Robots are human made technology. They dont have feeling because its only an object made for a purpose. God gave souls to human begins but not objects. Which are solid and only serve as a human tool.
The question is, "Why don't robots have feelings". In my opinion, this was a very simple question. Simply, the answer is, robots don't have feelings because they are not programmed to have feelings. As you all know, robots are progammed machines that do not have the ability to completely prosess information unless they are programmed to. Overall, what robots are programmed to do, is what they will do.
@njguy: But, there is a big gaping hole in your argument: what if a robot is specifically "programmed" to have feelings so that it is easier for the everyday person to operate? Would that still count as real feelings, and why or why not? Also, if robots could have feelings, what about animals and their feelings?
See, If robots are programmed to have feelings, then that means that they do have feelings, even if they are artificial. (Finally someone agrees with me! Thanks Pippin!)
@Anonymous what if you programmed robots to have souls? I believe that anything with a soul, and feelings, [could be] considered as a human...
@Pippin, I think that animals have feelings. Take for example, dogs. I have a dog, and when we were going to get rid off him, even though I doubt that he understands English, he started to cry, literally, he had tears coming out of his eyes. Which brings me to think...do only domesticated animals have feelings...?
@Toadrockz Ah, but whoever said programmed feelings would be real feelings? Human feelings are a response to an outside stimulus that help us (and hurt us) in everything from making judgments to making decisions. Such a quality, obviously, would not make for a good robot, whose purpose would be to make completely rational, "robotic" decisions based on facts, not feelings, one of humankind's greatest weaknesses- but also one of our strengths. At least, that's how I see it- so programmed feelings would not be the same as human feelings. Also, you can't program a soul into something- that's a whole other story that probably doesn't belong here.
at everyone@ well, I think that robots don't have feelings: the only way they would is if they programmed it into them, but that wouldn't technically be considered as "having feelings." Like, first of all when robots are "born" it's not like they're born with feelings. When humans are born, they're born with feelings, and who knows how we got feelings in the first place but they aren't programmed into us like for robots. WE have freedom to feel or express our feelings. If you look at, robots don't. We don't have stuff programmed into our hard drive. If you program anger into a robot, it'll feel anger, but it'll only feel jealousy and happiness if programmed... No matter how much scientists will try, in the end, robots and robots and humans are humans. Though they may have some of the same characterists there will always be a difference- mainly feelings. Robots DON'T have feelings...
@awesomespectacular But, whoever said WE weren't born with stuff programmed into us? In fact, in a sense, we have the most complicated programming of all- in our DNA. Our DNA has the instructions to life itself, the most complicated form of "robots." If we managed to create life (and depending on what you consider creating life, we actually already have done that!), and that life happened to have emotions just like a normal human, then what? This is probably why some people don't like the idea of creating life- suddenly, we become "God" in the sense that in our laboratories, we have breathed life into new beings. Very disturbing...
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Robots are human made technology. They dont have feeling because its only an object made for a purpose. God gave souls to human begins but not objects. Which are solid and only serve as a human tool.
The question is, "Why don't robots have feelings". In my opinion, this was a very simple question. Simply, the answer is, robots don't have feelings because they are not programmed to have feelings. As you all know, robots are progammed machines that do not have the ability to completely prosess information unless they are programmed to. Overall, what robots are programmed to do, is what they will do.
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@njguy: But, there is a big gaping hole in your argument: what if a robot is specifically "programmed" to have feelings so that it is easier for the everyday person to operate? Would that still count as real feelings, and why or why not? Also, if robots could have feelings, what about animals and their feelings?
See, If robots are programmed to have feelings, then that means that they do have feelings, even if they are artificial. (Finally someone agrees with me! Thanks Pippin!)
@Anonymous what if you programmed robots to have souls? I believe that anything with a soul, and feelings, [could be] considered as a human...
@Pippin, I think that animals have feelings. Take for example, dogs. I have a dog, and when we were going to get rid off him, even though I doubt that he understands English, he started to cry, literally, he had tears coming out of his eyes. Which brings me to think...do only domesticated animals have feelings...?
@Toadrockz Ah, but whoever said programmed feelings would be real feelings? Human feelings are a response to an outside stimulus that help us (and hurt us) in everything from making judgments to making decisions. Such a quality, obviously, would not make for a good robot, whose purpose would be to make completely rational, "robotic" decisions based on facts, not feelings, one of humankind's greatest weaknesses- but also one of our strengths. At least, that's how I see it- so programmed feelings would not be the same as human feelings. Also, you can't program a soul into something- that's a whole other story that probably doesn't belong here.
at everyone@ well, I think that robots don't have feelings: the only way they would is if they programmed it into them, but that wouldn't technically be considered as "having feelings." Like, first of all when robots are "born" it's not like they're born with feelings. When humans are born, they're born with feelings, and who knows how we got feelings in the first place but they aren't programmed into us like for robots. WE have freedom to feel or express our feelings. If you look at, robots don't. We don't have stuff programmed into our hard drive. If you program anger into a robot, it'll feel anger, but it'll only feel jealousy and happiness if programmed... No matter how much scientists will try, in the end, robots and robots and humans are humans. Though they may have some of the same characterists there will always be a difference- mainly feelings. Robots DON'T have feelings...
@awesomespectacular But, whoever said WE weren't born with stuff programmed into us? In fact, in a sense, we have the most complicated programming of all- in our DNA. Our DNA has the instructions to life itself, the most complicated form of "robots." If we managed to create life (and depending on what you consider creating life, we actually already have done that!), and that life happened to have emotions just like a normal human, then what? This is probably why some people don't like the idea of creating life- suddenly, we become "God" in the sense that in our laboratories, we have breathed life into new beings. Very disturbing...
Anybody notice how mostly the creators are posting.
Um, most people don't notice these blogs at all. Just saying.
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