Within the game, there is a clear boundary between humans and these life-like Androids. Playing as a robot that must save a girl whose been captured by rogue bots, as the mother realizes that an Android has come to save her daughter, fear is immediately set in her eyes and she pulls away. David Gelernter, Computer Science Professor at Yale tragically victim to the Unabomber, described a future in which people are connected to cyber-bodies known as the Swarm or Cyber-sphere. The evidence of technology has been exponentially increasing but how is that usage being implemented into daily lives? We aren't at the level of humanoid Androids coexisting in our everyday living but AI has been able to achieve great feats in the past decade such as creating art, making realistic phone calls, sense heat signature through walls, and of course beat professionals at chess, poker, and Go.
However, as Moor describes, in the three stages: introduction, permeation, and power it seems that AI is starting to reach its permeation stage as things like autonomous vehicles, surgery robots, etc are introduced into the workplace and everyday activities. AI is becoming more and more helpful in our lifetimes and this Cyber-sphere is becoming more prevalent. The information that these robots are taking in is staggering, and seemingly harmless technologies such as smartphones are constantly connected to electrical lines sensing the position of our device. In this way, we are always connected in some way with the Swarm and the aspect of privacy has changed significantly from these technologies.
I think this is a very good tie in of existing media and a very likely future. I think it relates well to Moor's ideas of revolutions. I have not played Detroit: Become Human but I have definitely watched clips on it. It is very cool to use video games as a medium for this blog. I think the part that interested me the most is how we are indeed part of the "swarm" now. We are connected to the internet of things. As we add more and more devices to our lives we are constantly connected through the technological world. Our movements, thoughts and sentences all being recorded. Its interesting to wonder what has the greater influence on the other humans or machines.
ReplyDeleteMy only criticism of your blog would be try to bring in more of moor's work about technological revolutions. In general I think you introduce it but don't integrate it into all of your ideas. Other then that awseome job!
I like the general idea of this post and I agree with you and Gelernter on where we are heading. However I think there is a slight disconnect on what he meant and what you are saying in this blog. The way I interpreted his idea about humans and the cyber-sphere, he was talking about electronic technology and the internet being connected to us like a cyborg which we already have achieved. Our cellphones and smart-watches are an extension of ourselves that connects us to the internet, making us all low-tech cyborgs. You did talk a little about this at the end with the swarm and how it privacy has changed significantly from these technologies.
ReplyDeleteI think the combination of this and your idea of AI is a very exciting (for both good and bad reasons) idea and I do think Gelernter's idea can be extrapolated into the new wave of technology being AI.
Your post is well written- I found myself imagining your depictions of androids. I focused on where we currently stand with Moor's three stages for androids. You're right: our cell phones make us apart of the "Swarm", and machines have replaced humans in production. However, when I think of androids I think of fully self thinking and acting machines. We currently have AI that learns and recalibrate (Siri) to work better based off past use. How long will it be until we have androids that are fully self sufficient? Are we at the permeation stage? I see where you are coming from, but I almost believe we are at the introduction stage because we are having machines learn in different sectors (Siri for voice, machines for output), but haven't came together as one congruent, self sufficient, self learning machine.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post, as I had much to think over. Good work.
Your blog post topic is very unique and made for an interesting and enjoyable read. I will say that I think you could introduce Moor and his ideas sooner in your article. For example, if you started the paper by introducing Moor and then stating some of the ideas from your last paragraph, such that we are already constantly connected in some ways today, it would be a lot easier for the reader to see the connection you are trying to make to "Detroit: Become Human" right from the start.
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