David J. Atkinson

Watch this video by a researcher who is demoing simulated #robot emotional body language. I think this research is Incredibly dangerous. We are giving machines the ability to manipulate us on an unconscious level. We WILL respond to them because we can’t help it. The robot’s loyalty, love, understanding is entirely fake because they don’t “feel”. If the robot expressions gave us honest insight into its real internal state, then it might be helpful. But I think what you would see, today, is complete indifference. I cannot see that changing.
#AI #HRI #HCI

https://youtu.be/IcMzFr7D_DQ?si=3gLER4vgDxhsRwxH

Robot Origin F1 + Omni Model: Real-Time Human–Robot Interaction Demo

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Show threadDavid J. Atkinson1d ago

I warned about this 11 years ago. A few researchers paid attention. Most did not. So here we are. More info at:

Atkinson, D.J. Robot Trustworthiness: Guidelines for Simulated Emotion. HRI '15: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Extended Abstracts Proceedings. ACM (2015).

Show threadThe Fresh Beets1d ago
@meltedcheese This raises some interesting questions about why the robots must "feel" to be genuine. How is that different than someone mindlessly saying "Bless you" after someone sneezes. Do they mean it? Or have they been programmed (heh) to say it automatically? Or any other social common courtesies, for that matter. Better yet, what about someone with autism that doesn't pick up social cues and just goes through the motions for social interactions based on their observances?
Show threadretech1d ago

@meltedcheese A bit crude, but back in 2002, a friend and I were discussing how far robots would go. I said "There will be a day, in our lifetime, that they can mimic us to be nearly indistinguishable from us."
Him: "fuckable too?"
Me: "Of course, it'd be huge business."
Him: "The day the first one goes on sale will be noted to be the death of our species. The minute you can fuck a robot and have none of the work of a relationship, no one will ever fuck and have kids again. We're lazy. We love to fuck but hate to work at relationships. We're not going to last very long."

And to your take, the amount of manipulation already going on is obscene. Put that in a warm body, add the sex, they'll be able to get people to do whatever they want.

And, in this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonely

It is such a haunting episode. The robot, that we've come to care about because the main character does, is killed off and keeps calling his name as it "dies". The "Corey, Corey, Corey.... " is something that really sticks with you.

The Lonely - Wikipedia

Show threadDavid J. Atkinson1d ago
@retech Thanks for the movie tip. I agree with you and your friend. That day is really really close, not least because people want it.