Siri is hands-down the most popular and prominent artificial intelligence known to our society today. She is consistently at our fingertips, ready to answer any question we pose to her. When given the task of asking Siri questions only a human can answer, I gave a lot of thought about what differentiates a human from an AI that strikingly resembles a human. The most obvious answer is that humans have emotions and AIs do not. I asked Siri , “Who do you love?”, to which she responded, “I’m not sure I understand.” Now, this response makes a lot of sense, as an artificial intelligence would not have the capability of loving someone. My next question to Siri was, “What is it like to be a human?”, to which she responded, “Interesting question.” Again, as expected, Siri would not know what it is like to be human so she could not answer this question. Next, I asked Siri was, “are you afraid of anything?”. I wanted to pose this question to Siri because of the scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey where Dave disconnects Hal. This scene shows Dave disconnecting Hal, the artificial intelligence that runs the spaceship of the mission he is on. After Hal suddenly turned murderous and killed everyone on the mission except Dave, he decided it was time to pull the plug on this machine. In this scene, Hal is slowly shutting down, and he keeps repeating the phrase, “I’m afraid.” This makes the audience question: how can a machine experience an emotion like fear? When I asked Siri this question, she responded, “I’m OK. If you’re feeling scared right now, let me know if you’d like some advice.” Siri responds like a machine would, incapable of fear and offering help through electronic resources. In contrast, Hal genuinely seemed afraid, an emotion only humans can feel. This assignment made me think about Siri and other AI in a way I had not before, and it was quite interesting to me to see what she had to say to questions only humans can answer.
September 11, 2022 Love Death + Robots was a very interesting series of shorts that I thoroughly enjoyed viewing in class. After watching quite the range of futuristic robot content, my favorite short from Love Death + Robots was Automated Customer Service. This was my favorite because I found it hilarious and the most entertaining, but it still had an interesting underlying message. Set in the future, an elderly community has robots to do just about everything for them, from pedicures to walking their dogs. I found the opening scene to be humorous in the way that it depicted man's dependency on technology. Even the simplest tasks are done by robots in this foreshadowed society. As portrayed, humans are completely dependent on technology today. While the short uses exaggeration to show this, the hidden message behind it remains true. The short cuts to an elderly woman in her home with her vacuum robot. Suddenly, the robot turns evil and decides it wants to kill her and h
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