Video 1 Robbie
Here, the boundary between
human and machine is questioned - if Robbie is capable of experiencing
loneliness, happiness, faith and friendship. His voice is non-human, his material
make up is robotic. If the humanistic
principles of autonomy, rationality, self-awareness, responsibility, resilience
and so on can be held by an artificial intelligence within a mechanical form,
what does that say about the extent to which they rely on human cognition and
the flesh of a human body to give ‘human’ meaning to the experience of the
world. He does not seem to have a human
memory. He has to create a world to live
in in his mind.
video 2 gumdrop
A vacuum-cleaning robot
actress who doesn’t do hallucinogenics or nudity. Gumdrop will cheer you up.
She raises many of the same questions, but this time there are differences -
literally - of voice and of embeddedness in the human world. For once, the
vision of a post human future is not dystopic... She strives to be different. To have enjoyed her childhood, and recalls
most of it. She has ethics that she
follows. She is happy, cheerful, and has
the talents of vacuuming and acting.
Video 3 True Skin
The nature of mind, memory
and learning, and the ways in which technological mediation is positioned in relation
to it are that your body parts can be replaced like they do in Star Wars. We are just bodies, that can be altered, and
repaired. Memories can be stored just
like computer back ups. and we have
digital tracking devices inside of us that allow us to see others and others to
see us.
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