Robotics + Art Week: 3
The Industrial Revolution and robotic functions following didn't allowed for creative output to flourish as the replacement of human function gave rise to mass production and assembly. While the industrial industry has mad our lives easier, Walter Benjamin claims in his Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction that "society has not been mature enough to incorporate technology."Although, society, according to Benjamin, gets more in touch and relative with technology in the 21st century. Robots were originally thought of as evil machines when they were first introduced to society but examples such as "WALL-E" or "Despicable Me" have many human qualities that make them loving and relatable. Once the robots become relatable, they can then become portray as human entities. These examples are from motion pictures. However, they can still be used to see how they could react in todays setting.
Wall-E shows how we can expand our creative outlook towards robots and maybe potentially one day create a robot that could act like a human. Rodney Brooks, author, describes in his piece that robot "could have emotions" and could act like living creatures. This is interesting to consider, as sometime in the future robots could be intertwined with humans without an easy way to distinguish them. Society in the future must shift their outlook and perception of robots from evil and backstabbing to helpful and kind, or else there will be many issues when more robots become involved in society.
Society must adapt to the intervention of robots or else there it will be a difficult adjustment in the future, because robots will only become more and more integrated into everyday life. If Humans do not adapt quickly, robots will begin to take more and more jobs and human society will be left without jobs support or quality of life. Robots are the future, humans must begin to adapt if they are want there to be as little of adjustment as possible.
Resources
Walter, Benjamin. “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” 1936. Web.
http://www.reelz.com/trailer-clips/48113/wall-e-clip/
Brooks, Rodney. “Robots will invade our lives.” Online video clip. Ted. Ted, Sep. 2008. Web. 17. Apr. 2015.
Cobb, Russell. The Paradox of Authenticity in A Globalized World. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Leskin, Paige. “13 Robots You Can Buy to Feel Like You're Living in the Future.” Inverse, www.inverse.com/article/38669-robots-to-buy-for-future.
Wall-E shows how we can expand our creative outlook towards robots and maybe potentially one day create a robot that could act like a human. Rodney Brooks, author, describes in his piece that robot "could have emotions" and could act like living creatures. This is interesting to consider, as sometime in the future robots could be intertwined with humans without an easy way to distinguish them. Society in the future must shift their outlook and perception of robots from evil and backstabbing to helpful and kind, or else there will be many issues when more robots become involved in society.
Society must adapt to the intervention of robots or else there it will be a difficult adjustment in the future, because robots will only become more and more integrated into everyday life. If Humans do not adapt quickly, robots will begin to take more and more jobs and human society will be left without jobs support or quality of life. Robots are the future, humans must begin to adapt if they are want there to be as little of adjustment as possible.
Resources
Walter, Benjamin. “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” 1936. Web.
http://www.reelz.com/trailer-clips/48113/wall-e-clip/
Brooks, Rodney. “Robots will invade our lives.” Online video clip. Ted. Ted, Sep. 2008. Web. 17. Apr. 2015.
Cobb, Russell. The Paradox of Authenticity in A Globalized World. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Leskin, Paige. “13 Robots You Can Buy to Feel Like You're Living in the Future.” Inverse, www.inverse.com/article/38669-robots-to-buy-for-future.
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