There's something so arrogant about us creating robots that are more and more human-looking or acting. It's like we're playing God. Let's create something that's a reflection of us, but it's inferior.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul.
We're fascinated with robots because they are reflections of ourselves.
Hollywood likes to imagine robots as mechanical copies of ourselves - which is a terrible idea.
People are fascinated by robots because they're machines that can mimic life.
Nobody complains that Bernini's sculptures are too darn real, right? Or that Norman Rockwell's paintings are too creepy. Well, robots can seem real and be loved, too. We're trying to make a new art medium out of robotics.
With regard to robots, in the early days of robots people said, 'Oh, let's build a robot' and what's the first thought? You make a robot look like a human and do human things. That's so 1950s. We are so past that.
We're going to become caretakers for the robots. That's what the next generation of work is going to be.
Two big questions that people ask me are: if we make these robots more and more human-like, will we accept them - will they need rights eventually? And the other question people ask me is, will they want to take over?
The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.
We're not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.