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This blows my mind every time I watch it. If the "cyborg professor" is so afraid of technology and humans "walking off the cliff" why would he give robots functioning brains? It sounds like he is bringing his nightmare to life. The clip from the Frankenstein can almost be a warning to Warwick that his own creation might one day go against him.
I agree with Rachel. He is clearly a very smart guy for being able to create these things, but it doesn't seem like he heeds his own warning. I never really thought a robot could commit suicide until watching this video either.
I think that using rat, and eventually human brain cells in these robots is crossing a very disturbing line. It could be considered creating life, and toying with it. If they use human brain cells, how do they know that the robots won't have emotions? They'll theoretically have no way of communicating feelings. This video was quite interesting, but extremely unsettling.
This blows my mind every time I watch it. If the "cyborg professor" is so afraid of technology and humans "walking off the cliff" why would he give robots functioning brains? It sounds like he is bringing his nightmare to life. The clip from the Frankenstein can almost be a warning to Warwick that his own creation might one day go against him.
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I agree with Rachel. He is clearly a very smart guy for being able to create these things, but it doesn't seem like he heeds his own warning. I never really thought a robot could commit suicide until watching this video either.
ReplyDeleteI think that using rat, and eventually human brain cells in these robots is crossing a very disturbing line. It could be considered creating life, and toying with it. If they use human brain cells, how do they know that the robots won't have emotions? They'll theoretically have no way of communicating feelings. This video was quite interesting, but extremely unsettling.
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