Is it abnormal to love robots? Do people who love robots, adopt them as friends or members of the family, give then names and bring them along on family vacations have an unnatural fixation on robots? What about soldiers who are prepared to give their lives for their units’ bomb detector robots? Is that a symptom of battle fatigue? Of loneliness? Of traumatic stress disorder? Or are all these people just being human? If babies can anthropomorphize stuffed toys, why can’t adults anthropomorphize robots, especially those that seem intelligent or resemble us physically?
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Where Are the Robots Taking Us? Part 2
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 28, 2010 06:00 AMIs it abnormal to love robots? Do people who love robots, adopt them as friends or members of the family, give then names and bring them along on family vacations have an unnatural fixation on robots? What about soldiers who are prepared to give their lives for their units’ bomb detector robots? Is that a symptom of battle fatigue? Of loneliness? Of traumatic stress disorder? Or are all these people just being human? If babies can anthropomorphize stuffed toys, why can’t adults anthropomorphize robots, especially those that seem intelligent or resemble us physically?