We are getting closer and closer each year with putting together androids that look and move in human ways, but some people question if we should really be making these androids appear so human.

Just last year, Ishiguro’s android’s were still in the Uncanny Valley, but recent progress has changed that. “Now, with the correct number of actuators, the android has come out of the Uncanny Valley. The movements still need improvements, but the current generation is much improved,” Ishiguro says.

“The young infants are now not afraid. We are still very far from replicating the exact movement of humans, and there is no way to have a perfect copy of humans within 50 years. However, with very short interactions of a minute or two, most would not know they are interacting with an android.”

I, for one, don’t think this is something to even question. The fact is, that there is a demand for human looking androids, and as they settle in to our society more and more, then that demand will grow at an incredible rate!

But, I also keep in mind that over the next several years, our biotech will be advancing as well, and humans will start wearing and then implanting more and more electronic devices, and this will ultimately lead in to a merging of humans and machines where there will be a very grey line for some “beings” as to wether or not they should now be considered human… or they should CONTINUE to be considered human.

March 3rd, 2007
Categories: RobotsAndAI . Author: rock808

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