303 Chapter 3: True Companions (10pts)

  • Write all answers in your bound journal
  • Make it NEAT and in COMPLETE SENTENCES, and clearly number the questions you are answering.
  • Develop your thought, and be ready to share your answer in class.
  • -2pt if you do not title and date the entry
  • -1pt (per infraction) if you do not clearly number the questions for your responses
  • For Chapter 3 PDF click HERE
  1. What is the difference between AIBO and a Furby?
  2. Explain what the author meant "... the mythical resonance of their new science"
  3. What is alterity what is the by-product of alterity?
  4. Since AIBO is out of production, owners are worried about failed joints (Article), Explain your feelings about this matter.
  5. How does AIBO teach attachment without responsibility?
  6. Explain how Wesley could benefit from a robotic companion. Explain how you feel about robotic companions replacing real relationships (or are they real).
  7. Explain how Hiroshi Ishiguro's geminoid invention is narcissistic (video below).
  8. Are there moral implications with Ishiguro's inventions?

 

 


 

 
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