Endhiran and the possibilities
Thanks to Endhiran and its translations in Telugu and Hindi, there will be more talk on what all can a Robot do or can't do in the days to come. As a below average student of computer science, I set out to think through what are the possibilities. Here is my serious below-average analysis of the possibilities. The Sense of I My favorite topic. What do humans mean by their sense of self? There is physiological self, that is one's identification with his/her body. And there is the psychological self - that one identifies himself as a Hindu, Tamil, Communist, Educated, CEO etc. I believe both are possibilities with machines. I use the term machine to refer to the Robots with their knowledge base and their decision support systems. Physiological Self of a Machine: The physiological self is to present to protect itself - that an organism is not simply a collection of sensory organs, but something that coordinates actions between th...