I was a bit confused when I began reading Kevin Warwick's, Cyborg 1.0. I could never grasp the concepts behind movies such as: The Matrix and The Terminator. I understood the plot of the stories but the futuristic predictions suggested by the movies about cyber world went over my head. The article introduces an interesting perspective of a doctor who has a silicon chip placed in his arm for experimental and personal reasons. The chip empowered Warwick to open a door at the sound of his voice through transmitted waves sent from a voice box operated by the computer.
The experiment was conducted in 1998 which explained the trend of robotic movies in the early to mid-2000's. Cinema intrigues viewers by allowing them to place themselves into the plot of fictional characters facing "what if this happened to you" situations. Two movies, Bicentennial Man and I, Robot, came to mind while reading this article. It is movies like those that makes me a bit nervous about the marriage of human and computers.
The article opens with a quote from Warwick, "I was born human. But this was an accident of fate." Its fascinating to see a human being who aspires to become one with his computer. I will not pretend like I understand why someone would want to do such a thing but it remains fascinating, something it should just be. I think its cool for scientist to have the ability to perform procedures done by Warwick and his team of researchers and cyber experts but I think its something that should just stay in the lab. The movie Bicentennial Man, shows the struggle of a Robot that wants to be recognized as a human being. In the movie, Congress argued against the transformation by suggesting the social problems it would create. They foreshadow a world of jealousy of the longevity of the lifespan a computer turned human would have over humans. I agree with this being a social issue that could lead to a revolution or civil rights movement of Robots.
Many communication theorist suggest that computer's are manufactured as platform for communication. Cyber-Attraction: The Emergence of Computer-Mediated Communication in the Development of Interpersonal Relationships by Fabrizia MANTOVANI introduces an analysis of cyber attraction and interpersonal communication. It may be true that computer are highly utilized for communication it still fails to compensate or explain how robots will acquire human emotional characteristics. The ability to communicate is a product of the brain. If a robot, with human intelligence learns the depths of his capability but lacks emotions. The movie I, Robot illustrates what could possibly happen when Robots become apart of society. How would we keep them under control? Knowledge is of the mind, emotions is of the heart, Robots have one but not the other. It could be a bad combination for the survival of the human race.
The experiment was conducted in 1998 which explained the trend of robotic movies in the early to mid-2000's. Cinema intrigues viewers by allowing them to place themselves into the plot of fictional characters facing "what if this happened to you" situations. Two movies, Bicentennial Man and I, Robot, came to mind while reading this article. It is movies like those that makes me a bit nervous about the marriage of human and computers.
The article opens with a quote from Warwick, "I was born human. But this was an accident of fate." Its fascinating to see a human being who aspires to become one with his computer. I will not pretend like I understand why someone would want to do such a thing but it remains fascinating, something it should just be. I think its cool for scientist to have the ability to perform procedures done by Warwick and his team of researchers and cyber experts but I think its something that should just stay in the lab. The movie Bicentennial Man, shows the struggle of a Robot that wants to be recognized as a human being. In the movie, Congress argued against the transformation by suggesting the social problems it would create. They foreshadow a world of jealousy of the longevity of the lifespan a computer turned human would have over humans. I agree with this being a social issue that could lead to a revolution or civil rights movement of Robots.
Many communication theorist suggest that computer's are manufactured as platform for communication. Cyber-Attraction: The Emergence of Computer-Mediated Communication in the Development of Interpersonal Relationships by Fabrizia MANTOVANI introduces an analysis of cyber attraction and interpersonal communication. It may be true that computer are highly utilized for communication it still fails to compensate or explain how robots will acquire human emotional characteristics. The ability to communicate is a product of the brain. If a robot, with human intelligence learns the depths of his capability but lacks emotions. The movie I, Robot illustrates what could possibly happen when Robots become apart of society. How would we keep them under control? Knowledge is of the mind, emotions is of the heart, Robots have one but not the other. It could be a bad combination for the survival of the human race.
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