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AffectionateAndroids
Computersarenowpowerfulenoughtoallowtheageofhumanoidrobotstodawn.Anditwon'tbelongbeforewewillseerealisticcybercompanions,completewithskin,dexterity,andintelligence.Theywillbeprogrammedtotendtoyoureveryneed.
Willweeverwanttomarryrobots?ArtificialintelligenceresearcherDavidLevyhaspublishedabookclaiminghuman-robotrelationshipswillbecomepopularinthenextfewdecades.(1)Willhumansreallybeabletoformdeepemotionalattachmentstomachines?Itwill,infact,berelativelyeasytoformthesestrongattachmentsbecausethehumanmindlovestoanthropomorphize:togivehumanattributestoothercreatures--evenobjects.
Forexample,researchersinSanDiegorecentlyputasmallhumanoidrobotinwithatoddlerplaygroupforseveralmonths.(2)Thechildrenendeduptreatingitasafellowtoddler.Whenitlaydownbecauseitsbatterieswereflat,thekidsevencovereditwithablanket.
Inafewdecades,whenhumanoidrobotswithplasticskinlookandfeelveryreal,willpeoplewanttoformrelationshipswiththem?Whatifthebotscouldholdaconversation?Andbeprogrammedtobetheperfectcompanions--soulmates,even?(3)Andlikethosetoddlersintheexperiment,theywillbeveryacceptingofthem.
Thenextquestion,then,iswhetherthereisanythingwrongwithhavinganemotionalrelationshipwithamachine.Eventodaytherearepeoplewhoformdeepattachmentstotheirpetsandusethemassubstitutesforfriendsorevenchildren.Fewconsiderthatunethical.
(4)Forthosewhoalwaysseemtoendupmarryingthewrongmanorwoman,aroboticMr.orMs.Rightcouldbemightytempting.Asthefatherofartificialintelligence,MarvinMinsky,putitwhenaskedabouttheethicsoflonelyolderpeopleformingcloserelationshipswithrobots:"Ifarobothadallthevirtuesofapersonandwassmarterandmoreunderstanding,whywouldtheelderlybothertalkingtoothergrumpyoldpeople?"
Arobotcouldbeprogrammedtobeasdumborsmart,asindependentorsubservient,asanownerdesired.Andthat'sthebigdisadvantage.Havingtheperfectrobotpartnerwilldamagetheabilitytoformequallydeephuman-humanrelationships.Peoplewillalwaysseemimperfectincomparison.Whenyou'rebehavingbadly,agoodfriendwilltellyou.(5)
Peopleinrelationshipshavetolearntoadapttoeachother:toenjoytheircommoninterestsandtodealwiththeirdifferences.Itmakesusricher,stronger,andwiser.Arobotcompanionwillbeperfectatthestart.However,therewillbenothingtomovetherelationshiptogrowtogreaterheights.
回答(1)题 A.It'seasiertohavearobotcompanioninsteadofahumanfriend.
B.Butasophisticatedrobotwillprobablybeevenmoreattractive.
C.Andifyouwanttogoaheadandtietheknotwithyourspecialelectronicfriend,Levysaidthatsuchmarriageswillbesociallyacceptablebyaround2050.
D.However,fewownerswillprogramtheirrobotstopointouttheirflaws.
E.Maybeyourgenerationcouldresist,buteventuallytherewillbeagenerationofpeoplewhogrowupwithhumanoidrobotsasanormalpartoflife.
F.Thebotkneweachchildbecauseitwasprogrammedwithfaceandvoicerecognition,anditgiggledwhentickled.
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