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I watched the movie HER a while back. Its about a man who enters into a relationship with his computer operating system. Yeah i know it sounds weird but lol, its actually a really good film and pretty sad. Ive thought about this a lot in that technology is advancing at a really rapid pace. And at some point AI may become a part of our lives.
So i was curious what everybody thought about that? Just in general about how it will change our world.
What about like robot or computer companions? I dont just mean in a romantic capacity but as servants and friend type companions etc. I gotta admit that kinda creeps me out too in a way lol but its still interesting. Do you think it would help with your loneliness if you had no other options? Or would it feel too fake to fill that need to be needed by somebody even if that "somebody" wasnt human. The main reason i ask that is i wonder what the root cause of most of our loneliness truly is and if its something that could be filled some other way? Just random thoughts really but its still interesting at least to me, to think about all the possibilities of this sort of thing.
If youre bored theres been a bunch of mostly really good movies dealing with the subject, A.I., Bicentennial man, HER, 2001 and 2010, Terminator series, The Machine,Automata, Transcendence, Blade Runner, I Robot, Ghost in the Shell. Theres also two upcoming ones that look good, Ex Machina and Chappie.
Theres a guy Ray Kurzweil that belives in something called the Singularity in which our technology will outpace our own evolution and at some point the machines may be running us in a manner of speaking.
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Theres also some really scarry stuff called transhumanism where people begin making themselves into more machine than people like cyborgs, and THAT really bothers me and i think is wrong unless its to serve a medical need like a missing limb a failing organ etc, then i think its okay. But once you replace all of you are you truly human anymore?
Anyway i find all this really interesting and can talk about it for hours on end but i just wanted to hear from everybody else what your thoughts were on all this if youre for it, or against it or what your vision of the future with all this looks like? How would it affect people on a daily basis do you think? Can it help with loneliness as well as other human issues we dont have good answers for currently?
This is all hypothetical now but one day it will be a reality, just something to think about.....
So i was curious what everybody thought about that? Just in general about how it will change our world.
What about like robot or computer companions? I dont just mean in a romantic capacity but as servants and friend type companions etc. I gotta admit that kinda creeps me out too in a way lol but its still interesting. Do you think it would help with your loneliness if you had no other options? Or would it feel too fake to fill that need to be needed by somebody even if that "somebody" wasnt human. The main reason i ask that is i wonder what the root cause of most of our loneliness truly is and if its something that could be filled some other way? Just random thoughts really but its still interesting at least to me, to think about all the possibilities of this sort of thing.
If youre bored theres been a bunch of mostly really good movies dealing with the subject, A.I., Bicentennial man, HER, 2001 and 2010, Terminator series, The Machine,Automata, Transcendence, Blade Runner, I Robot, Ghost in the Shell. Theres also two upcoming ones that look good, Ex Machina and Chappie.
Theres a guy Ray Kurzweil that belives in something called the Singularity in which our technology will outpace our own evolution and at some point the machines may be running us in a manner of speaking.
[video=youtube]
Theres also some really scarry stuff called transhumanism where people begin making themselves into more machine than people like cyborgs, and THAT really bothers me and i think is wrong unless its to serve a medical need like a missing limb a failing organ etc, then i think its okay. But once you replace all of you are you truly human anymore?
Anyway i find all this really interesting and can talk about it for hours on end but i just wanted to hear from everybody else what your thoughts were on all this if youre for it, or against it or what your vision of the future with all this looks like? How would it affect people on a daily basis do you think? Can it help with loneliness as well as other human issues we dont have good answers for currently?
This is all hypothetical now but one day it will be a reality, just something to think about.....