Watched Ex Maxhina again...

[Pollux]

Watched Ex Machina again, and was wondering; are we absolutely "wired" to respond to a likeness of a human, even if we now it is not? Would we be fooled, even though we "know" that we shouldn't? I mean, we mostly would be flipping back and forth in a conversation with one. If "it" would "push our emotional buttons" I guess we would "step back from the abyss" in our mind.  But in a long-term "relationship", would we as a human being be able to remain "detached" if the likeness and intellect was flawless in the AI?

Kids that have dolls that are exceptionally well made, to look like a person, in some cases make kids "bound" in a way that are quite unhealthy. Is it "programmed" in us, to attach, just because the likeness?
If we think of ourselves as just "meat-robots", as a product of "calculated" evolution, I guess this would seem natural. But from a dual perspective???

Given that we anthropomorphize and assign agency to moving dots, it seems pretty inevitable that we will anthropomorphize something which is similar to us.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tho...pes-video/

Linda

[Pollux]

Given that we anthropomorphize and assign agency to moving dots, it seems pretty inevitable that we will anthropomorphize something which is similar to us.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tho...pes-video/

Linda

I think, in that example, when they are using an animated movie to try to prove a point, they miss the fact that when we watch something as a play we are culturally wired to a suspension of disbelief. It's like when children, or adults, cry to an animated movie - like The Lion King. If we would create the same scenario in the real world (like creating the same actions/movements on a table, with a set of magnets), I think the response would be quite different.

I think, in that example, when they are using an animated movie to try to prove a point, they miss the fact that when we watch something as a play we are culturally wired to a suspension of disbelief. It's like when children, or adults, cry to an animated movie - like The Lion King. If we would create the same scenario in the real world (like creating the same actions/movements on a table, with a set of magnets), I think the response would be quite different.

Interesting. Why do you think they would be different? Our tendency to anthropomorphize is longstanding and predates Disney by millennia, for example.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5...-human.pdf

Linda