We as humans, are evolving all the time, in a social and technological way; and when people combine both, we have Artificial Intelligence machines, that supposedly can think and act as us, so we can be identified with "them".
The movie "HER", talks a little bit about this situation. What could happen if we converse too much with an OS that has AI with a loneliness problem.
The movie "HER", talks a little bit about this situation. What could happen if we converse too much with an OS that has AI with a loneliness problem.
-Which
activities are performed by Theodore and not by the OS?
Most of them are completely physical events, as think, eat, run, walk, breathe, he has the sense of touch, taste and smell, etc. but also mental situations as have feelings, dreams, etc.
Most of them are completely physical events, as think, eat, run, walk, breathe, he has the sense of touch, taste and smell, etc. but also mental situations as have feelings, dreams, etc.
-Which activities are performed by the OS and not by Theodore?
The facility to search for things, information management, the capability of doing more than 2 things at the same time very fast (f.e. talking with Theodore while it's correcting the cards). The OS, can do every computer or machine process, and these are physical events.
The facility to search for things, information management, the capability of doing more than 2 things at the same time very fast (f.e. talking with Theodore while it's correcting the cards). The OS, can do every computer or machine process, and these are physical events.
-What could be a physical description of the OS?
The computer, the small portable square, the earphone, and the most important, the voice, because this characteristic identifies the OS of other computers or smartphones.
-Without physically describing him, which mind events are more important about Theodore?
Some conscious and unconscious activities, as: sadness, because he's lonely, desperation to share his life with someone, especially with a woman; also to give love to an own family (with children), that's why he's obsessed with pregnant women.
-In which way this hypothetical machine is changing Theodore's ideas?
It´s more less in a positive way, because she helps him to watch the world from another perspective, he becomes more open minded, also the OS gives confidence to Theodore, he becomes more social and starts "dating someone". He changes his ideas because she knows everything, but he believes in someone/something that knows more than in himself.
-Why, by the end of the film, the OS is not held by any moral responsibility of her actions?
The OS has no responsibility because it is only a system, a machine, and the decisions to do or not things, were on Theodore. She couldn't analyse or think in a dualistic way, gathering mind and body to solve problems or do activities; she hadn't moral and didn't feel guilt or any real emotion.
-What are the fundamental differences between artificial intelligence and humans?
That a human has skills to express ideas, perspectives, thoughts, feelings. Can form mental models; Has abstract and mathematical reasoning. It can understand, motivate and help others. Has the ability to realize and differentiate moods, intentions, temperament, etc. And the AI, even the most advanced OS, has not reached a learning, thinking, perception, language, etc. to express emotions, which are considered essential for intelligence. Humans are 100% dualistics, something that machines just can't acquire.
-According to metaphysics, why is it possible that Theodore confuses the OS with reality itself?
Because this OS is dualistic to certain point, it is evolving continuously, learns from experiences, and the most important, uses a woman voice that makes sound effects as a real human, so Theodore relates the OS to a real person. She acts like a person would do it, and does what Theodore wants, so he feels that is a real woman, because receives what he would like to.
