In the movie Catfish, a woman pretends to be this younger girl Megan. Nev meets Megan's family (her younger sister Abby, her mom Angela, and her dad vience). Nev wants to support Abby's painting "career" by sending her tons of pictures to paint and also allowing her to send him her paintings. Nev forms this romantic relationship with "Megan" over time and decides to go meet her in person, bringing along some of his friends.
In the end, they find out there is no Megan and Abby doesn't paint. Angela, the mom, was the one pretending to be Megan and also the artist behind the paintings. Nev still goes and sees them, knowing there is no Megan. He wants to figure out the real story. He is disgusted when he learns about Angela and Angela is embarrassed when he confronts her about it. Angela tells how pretending to be Megan allowed her to be a version of herself that she wanted and used to be when she was younger. She feels as if her having to take care of Vience's special needs children and quitting her job for that has suppressed her ability to express her individuality.
Could cat-fishers be people who are just trying to live a fantasy based on fragments of who they were and want to be? Regardless of the reason, it doesn't make it any less morally wrong.
In the show Black Mirror from the episode "Be Right Back", a woman who is grieving for the loss of her husband orders a robot duplicate of him to live with her forever. The robot is composed of how Ash presented himself online and on social media. When a person makes a profile to catfish people, they put only the best pictures (and sometimes not even their own) on there. This is similar how the robot version of the woman's dead husband, except without the body to match.
Creating a profile of a non-existent person or creating a profile for yourself that doesn't resemble yourself can be like creating a new person. If a body was created based off the profile, the person might look completely different from the original person it was based off of. Could this aid the creation of humanoid robots? Robot engineers could use these fake profiles to see what the public sees as the best qualities in people (because people usually only show the good side of themselves online) and use those qualities to integrate them into robots, making them more likable to humans.
Is it possible one day people will be able to design their "perfect self" through a robot by creating a fake profile? As crazy as the idea is, I believe with a few more technological advancements, it would be completely possible. The real question is, would people actually purchase and advocate for these robots?
In the end, they find out there is no Megan and Abby doesn't paint. Angela, the mom, was the one pretending to be Megan and also the artist behind the paintings. Nev still goes and sees them, knowing there is no Megan. He wants to figure out the real story. He is disgusted when he learns about Angela and Angela is embarrassed when he confronts her about it. Angela tells how pretending to be Megan allowed her to be a version of herself that she wanted and used to be when she was younger. She feels as if her having to take care of Vience's special needs children and quitting her job for that has suppressed her ability to express her individuality.
Could cat-fishers be people who are just trying to live a fantasy based on fragments of who they were and want to be? Regardless of the reason, it doesn't make it any less morally wrong.
In the show Black Mirror from the episode "Be Right Back", a woman who is grieving for the loss of her husband orders a robot duplicate of him to live with her forever. The robot is composed of how Ash presented himself online and on social media. When a person makes a profile to catfish people, they put only the best pictures (and sometimes not even their own) on there. This is similar how the robot version of the woman's dead husband, except without the body to match.
Creating a profile of a non-existent person or creating a profile for yourself that doesn't resemble yourself can be like creating a new person. If a body was created based off the profile, the person might look completely different from the original person it was based off of. Could this aid the creation of humanoid robots? Robot engineers could use these fake profiles to see what the public sees as the best qualities in people (because people usually only show the good side of themselves online) and use those qualities to integrate them into robots, making them more likable to humans.
Is it possible one day people will be able to design their "perfect self" through a robot by creating a fake profile? As crazy as the idea is, I believe with a few more technological advancements, it would be completely possible. The real question is, would people actually purchase and advocate for these robots?
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