Critical Thinking Blog Post #5

The clip that I chose to view is Honda Corporation's ASIMO robot. The reason why I found it so appealing was because it mentioned that it was suppose to move like a real person. Once I viewed the video I found it interesting that throughout time we are now able to create more human like robots. When I saw that the robot was holding hand in hand with a human being it made me wonder if robots can one day help us. Another example is when the robot started to push the cart. Its interesting to know that one day if a robot is well programmed,that it can be a huge help to us.A positive outlook on robots is that they have progressed through time. Its nice to know that we are coming up with great ideas such as, making human-like robots. A positive look on the ASIMO robot is the hard work that went into making this robot. Its good to know that if we are able to build an ASIMO robot now,we will be able to do a lot more in the future.

On the other hand a clip that I found threatening was The Terminator. This clip shows violence and hate towards humans. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a terrifying robot that is killing everyone off. This makes me wonder that if robots in the future will be programmed to be extremely intelligent, will they turn their back on us? If they are there to serve and help humans will they get tired and become our enemies. With the technology that we have now,we are building robots to be human like. Throughout time will they be intellectual enough to not listen to us. Since humans have programmed them to be intelligent and think for themselves will they come together and turn on humans. This is what could be a downfall for a robot in the future.

People have been trying to build robots for awhile now. I feel that people will eventually get used to them.If they are being introduced in the media,people will finally have no choice but to get use to them. Even though they might seem creepy in a way,if they are trying to help us,there are going to be people that will be open to that idea. Also what adds to this is that the people that are building these robots are trying to make them feel less threatening. They want people to feel secure and safe when a robot is around. By making people feel this way,everyone would want a robot.

Critical Thinking Blog Assignment 3

The two topics that I may possibly discuss is portraying robots in film or women in science: Rosalind Franklin. The reason why I am interested in discussing portraying robots in film is because I feel that it relates to what we have been talking about in our LIB 200 class. By this I mean that I can be able to discuss how the film presentation of future of robotics perspective is on technology. A movie that I am interested in looking at is I,Robot. I feel that this movie will give me a good sense on how robots are presented in the future. I can discuss how the view on robots can be seen later in our future and what kind of influences it will have on us. By picking this choice it will also give me a opportunity to talk about how robots and humans differ. How does the film challenge the understanding of what it means to be human. By viewing this film I can be able to relate it to the topics we have been discussing in class about robots. I can compare their actions now and how they will be later on according to our technology use and how they keep progressing in the movie. The other topic that I thought of discussing is Women in science: Rosalind Franklin. One of the main reasons that I want to discuss this topic is because of the fact that I agree that she should of earned credit for discovering the structure of DNA. I feel that it would be a really cool topic to talk about. I also feel that she should of been recognized with a Nobel Prize. I could just basically talk about the facts of why she deserved to be recognize and her history of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
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After long thinking about my decision,I have come to the conclusion that I will be picking the topic of...portraying robots in film. I feel that this would be a more fun/interesting topic to discuss in my research paper. I also feel that it can provide me with a lot of information. It will be a cool topic to discuss therefore I will enjoy writing it better. I have more background information on the movie and it relates more to what we have been learning in the class.

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