touch from the woman (the
software) he is in love with. Just like the episode we watched in class where
she only loves the person she fell in love with and the robot/software is not
enough.
A person
must wonder if this is where technology is heading that direction in the sense
of grieving or even dating. Could a person possibly fall in love with a
software system or a robot. The other question that follows is how many people
would actually be interested in bringing back a late loved one or falling in
love with a robot. The other fear is that could a robot potentially be treated
better than a human being? Or would there be laws past to prevent
discrimination towards these robots or could someone even tell the difference
between a robot and a human. The upside to having these robots would be war,
the work force for dangerous jobs and of course grieving. People don’t have to
worry about their favorite actor or musician dying. People don’t die in war.
The possibilities are endless when it comes to living robots that do not rely
on food or sleep in order to work.
Not only
does it seem more and more likely that these “humanoids” will be the new norm
but it also seems that that transition could happen sooner rather than later.
While a robot could never replace a loved one, it could make the grieving
process much easier and the more we see this kind of technology the more
economically efficient the robots will be.
3 comments:
Technology overall will be the future. It is a big part of the role, and people are creating all sorts of things. I wonder if these robot things will really come to existence. People will have a hard time distinguishing between a robot or if it's a real human.
Big part of the world I meant to write.
Robots are becoming more and more of a topic as technology advances. I think you really touch on how the idea of robots to do duties is becoming a norm. I love how you talk about robots being an alternate in place of humans for war. I think topics like this will come up more and more. Especially when its something that can limit labor and in this case save lives.
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