I was sent this video by a student I had last semester. Feel free to leave a comment!
{ 14 }
Comments
Brandon Wilkins | 19-Apr-07 at 4:33 pm | Permalink
I do not agree with the criticism, of the father about the cyborg, when he says that some of his circuits might break and he could go haywire. In light of the recent events, it has been burned in my mind that this can happen in humans. It seems, to me, that I would rather put my trust in a circuit which I know works, or atleast how it works, instead of the human brain. No one knows exactly what others are thinking and going “haywire” may not always be prevented. I side with the daughter in this video; just because humans interact with technology in such a way that they are dependent on it to live shouldn’t distinguish from how we presently use it.
Jennifer Crabill | 19-Apr-07 at 11:53 pm | Permalink
First of all, this video is pretty funny and it hit some topical issues we have discussed in class. The dad is hilarious, as is the part when the son offers up Craig’s List to his dad’s rant near the end…anyhow–I agree that humans have just as much of a chance of making a mistake as a computer has of going “haywire,” but a computer is different from a cyborg. In this video, the issue at hand and and the one that concerns the father is the fact that his daughter is dating a cyborg. Having a relationship with a “cyborg” or “robot” is different than simply relying on a computer as a tool. Sure, I’d rely on a computer as a source of accurate information rather than a human in most cases (Say, if I’m asking someone to tell me the time. A computer would be more accurate than a person just guessing or checking his own-set watch). But I am still hesitant to accept computers to be as intelligent and as functional as a human (as in the Deep Blue example).
That was a pretty goofy video but i enjoyed it. Technology is advancing very rapidly, but i don’t believe anyone will be dating cyborgs within the next fifty years. That, i guess, depends on if you agree with Clark or not. It was interesting, and funny, that they treated the relationship like some people would treat an interracial relationship. Another interesting thing about the video was how the parents had no problem with their son’s homosexual relationship, while they treated this relationship the daughter had with a cyborg as something totally wrong. I feel like that is alluding to the fact that when something new comes along, it is not accepted and it takes a while before it will be. Maybe in the next fifty years it will not be homosexual relationships that are seen as innappropriate, but human-cyborg relationships that are seen that way.
This video was pretty strange but kind of funny. It was interesting to see the parents agree with their son’s homosexual relationship but be completely against their daughter’s cybor realtionship. It doesn’t seem realistic what-so-ever but who knows what could happen 100 years from now. I found it funny how this became an issue evoloving from interracial relationships to homosexual relationships to the cyborg-person relationship.
William Barrett | 24-Apr-07 at 8:27 am | Permalink
I thought that this video made some interesting points about the future with technology. The video made me think how we regard the idea of robots in society as so far off in the future. Today, our current technological advances are such things as ipods, laptops, etc. and they are the things that are normal to us for the most part. The idea of robots living with us in society is ridiculous for me to think about now because it feels like life will not change that drastically while I am still alive. However, in the video, what is normal for everyday life for the family is living with robots (or cyborgs) and even having complex relationships with robots as if they were human. Such issues as a father watching over his daughter and her boyfriend are compared to the father watching over his daughter and her new robot boyfriend in this video. This shows how we think of our technology now as normal because it is what is know today, and it relates it to how the people feel so normal and comfortable with the technology in their time 50 years from now.
Amanda Bleatman | 24-Apr-07 at 9:09 am | Permalink
Oh no….I’m going to be one of those parents aren’t I? Eh, oh well. This video actually reminded me of something I saw on the news lately. There are children as young as 4 that are addicted to the Internet! There are websites now that are targeting the ‘juice box’ age group. As a result, they sit on their butts and don’t play outside. Well, hell will freeze over before I let my children do that. There is no need for such things like that in society. One of these days, kids will be taking Kindergarten classes over the Internet (and that generation will probably end up more screwed up then the teens in the video).
This video is pretty strange, but makes some interesting points. The way we see robots as a crazy weird thing of the future may not be that way for our kids. Things that our parents see as crazy and unacceptable seem perefectly normal to us. Times change and so do people.
The video was great and really touched on a lot of key points about society’s shortcomings and prejudices. The fact that they would rather have their son be gay and date a black man than have their daughter date a man who was in a “life altering irreversible accident” making him into a cyborg is great satire. Our prejudices now are going to be seen as abusrdities in the future: people’s dislike of another race will become obsolete (hopefully) just as their prejudices of different sexual orientations. In the future, this will be replaced by cyborgism due to our reluctance to accept them as a possiblity, or in the future, a “race”. This video did a great job of pointing out societal flaws and it was hilarious too. The ending with Craig’s list was priceless.
First off, this video was really strange but pretty amusing!
I think that the video did actually make some good points however, or at least good points for argument. First off, I think it definately did a good job of highlighting the predjudices that exist today and how hopefully they will be gone in the future with our only predjices against cyborgs. I think it is interesting how the Dad talks about the cyborgs as going haywire and how they are dangerous because of this, but humans can definately go “haywire” also when things go wrong in their brain.
Danielle Foster | 25-Apr-07 at 7:45 pm | Permalink
This video is extremely strange but quite hilarious. Could you imagine a day when relationships with cyborgs would actually be an issue? I think this is so interesting. Its weird to think that someday this could actually be an issue. It would be really nice to have a boyfriend who never forgot in important date and had an improved ability in ‘every area’…haha Wouldn’t that be nice? I think its so funny how the son’s homosexuality is perfectly fine when in today’s society it is still looked down upon greatly. I really enjoyed this video and found it very interesting.
I know this isn’t intended as an accurate prediction of the future, but…
I think that if the girl were dating a cyborg, who would probably be mostly human, her parents actually wouldn’t have a problem with it. After all, he was born with a human body, and having mechanical organs is just like having an artificial limb in a way.
Now, if my daughter were dating a *robot*, I certainly wouldn’t be happy about it. I don’t think the stereotype about the machine going haywire and killing her is all that far off. Humans can go haywire too, as Brandon pointed out, but at least there’s usually warning signs. Computers can wig out on you when you least expect it.
When the dad was listing all the modern technology of his day, I’ve come to realize all that isn’t foreign to me. I am well aware of everything that was listed and could accurately explain how each of them work. Also, I wasn’t educated in a classroom how each of these work, i merely took it into my own experiences, with some conversation, to figure it out. I think this generation gap of selective applied knowledge has largely reduced the amount of book smart in our generation to ‘technology smart.’ I wonder what defines the age gap next.
Daniel Estrada | 26-Apr-07 at 12:14 pm | Permalink
I’m pretty sure the ‘Bible has been proven false’ line is a joke.
I couldn’t agree more with what Brandon had to say in the sense that I would trust something a little more if I knew exactly how it worked. Yes, humans can go haywire sometimes and it has been my experience that when a machine breaks a circuit, it stops working. I don’t think I (and I hope no human) could find satisfaction in dating a machine. Circuit boards don’t have feelings. That has been my argument all semester in the debate on whether machines can think. While I believe they can think I would never believe they can understand human feelings and “feel” them. Overall, a good humorous video with a look at the future though.
Brandon Wilkins | 19-Apr-07 at 4:33 pm | Permalink
I do not agree with the criticism, of the father about the cyborg, when he says that some of his circuits might break and he could go haywire. In light of the recent events, it has been burned in my mind that this can happen in humans. It seems, to me, that I would rather put my trust in a circuit which I know works, or atleast how it works, instead of the human brain. No one knows exactly what others are thinking and going “haywire” may not always be prevented. I side with the daughter in this video; just because humans interact with technology in such a way that they are dependent on it to live shouldn’t distinguish from how we presently use it.
Jennifer Crabill | 19-Apr-07 at 11:53 pm | Permalink
First of all, this video is pretty funny and it hit some topical issues we have discussed in class. The dad is hilarious, as is the part when the son offers up Craig’s List to his dad’s rant near the end…anyhow–I agree that humans have just as much of a chance of making a mistake as a computer has of going “haywire,” but a computer is different from a cyborg. In this video, the issue at hand and and the one that concerns the father is the fact that his daughter is dating a cyborg. Having a relationship with a “cyborg” or “robot” is different than simply relying on a computer as a tool. Sure, I’d rely on a computer as a source of accurate information rather than a human in most cases (Say, if I’m asking someone to tell me the time. A computer would be more accurate than a person just guessing or checking his own-set watch). But I am still hesitant to accept computers to be as intelligent and as functional as a human (as in the Deep Blue example).
But we’ll see in 50 years.
Ryan Riordan | 23-Apr-07 at 12:12 am | Permalink
That was a pretty goofy video but i enjoyed it. Technology is advancing very rapidly, but i don’t believe anyone will be dating cyborgs within the next fifty years. That, i guess, depends on if you agree with Clark or not. It was interesting, and funny, that they treated the relationship like some people would treat an interracial relationship. Another interesting thing about the video was how the parents had no problem with their son’s homosexual relationship, while they treated this relationship the daughter had with a cyborg as something totally wrong. I feel like that is alluding to the fact that when something new comes along, it is not accepted and it takes a while before it will be. Maybe in the next fifty years it will not be homosexual relationships that are seen as innappropriate, but human-cyborg relationships that are seen that way.
Kerry Phelan | 23-Apr-07 at 5:19 pm | Permalink
This video was pretty strange but kind of funny. It was interesting to see the parents agree with their son’s homosexual relationship but be completely against their daughter’s cybor realtionship. It doesn’t seem realistic what-so-ever but who knows what could happen 100 years from now. I found it funny how this became an issue evoloving from interracial relationships to homosexual relationships to the cyborg-person relationship.
William Barrett | 24-Apr-07 at 8:27 am | Permalink
I thought that this video made some interesting points about the future with technology. The video made me think how we regard the idea of robots in society as so far off in the future. Today, our current technological advances are such things as ipods, laptops, etc. and they are the things that are normal to us for the most part. The idea of robots living with us in society is ridiculous for me to think about now because it feels like life will not change that drastically while I am still alive. However, in the video, what is normal for everyday life for the family is living with robots (or cyborgs) and even having complex relationships with robots as if they were human. Such issues as a father watching over his daughter and her boyfriend are compared to the father watching over his daughter and her new robot boyfriend in this video. This shows how we think of our technology now as normal because it is what is know today, and it relates it to how the people feel so normal and comfortable with the technology in their time 50 years from now.
Amanda Bleatman | 24-Apr-07 at 9:09 am | Permalink
Oh no….I’m going to be one of those parents aren’t I? Eh, oh well. This video actually reminded me of something I saw on the news lately. There are children as young as 4 that are addicted to the Internet! There are websites now that are targeting the ‘juice box’ age group. As a result, they sit on their butts and don’t play outside. Well, hell will freeze over before I let my children do that. There is no need for such things like that in society. One of these days, kids will be taking Kindergarten classes over the Internet (and that generation will probably end up more screwed up then the teens in the video).
Kimberly Koch | 24-Apr-07 at 7:45 pm | Permalink
This video is pretty strange, but makes some interesting points. The way we see robots as a crazy weird thing of the future may not be that way for our kids. Things that our parents see as crazy and unacceptable seem perefectly normal to us. Times change and so do people.
Annie Werly | 25-Apr-07 at 12:02 pm | Permalink
The video was great and really touched on a lot of key points about society’s shortcomings and prejudices. The fact that they would rather have their son be gay and date a black man than have their daughter date a man who was in a “life altering irreversible accident” making him into a cyborg is great satire. Our prejudices now are going to be seen as abusrdities in the future: people’s dislike of another race will become obsolete (hopefully) just as their prejudices of different sexual orientations. In the future, this will be replaced by cyborgism due to our reluctance to accept them as a possiblity, or in the future, a “race”. This video did a great job of pointing out societal flaws and it was hilarious too. The ending with Craig’s list was priceless.
Ashley Swarts | 25-Apr-07 at 6:45 pm | Permalink
First off, this video was really strange but pretty amusing!
I think that the video did actually make some good points however, or at least good points for argument. First off, I think it definately did a good job of highlighting the predjudices that exist today and how hopefully they will be gone in the future with our only predjices against cyborgs. I think it is interesting how the Dad talks about the cyborgs as going haywire and how they are dangerous because of this, but humans can definately go “haywire” also when things go wrong in their brain.
Danielle Foster | 25-Apr-07 at 7:45 pm | Permalink
This video is extremely strange but quite hilarious. Could you imagine a day when relationships with cyborgs would actually be an issue? I think this is so interesting. Its weird to think that someday this could actually be an issue. It would be really nice to have a boyfriend who never forgot in important date and had an improved ability in ‘every area’…haha Wouldn’t that be nice? I think its so funny how the son’s homosexuality is perfectly fine when in today’s society it is still looked down upon greatly. I really enjoyed this video and found it very interesting.
Erin Murphy | 25-Apr-07 at 10:30 pm | Permalink
I know this isn’t intended as an accurate prediction of the future, but…
I think that if the girl were dating a cyborg, who would probably be mostly human, her parents actually wouldn’t have a problem with it. After all, he was born with a human body, and having mechanical organs is just like having an artificial limb in a way.
Now, if my daughter were dating a *robot*, I certainly wouldn’t be happy about it. I don’t think the stereotype about the machine going haywire and killing her is all that far off. Humans can go haywire too, as Brandon pointed out, but at least there’s usually warning signs. Computers can wig out on you when you least expect it.
John Creger | 26-Apr-07 at 11:39 am | Permalink
First off, the Bible hasn’t been proven false.
When the dad was listing all the modern technology of his day, I’ve come to realize all that isn’t foreign to me. I am well aware of everything that was listed and could accurately explain how each of them work. Also, I wasn’t educated in a classroom how each of these work, i merely took it into my own experiences, with some conversation, to figure it out. I think this generation gap of selective applied knowledge has largely reduced the amount of book smart in our generation to ‘technology smart.’ I wonder what defines the age gap next.
Daniel Estrada | 26-Apr-07 at 12:14 pm | Permalink
I’m pretty sure the ‘Bible has been proven false’ line is a joke.
Wes Gotschall | 26-Apr-07 at 3:04 pm | Permalink
I couldn’t agree more with what Brandon had to say in the sense that I would trust something a little more if I knew exactly how it worked. Yes, humans can go haywire sometimes and it has been my experience that when a machine breaks a circuit, it stops working. I don’t think I (and I hope no human) could find satisfaction in dating a machine. Circuit boards don’t have feelings. That has been my argument all semester in the debate on whether machines can think. While I believe they can think I would never believe they can understand human feelings and “feel” them. Overall, a good humorous video with a look at the future though.