Hello friends,
I am Bhavna Sosa from Department of English.This blog is about Thinking Activity on Why are We so Scared of Robots / AIs?. This task is assigned by Prof. Dr.Dilip Barad sir, Head of the English Department of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
Why are We so Scared of Robots / AIs?
Here this blog in the 3 short film about robots that 1.The first one is about babysitter robot who becomes so obsessed of the child that murders the murder. 2.The second one is on the iMom - Mom robot. 3.The third is on Satyajit Ray's short story 'Anukul' (1976) - directed by Sujoy Ghosh.
In these short movies and other sci-fi movies we see that they make a villain out of technology. Why are we so scared of robots or AIs so that we always imagine them as monsters or villains? What is my interpretation?
What is a Robot?
According to Encyclopedia Britannica
"Any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not resemble human beings in appearance or perform functions in a humanlike manner. By extension, robotics is the engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots."
According to Merriam Webster Dictionary
"A machine that resembles a living creature in being capable of moving independently (as by walking or rolling on wheels) and performing complex actions (such as grasping and moving objects)." And Such a machine built to resemble a human being or animal in appearance and behavior."
1. Video
In this short film we can see that mother had a babysitter robot but at the long time they become obsessed and try to murder mother.
This kind of films are try to scare us from the technology and specially robot. And it's normal thing that if we make something than as time passes it get worse. Humans make robots that it's not for harm to peoples.So it's seems that media are not much connected with robots. They not too kind with the robots and Al.AI will work for human but when it will astral in robots, it will be something else to notice. But we also must see the liberal side of it. If it will be Sophia AI or new Alexa or Siri but how human get to accept the things is also matters.
2. Video
In this film it also we see that robot harm the humans. That iMom killed the child so it's seems more dangerous to take a robot as our safety and trust on them. So this type of stories play a vital role in the scaring for the robots.
3. Video
This is the short film based on one robot whose name is "Anukul". That's the same thing we find in it that film maker try to show us the disadvantages of robot. But there is reality that if you try to harm them after the making them than they will harm you.
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