A few years ago, the news that a husband chose to freeze his dead wife made many people sigh. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and 5G technology, the beginning of human-machine coexistence has begun. "Can you accept your deceased relatives to become simulation robots?" is a hot topic.
Some tears were shed during the discussion, which also raised ethical questions.
When life is extended indefinitely, Jiang Changjian faces "Jiang Changjian"
As we all know, Alphago has made great achievements in the field of Go, and robots can be found in many fields such as military, science and technology, industry and medical. Artificial robots, built to mimic real people, have long been a staple of science fiction and robotics.
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The beautiful robot can talk back and know how to bring people closer by hugging. But in the face of her hug request, will you choose to refuse because you do not adapt?
What is more amazing is that "Jiang Changjian" was actually copied through 3D scanning data collection + data optimization, mechanical design, 3D printing, skin production and painting, as well as electronic control and motion editing.
You can see that there are 300 parts in the head alone, the chaos of the eyeballs, the duplication of textures on the tongue, and the ability to control the facial expression of a human being via wireless signal transmission makes the skin crawl. In the end, Jiang has mixed emotions when it comes to "himself."
Scholar, debater, host, which identity is more like the real you? Do you really want me to take your place and live forever? What will be left on your tombstone?
"Jiang Changjian" threw these questions to Jiang Changjian one by one. After receiving the answers, he said, "Thank you for your honest answers. It is very helpful for me to become a real Jiang Changjian."
Finally, Jiang Changjian also asked the staff, will this "Jiang Changjian" how to deal with? "Whether it was to destroy it or to hide in a corner of the warehouse, BUT at the moment of leaving, I was torn about not wanting to destroy it."
This scene has been presented countless times in many science fiction movies. The future world is a symbiotic world of humans and robots. The topic controversy comes from a popular science program named "Future New World". The host Jiang Changjian leads scientists and experience guests, and each episode discusses a problem that human beings face in study, work and life, and whether there is a technology that can solve this problem.
The topic of the first programme was "superphysical transition" through technology. Into the simulation robot RESEARCH and development center, explore the usual contact with the simulation robot, but also "eternal life" out of the topic. Immortality, says Jiang, is one aspect of "superbody transition", which is to extend the length of life indefinitely.
Bring comfort to people in need, or people and machines can not connect emotionally
Is it a way of prolonging life to perpetuate another self? When discussing the robots on the show, guests Fu Seoul and Jiang Changjian both said they missed their dead loved ones and hoped to try to "see them again".
The extreme simulation research of robot can enhance human's emotion and identity to her, but can robot help human achieve "superbody transition"?
The question immediately triggered a polarizing discussion among the guests. Some people are comfortable with the topic of life and death, while others disagree.
"I think it's sacrilege when technology brings a loved one back into the world in a way they don't even know." Guest Wang Zijian "poured cold water" said that humans and robots do not interact emotionally. "People tend to be capricious because they have a strong need at the moment and feel as if they have the ability to meet it, so they do it. But if you look at it for a long time, there will be problems. Looks exactly the same, but it's eternal. I'm not. How do you feel when your 'mom' and 'dad' end up being thrown away as trash?"
Another participant said that there is a kind of love called never meet, missing can not have the carrier of physical objects. So, some people, some things, in memory is good.
After this topic ferments, also is in the hot search top. "Robots can't imitate the human mind.
Even if it is smart, it can not recall that summer, sitting on the sofa with his father. Let go of obsession, let go of pain, also should be happy for them, finally no more suffering and disease. Carry on with those thoughts and love."
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Others say that for people with emotional needs, artificial robots may bring them a better life and comfort.
"After reading too much news about families who lost their only child, it's easy to imagine ourselves too strong in life, but always underestimate the power of missing and loneliness. Be open to new things as they come along, and don't dismiss them as' unnecessary 'when there are plenty of people who really need them."
"If my child dies unexpectedly, I would like to have such a robot to accompany my parents, at least so that they will not feel lonely in their old age and will not be isolated in a dangerous emergency," another netizen said.
Indeed, a lot of netizens expressed confusion. There are advantages and disadvantages, after all, the robot to do realistic, relatives are gone.
Robot simulation technology is not perfect, the controversy is ethical topic
Is it a sci-fi dream or a realistic option to turn a deceased relative into a life-like robot? Science writers association, director of the center for science fiction industry in jiangsu province, nanjing industry university associate professor FuChangYi tells a reporter, dead relatives into a robot, if be simple appearance simulation should be possible, but if like the science fiction drama "black mirror" "be right back, lifelike imitate actions and behavior of deceased relatives, or some difficulty on the technology, But over time, a breakthrough is possible. This is a technology that will be available in the next 20 years, and it's an imagination of the near future.
At present, most of the cases we have come into contact with about simulation robots are similar science fiction and science fiction movies. In fact, there are real cases, as reported by the media in 2006, Professor Ishiguro Hiroshi of Osaka University in Japan took himself as the prototype to create a new robot that looks exactly like a real person, "Gemenod Hi-1".
On February 5, 2013, the first bionic man was made in The UK. The bionic man named Rex cost about $1 million. The makers use artificial limbs and organs from all over the world, including an artificial blood circulation system, pancreas, kidneys, spleen and windpipe, and an artificial eye that can focus automatically.
"However, such robots are generally not highly imitative. They can only imitate looks and sounds. It is still difficult to imitate behaviors and thoughts." "In the past 20 years, with the development of artificial intelligence and robotics, it is not difficult to realize such technologies. It may be the price that bothers people."
Indeed, it was mentioned in the program that wearable exoskeletons could help rescue workers lift far more weight than they can normally carry, and could also help elderly people live better, but the high price may be prohibitive for many elderly people.
Fu Changyi said that in fact, the focus of discussion is whether robots should be allowed to replace or imitate human beings, which is also a topic that robot ethics pays more attention to at present. "The three questions that robotics ethics focuses on most are:
First, can artificial intelligence be ethical?
Second, will human beings allow artificial intelligence to be ethical?
Thirdly, is there any consistency between ai ethics and human ethics?
These three questions are really the focus of public attention: can a robot be like a human?"
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It is believed that with the maturity of technology, the corresponding laws and regulations will emerge
The ethical implications of turning loved ones into robots are a matter of opinion. In Fu's opinion, "There are a lot of science fiction about this topic. One view is that the robot that imitated his family is just a tool, no different from the mobile phone and computer we use today. As long as we use it correctly and not indulge in it, there will be no problem. Another point of view is that the state should not only introduce relevant regulations to regulate such manufacturing, but also design ethical procedures inside such robots, just like Asimov's Three Laws of robotics, to avoid ethical problems with such robots."
Fu Changyi believes that the current discussion of this topic is quite "ahead of the game". Netizens on this topic is based on the robot can completely imitate the existence of dead relatives, but the current technology should not reach this point, robot simulation technology is not perfect. Before the technology is mature, there should be many scientific research institutions and enterprises engaged in this aspect of research, which will gradually promote the technology to mature and market. In the future, when this kind of imitation technology is mature, the country will also issue corresponding laws and regulations to regulate this kind of behavior, so we do not need to worry too much.
At present, the academic circle has relatively mature research on robot ethics. "People think it is necessary to deepen the research and development of artificial intelligence and robot simulation technology because it is necessary for the country's scientific development, but at the same time, attention should be paid to the ethical and normative issues of robots in the research and development process," Fu said.
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