Presented by Lily Almaraz & Aileen H. Wang ALONE TOGETHER = ROBOT and NETWORK = human?!
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Transcript of Presented by Lily Almaraz & Aileen H. Wang ALONE TOGETHER = ROBOT and NETWORK = human?!
Presented by Lily Almaraz &
Aileen H. Wang
ALONE TOGETHER = ROBOT and NETWORK
= human?!
Intimacy & New Solitudes Technology…Proposes itself as the architect of our intimacies Suggests substitutions that put the real on the run Seductive when what it offers meets our human
vulnerabilities and as it turns out, we are very vulnerable indeed
“We are lonely but fearful of intimacy.”
The Robotic Moment
..moves from live animals to sociable robots. From the sociable robots in children’s playrooms to the more advanced ones in the laboratory and those being developed and deployed for children and
elderly care…
..we have a desire of robots for not only nurturance, companionship, but also care….
Part 1
Part 1
Application of Robots Pets Medicals Entertainment
Part 1
PET-ROBOTS…
Humanoid Robot HRP-4CMIT's Nexi MDS RobotRobot ViolinistArismoRoxxxy
Part 1
Entertainment- Robots
Part 1
Nurturance…
more than harmless amusements, they are powerful because they invite our attachment. And such attachments
change our way of being in the world.
Part 1
NOW, technology offers us substitutes for connecting with each other face-to-face. We live the robotic moment not because
we have companionate robots in our lives but because of the way we
contemplate them on the horizon. This says much about who we are and who we
are willing to become.
Part 1
A survey by theUnited Nations has reported that “robots
are set to become increasingly familiar companions in the home by 2007.” By 2007 it is predicted that there will be almost 2.5 million entertainment and
“leisure” robots in homes which compares to 137,000 currently
Part 1Sherry Turkle
Part 1 & Part 2
Discussion
Are you open to have elderly care given by robots?
Do you think networks help or hurt our relationships with each other?
Part 2
Networked, we are together, but lessen our expectations of each other that make us feel utterly alone
Exploration of the networked life and its effects
Experiences of adults and adolescentsThrough our connection we are losing
each other
Part 2Second Life
Part 2
Second LifeOnline identities make individuals feel
more like themselves than they do in the physical world◦Pete and his “life mix”
“Second Life gives me a better relationship than I have in real life”
◦Connection with Jade= disconnection with Alison
Part 2
Second LifePeople feel more comfortable in an unreal
place than a real one because they feel that in simulation they show their better and perhaps truer self◦Joel=Rashi the Elephant◦Acting Out and Working Through◦Practice seems perfect
Part 2
FacebookOur profile ends up as somebody else-
often the fantasy of who we want to beAudrey
◦Give and Take Process◦Identity
Part 2
ConfessionalsAdults
◦Online confessions are used as a substitute for things they want and don’t have
◦Sheryl◦Confession and Apology
Part 2
ConfessionalsTeens
◦Take online confession on its own term, it’s a new and interesting networking site
◦Darren◦Losing connections
Part 2
ConfessionalsNot therapyNot a place to find community
◦Am I watching a performance? ◦How much performance am I watching? ◦Am I becoming coarsened, or am I being
realistic?
Part 2
Cell PhoneParents and Teens
◦Continual contact and physical and emotional safety
◦Hindering development of independence◦Teens v. Cell Phones
Parents and other Adults◦Robin◦Boston Nurse
Part 2
Texting Over Phone CallsAudrey
◦Texting used as a form of protection “Nothing will get spat at you…” “There’s time to think…” “A phone conversation is too much pressure…”
Texting is seductive◦Lack of desired attention
Part 2
Texting Over Phone CallsAdults
◦Widowed Office Manager Phone calls are an intrusion She’s not ready for “people in person”
Text messaging enables individuals to keep themselves at a distance from their feelings
Part 2Teenagers use computers and mobile
devices for community when they are not receiving that necessary attention from their parents and families
Overwhelmed by the pace that technology makes possible◦Unhealthy attachment and isolation from our
real world relationships
Conclusion
◦The simplification and reduction of relationship is no longer something we complain about. It may become what we expect, even desire because of our vulnerability
◦We are tethered, but through this continual connection we lose the intimacy of being with people in person, hearing their voices, and seeing their faces
Conclusion“I went to the woods because I wished to
live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I cam to die, discover that I had not lived. I
did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice
resignation, unless it was quite necessary.”