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David Byrne on the Uncanny Valley
- apu 18y agoSomewhat useless without pics.
- troystribling 18y agoThere is a video here http://davidbyrne.com/art/art_projects/robot/index.php http://davidbyrne.com/art/art_projects/robot/index.php. looks a little rough, article said it is an early release, but from some angles you for a second think it is real.
- biohacker42 18y agoSo—if an entity displays the correct facial expressions, sounds and gestures, who’s to say it’s not “experiencing” the emotions? It is not experiencing emotions because it is a robot. Sometimes very profound thoughts, are not very profound at all. When we see a rotting carcass we don't experience hunger, but a hyena would. It's just programming. So the only way a robot would feel something is if it is programmed to "feel something".
- pygy 18y ago> So the only way a robot would feel something is if it is programmed to "feel something". The topic is a bit more subtle. Defining and understanding subjective experience is a topic that currently totally evades scientific understanding. Try to explain in a non ad hoc way what it is to see the color red (it's the canonical example). Can a robot ever experience human-like emotions? and, assuming robots experience somthing, or come to experience something one day, could a human experience robot-like feelings? Robert French and David Chalmers (who both studied under Douglas Hofdstater btw) have lot's of interesting insights about these topics.