Thinking the relationship between human and robot

in this lecture, mainly we talked about people's life, Alife(artificial life) and robots. Of course, life is a very complicated issue, everyone could have their different definitions. Alife is the system which similiar as life and built by human. For example, the website called "second life" is the artificial life. when you register on the website, you can build your new identity and living in a new cyberspace.
personally, I am more interested in the topic of "the relationship between human and robot". There is a video（video1） which shows some nowadays robots. They are programed to floow human orders. some of them can even sence the enviroment around them. However, they are still programed by human and unable to think by themselves.
Human build robot to make life easier and more convenience. Robot can do some dangerous things which human can not do. Generally, more inteligent the robot is, more help it can bring. On the other hand, when robots are more clear than human, why should they listen to human. I think the Movie "I, robot" point out the issue which between human and rebot. In the beginning of this video2 , there are Three laws of Robotics which were wrote by Isaac Asimov in 1942. these are :

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

These laws shows hunman's ambivalent mind with the relationship bteween robot.

The birth and death of web

In this lecture, we first discussed if people’s mind and body can be separated. This question has to link to the meaning of cyberspace. If cyber is the communication between animal and machine, cyberspace can be explained as the space or environment which supports the communication between animal and machine. Of cause, only the human mind can communicate with machine, so when human’s mind works together with machine, they are working in a special place which is cyberspace.

The movie is a very good example of the idea of human mind and body can be separated. In my opinion, the movie more like people plays some kind of video game. The difference between the video game we play is that when you die in the game, you also die in the real world.

The death of cyber does not mean cyber disappears. On the contrary, the using of cyber in our life is become more and more common, it already become every part of our lives. Thus, people are used to living in this environment, and do not talk too much about cyber.

There is a questions, “where are you going in your head when you talking to your friend on mobile?”
Obviously, when people talking on mobile, their mind are not totally exist in the real world or current real situation. For example, I saw a lot of people when they talking on mobile they are wave their hand and show a lot of motion, it is looks like the people they are talking with are actually standing in front of them. So, I think when people are talking on mobile, their mind are going to a special situation which they imagine their friend are together with them.

About new and old media

In this lecture, we talk about that media can reduce the difference which are come form geography, religion, living styles between people. For example, trough TV, people who are living in china and England can watch the world cup football match at the same time. Also, media allow people all around world share information, technology. For example, by using internet, people can get and share the latest news, idea and technology.

However, the media help people built up new identities and communities. Such as you can have many different identities when u using internet and join into different online communities, such as movie communities, music communities. So, in another hand, media rise the differences between people.

To measure the media is old or new, we have to use the yardstick model. Its include 5 points which are systemic, technical, aesthetic, logical and political. In my opinion, the media is old or new, it is depend on how people use it. There is an good example in the first lecture. the picture of people use CD to scare birds. CD is a quite new media, but when you use it in different way, it can be become very old thing.

understaning the meaning of media and cyberculture

In the first lecture, we talk about the meaning of "media" and "cyberculture". By understanding Gavin talking about media in the lecture, I think the media is the thing which is carrying message communicate between producer and audiences. For example, TV, radio, newspaper, film, internet and phones. I also find the explanation of media in M Paul and T Sue's .

Media are technologies each of which extends a perticular human sence or faculty, and the real “message” of any medium or technology is the change of scale or pace or pattern that it introduces into human affairs……the medium is the message

In my opinion, the word “cyberculture” can be devided to two words which are “ cyber” and “culture”. First, we have to understand what is mean “cyberspace”. The explaination in B,David book <>, cyberspace is “a medium that intersects with everyday life in ways both strange and omnipresent” It is not only relate to the Web, but also the webs of production and consumption. So the study of cyberculture is the analysis of the social power of cyberspace, also the inpact of internet to people’s daily life.

Referance:

1 M Paul and T Sue's (1996), Media Study, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press Ltd.

2 B, David (2001), an Introduction to Cyberculture, London, Routledge.