WEBVTT - Will robots get married?

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<v Speaker 1>Charles Chuck Bryant, also staff writer here at how Stuff

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<v Speaker 1>Works dot Com. What up? Staff writer Chuck? Well, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, as you can see, I'm just snuggled up

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<v Speaker 1>with my real doll here. I did notice, Chuck if

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't going to bring it up. She is a looker.

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<v Speaker 1>She will give you that. Um, but she is what

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<v Speaker 1>poly ethylene? Maybe I don't ask you and she doesn't answer,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm sure she doesn't. That reminds me of a movie. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't seen you. I've been told by several will

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<v Speaker 1>definitely see it. Lars and the Real Girl. Yep, I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen it. It's really good And how is this good

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<v Speaker 1>little indie. It's got Ryan Gosling. He's really great actor.

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<v Speaker 1>No spoilers, Chuck, I haven't seen it yet, Okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead. But the basic plot outline is that he

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<v Speaker 1>plays this lonely guy who gets a real doll. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's a real girl doll, right, Yes, is that what

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<v Speaker 1>they're called? And uh? And I had asked Samantha, but

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<v Speaker 1>she wouldn't answer. Um. And so he has this doll

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<v Speaker 1>in the in the town kind of just accepts it

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<v Speaker 1>as being his girlfriend. And it's worth Yeah, it's really

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<v Speaker 1>it sounds really creepy, but it's actually kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>sweet movie. Well you know that's uh, that's actually not

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<v Speaker 1>too far off, um from what some people are predicting,

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be uh part of the future of humanity.

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<v Speaker 1>Too far off at all at robot human weddings. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're not even talking real girls here. We're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about real girls that like super and real girls, yes, exactly. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And apparently there's this guy named David Levy who is uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I think some sort of future US maybe a roboticist.

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<v Speaker 1>But he he wrote a paper um based on research

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<v Speaker 1>he did in philosophy, UM, sexology, which to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>the truth. Until I read his article, UM, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>realize it was an actual discipline. Um, robotics, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>all sorts of other stuff. Uh, sexology. It's like the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest word ever. It sounds like an MTV show, it

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<v Speaker 1>really does, or like a drink you get in cancoon right. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So Levy combines all these disciplines together and comes up

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<v Speaker 1>with the notion that by um, some states, starting with Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 1>deposits will allow human robot weddings marriages legally recognized. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, I believe he said quote it is inevitable. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't even before that, though, another roboticists predicted that

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<v Speaker 1>by should not too far off from uh, people will

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<v Speaker 1>be having sex with robots, which I mean once you

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<v Speaker 1>start having sex with something, if you if, if somebody

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<v Speaker 1>eventually wants to marry it. We are a moral species. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you could argue that we're not, but yeah, generally you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>Just like in Larger than Real Girl, he had a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of respect for his real doll and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to ruin it, Please don't chuck, But it was

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<v Speaker 1>it was a relationship based on, if not mutual, at

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<v Speaker 1>least one way respect right right. But um, with with this,

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<v Speaker 1>it's uh, it's with a robot, it's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>much more um mutual. I don't know about necessarily feelings

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<v Speaker 1>for for robots. I don't think we were going to

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<v Speaker 1>reach that point, but it will appear a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>mutual because they can program respect or at least things

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<v Speaker 1>that you can say that would indicate right right now. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things that's that's leading the way that's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be allowing things like robots that people would

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<v Speaker 1>want to have sex with or marry, um is like

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<v Speaker 1>this the skin that's being developed. There's a guy who

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<v Speaker 1>used to work for Disney. He's a roboticist who uh

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<v Speaker 1>created the skin that bunches and wrinkles. And when you

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<v Speaker 1>have lifelike skin, you can can a emotions through lifelike

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<v Speaker 1>facial expressions. Right once you start having that, you you've

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<v Speaker 1>got a really realistic looking robot. Yeah. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>I'll ever go to the Hall of Presidents again with

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<v Speaker 1>the same eyes. No, exactly, Abraham Lincoln for the head

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<v Speaker 1>of Abraham Lincoln. Right. Um. This whole this whole issue

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<v Speaker 1>of possibly marrying robots and definitely having sex with robots

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<v Speaker 1>has has brought to the attention of some people. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the concept of robot rights. You have you heard of

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<v Speaker 1>robot rights? I mean the movement behind it. Yeah, I know.

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<v Speaker 1>Japan was is kind of at the forefront of this

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing. They are now, but they were lagging for

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<v Speaker 1>a little while. Um. At first it was just South Korea,

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<v Speaker 1>UM and Europe. Basically Japan was conspicuously absent from the table.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're they're at the forefront of robotics. They needed

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<v Speaker 1>to be there, so they finally caught up and now

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're all about robot rights. UM. And a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people are kind of like, what is this, Why

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<v Speaker 1>would we even have robot rights? This is ridiculous as silly. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And to those people proponents of robot rights, say, you

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<v Speaker 1>ever heard of animal rights? Uh? Yeah, isn't that technically,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a silly idea in the same vein, But

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<v Speaker 1>if you if you really think about it, these are animals.

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<v Speaker 1>But we've we humans have established rights for how we

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<v Speaker 1>interact with them, how we allow them to interact with

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<v Speaker 1>and it's accepted now. And I think a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people years ago might have thought the same thing about

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<v Speaker 1>animal rights. Right as they do about robot rights, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think UM with robots, especially with robots that

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<v Speaker 1>can give like a lifelike appearance where we're really awful

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<v Speaker 1>things are going to come out of humans. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Like if if you have a robot that can recoil

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<v Speaker 1>and horror or wins in pain, there's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>people out there who are going to want to like

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<v Speaker 1>kill them, like a drift or something like that. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>The potential for abuse is big, and it's yeah, real

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<v Speaker 1>abuse on a robot, but there's still something sociopathic about it, definitely.

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<v Speaker 1>But I I predict that once um lifelike robots are

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<v Speaker 1>available UM and produced on mass, I think there's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a lot of awful stuff. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>that it's good that we're preparing for this now because

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<v Speaker 1>I think the first half of the century is going

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<v Speaker 1>to see an explosion in advancements and robotics. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>think South Korea said a robot in every house by

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<v Speaker 1>the year Yeah, in that same year. Actually, the US

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<v Speaker 1>has said that it plans to UH supplement one fifth

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<v Speaker 1>of its battalions with robots, which raises a whole other question.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, like, do robots that UM kill people are

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<v Speaker 1>designed to kill people. Are they afforded any kind of rights?

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<v Speaker 1>Should they exactly? Should they be free from harm? That

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<v Speaker 1>kind of thing? Right, It's really it's it's too much

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<v Speaker 1>for my brain to be honest. Let me get in

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<v Speaker 1>the driver's seat here, chuck the problem. So basically the

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<v Speaker 1>main argument is that no, uh, a robot that's programmed

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<v Speaker 1>to kill should be able to have harm done to it. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>Most robots that we're going to interact with aren't going

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<v Speaker 1>to be designed to kill. If you see a robot

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<v Speaker 1>that you know is designed to kill, you should turn

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<v Speaker 1>and run really fast. Um, because it only needs programmed

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<v Speaker 1>to do one thing, right, yeah, kill, kill kill Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So most of the robots we're going to interact with

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<v Speaker 1>will be helping around the house, serving in the sex trade. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>they already have those. Not the sex trade, although they may.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know the little the robots that clean the

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<v Speaker 1>floor and they do things like that, well, yeah, the

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<v Speaker 1>roomba and the scuba and all that kind of concept. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>these things are going to look a lot more lifelike. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want one doubt Fire, you can have Mrs

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<v Speaker 1>doubt Fire working for you if you shell out enough cash.

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<v Speaker 1>So Let's say you you have Mrs doubt Fire is

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<v Speaker 1>a household robot, and Mrs doubt Fire is bringing you

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<v Speaker 1>a hot cup of coffee. Unfortunately, Mrs Doubtfire trips and

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<v Speaker 1>uh spills the hot coffee on you, and you get

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<v Speaker 1>up and react by smacking Mrs doubt Fire across the face.

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<v Speaker 1>Should you be penalized for that? Should you be punished? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's what Japan and some other South

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<v Speaker 1>Korea are trying to work out, are the parameters of

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<v Speaker 1>what's allowed and what's not allowed, and whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>robots should have rights just like you and I. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's say Mrs doubt Fire um doesn't trip, but she

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<v Speaker 1>walks up to you and pours the hot coffee on you.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's responsible for that? The magality, the manufacturer of the robot?

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<v Speaker 1>In my mind, I'm no lawyer, right well that they

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<v Speaker 1>no one has any idea. All these questions are totally

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<v Speaker 1>up in the air right now, and they're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>hammer them out. Um and and the whole thing kind

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<v Speaker 1>of goes both ways. Actually, humans are going to also

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<v Speaker 1>need protection from robots, which is where Mr Isaac Asimov

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<v Speaker 1>comes in, right Yeah, science fiction writer Isaac Asimoff. I

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<v Speaker 1>think first, uh, he was really one of the first

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<v Speaker 1>people to talk about robots and humans living together and

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<v Speaker 1>getting along or not getting along. And uh. He established

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<v Speaker 1>the three laws of robotics. I think in one of

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<v Speaker 1>his short stories, running Around. I think, yeah, Runaround, which

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<v Speaker 1>was actually in a collection of short stories called I Robot,

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<v Speaker 1>which Will Smith, as you know, made into a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>substandard film, which he borrowed from a couple of these,

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<v Speaker 1>and he actually used the three laws of robotics. They

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<v Speaker 1>refer to those in the film as well. You want

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<v Speaker 1>to give him the three laws, I will, A robot

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<v Speaker 1>may not injure a human being uh, or through an action,

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<v Speaker 1>allow human to come to harm. Great first law, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>A robot must obey orders given given it by humans,

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<v Speaker 1>except where such orders would conflict with the first law.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, a robot must protect its own existence as

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<v Speaker 1>long as such protection does not conflict with the first

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<v Speaker 1>or second law. Right. And these laws just sound like

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<v Speaker 1>there's no way around him. Yeah. I was reading a

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<v Speaker 1>critical analysis of asimov um and basically the author pointed

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<v Speaker 1>out that I don't think he didn't think Asthmov thought

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<v Speaker 1>these things were water tight. He basically used to like

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<v Speaker 1>to use them as a theme to show how even

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<v Speaker 1>these really great cohesive uh closed system laws could threw up. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Which is why nobody's going to go to Asimov to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out how to program robots in the future. But

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<v Speaker 1>we do need some some level of protection, like um

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<v Speaker 1>our robots just kept from interacting with humans altogether, Like

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<v Speaker 1>a robot cannot touch a human. Is that something that

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<v Speaker 1>that we would do? Um, there's and there's already you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's been casualties. Um, there's been death by robots happened already. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>The first one happened in two when a guy was

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<v Speaker 1>crushed on a factory line by you know, a big

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<v Speaker 1>robotic arm pretty not really but yeah, kind of um.

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<v Speaker 1>And then since then a lot of people have died.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually one one guy. The worst death by robot that

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard so far was um. Uh, a guy had

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<v Speaker 1>a enough of an amount of molten aluminum poured on

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<v Speaker 1>him by a robot that it killed him. I wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if he was trying to make a little robot buddy.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't, I don't know. Maybe, so we're hoping not.

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<v Speaker 1>We were talking about industrial robots. The thing is these

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<v Speaker 1>are isolated incidents, But what happens when there is a

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<v Speaker 1>robot in every house and not only Korea but the world,

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<v Speaker 1>These accidents could step up quite a bit, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we need to figure out how to how to address

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<v Speaker 1>them now before it happens. UM. And also, I think

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of roboticists are really worried about the moment

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<v Speaker 1>when robots are equipped with systems that allow them to

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<v Speaker 1>learn right. When that happens, they lose all predictability whatsoever,

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<v Speaker 1>and and we won't be able to tell what they're

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<v Speaker 1>about to do, what they won't do, that they'll be

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<v Speaker 1>as they'll be as unpredictable as humans. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're on the subway with somebody you don't really

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<v Speaker 1>trust your you got your like your muscles tensed in

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<v Speaker 1>your ribs for a knifeing. You know, the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>would happen with the humans and robots. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>so it's probably even a little more creepy because while

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<v Speaker 1>humans are unpredictable, robots, you don't know what they're programmed

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<v Speaker 1>to do if it's not your robots, right, and also

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<v Speaker 1>there's also issues of morality that would factor into that. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you like to think that most humans would

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<v Speaker 1>stop themselves from stabbing you even if they wanted to,

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<v Speaker 1>because they have some some sort of moral judgment. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you program morals into robots? You know? Um, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a it's a very big, sticky ball of questions. I

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<v Speaker 1>have to say, I am pretty glad that the people

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<v Speaker 1>who are trying to figure this out now are figuring

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<v Speaker 1>it out now, and there are a lot smarter than

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<v Speaker 1>I am. Exactly. It's it's kind of one of the

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<v Speaker 1>situations I would kick back and say, go to it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I would have no idea. Yeah, yeah, hopefully they won't

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<v Speaker 1>use their advantage to make us their slaves though, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. So that's about that for robot marriages. But

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<v Speaker 1>water out of a beach on a deserted island. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's called a beach. Well, yeah, and it can come

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<v Speaker 1>in really handy if you're you know, like a castaway castaway, Yeah, exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead and let him know I will. So basically,

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<v Speaker 1>if you you find it sand dune right and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>right behind it, you dig about a three to five

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<v Speaker 1>ft hole that's deep, right or wide? Uh deep? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>three to five probably about a foot wide. Just you

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<v Speaker 1>can reach down in there. If you can, you on

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<v Speaker 1>a line the sides of the hole with wood to

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<v Speaker 1>keep it from collapsing. You want to play some rocks

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<v Speaker 1>in the in the bottom of it, right, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you basically just walk away for a few hours. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>you come back and presto, you've got about five gallons

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<v Speaker 1>of pure water right there. Presto, Chango. It's not saltwater,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and you recommended in the article that it was.

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<v Speaker 1>If it was a little salty, just move back a

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<v Speaker 1>and you ever find yourself stranded on a desert island,

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<v Speaker 1>just measure off a hundred feet and start digging there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what Chuck recommends. And drink out of your shoe. Yeah,

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