Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Computers vs Humans

What separates a human from a computer? It isn't the ability to move or think like a human, those things can be programmed. It isn't the logical thinking that is unique to the human animal, because even that is performed better in a computer than in a human. I believe that what separates us from a computer or a robot is our soul. The one thing that a computer cannot have is a relationship with a higher being. Sure, we can teach a robot or program it to "pray", cry, or speak on behalf of a certain religion. But it cannot truly know a God and communicate with a higher power, meaning it has no afterlife, no sin, and nothing that comes with a religion that a human is capable of possessing. One interesting thing that was talked about in class is the way that these computers can be programmed to act like a human down to the smallest human movement, such as a blink. In class, we tried to come up with something that a human can do (other than bleed, reproduce, eat, etc) that a computer cannot be programmed to mimic. One thing that was mentioned was that a computer cannot have true feelings on a subject. It can mimic a feeling or know to act happy or sad, however it does not truly feel these things. Another interesting point brought up was if a robot can experience love? Does this coincide with the idea of a robot not having a soul, something innate and unique to humans?

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  1. I agree with your post completely. I like that you mentioned the idea that a robot cannot have a relationship with a higher being. However, it can download programs but can never have the true "experience" of it. The robots simply are able to mimic humans interactions but will never truly experience them.

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  4. I completely agree with you. I feel that a robot can never be a perfect resemblance of a human because it simply is not one. It has no soul or a heart. Everything about a robot is programmed and learned. It can't do anything unless it is programmed or told too. It's just something about a living breathing human that can't be replaced. Nothing can actually connect use like real human experience and interaction.

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  5. I completely agree with you. I feel that a robot can never be a perfect resemblance of a human because it simply is not one. It has no soul or a heart. Everything about a robot is programmed and learned. It can't do anything unless it is programmed or told too. It's just something about a living breathing human that can't be replaced. Nothing can actually connect use like real human experience and interaction.

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