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What's behind the curtain?
Nov. 17th, 2010 02:00 pmWhat do you consider an android? Or a robot?
The TV this morning had a short human interest story about a new play going on in Tokyo. The venue is "Disturbing Theater" (in English!). The short clip of the play that they showed had a very plain stage, with two stairways in the background. One seated figure on the audience's left faced another figure on the right. Both were female. The one on the right started out sitting, then got up while talking to the seated figure, took the hand of the seated one, and so forth. The seated one turned her head, looked at the other person as she stood up, and engaged in conversation.
( when the curtain rises )
What do you think? Is this an android, a robot? Just because it can fool you into seeing emotions and thinking there is a live person there? Or is this just an electronic version of the chess playing doll from long ago?
The TV this morning had a short human interest story about a new play going on in Tokyo. The venue is "Disturbing Theater" (in English!). The short clip of the play that they showed had a very plain stage, with two stairways in the background. One seated figure on the audience's left faced another figure on the right. Both were female. The one on the right started out sitting, then got up while talking to the seated figure, took the hand of the seated one, and so forth. The seated one turned her head, looked at the other person as she stood up, and engaged in conversation.
( when the curtain rises )
What do you think? Is this an android, a robot? Just because it can fool you into seeing emotions and thinking there is a live person there? Or is this just an electronic version of the chess playing doll from long ago?
