Week 4: Redifining the human
Again, the
boundary between man and machine is questioned this week. In one video, a robot
is able to experience loneliness, happiness, faith and friendship, leaving us
to question: what makes it not human?
In other
words, if the humanistic principles of autonomy, rationality, self-awareness,
responsibility, etc. can be part of an artificial intelligence, what makes us
human? The composition of our flesh? It does not seem that experience in the
world is the answer.