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There are videos of engineers kicking robots to see them recover or self-balance, and people who watching are always like, "OMG why would you kick him?" And th
by djsumdog 8y ago
There are videos of engineers kicking robots to see them recover or self-balance, and people who watching are always like, "OMG why would you kick him?"
And then it takes a second to realize .. wait...that's ..that's just a robot. But our brains make that association because it looks human enough.
So watching that Pleo video; even though I rationally understood what I was feeling, I still felt bad for the dino and I'm glad I felt it. That was just cruel and disturbing. I know I'm feeling bad for a toy, but our brains evolved to have those types of emphatic responses to identify when other animals or humans are in pain -- similar to pain we can experience.
It's a pretty interesting trait, and it's not just purely nurture(vs nature) because we see similar sounds and emphatic reactions on many other mammals.
There are quite a few human beings who don't feel that; who can watch animals or people in pain and not feel anything or have their sounds/crys trigger neurological response. Those people usually grow up to run banks, or become CEOs of multinational conglomerates.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoJust imagine that the Pleo is infected with a xenomorph... and you're all outta nukes.
- torbjorn 8y ago> Those people usually grow up to run banks, or become CEOs of multinational conglomerates. Got a citation? I imagine most people like this would end up in prison and/or socially marginalized. Being incapable of empathy is basically a disability.
- majos 8y agoLow expectation, high variance, I'm guessing.
- djsumdog 8y agoThe documentary I Am FishHead is a good documentary about psychopathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB0k7wBzXPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB0k7wBzXPY
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoI think it was intended as a joke...
- icelancer 8y ago>> And then it takes a second to realize .. wait...that's ..that's just a robot. But our brains make that association because it looks human enough. When robots become self-aware and ingest the video of us kicking the Boston Dynamics robots and screwing with them with brooms and all that... that's not gonna be good.