[Tyler]

Why shows like Westworld only show dark side of our robot future
13 October 2016, 3:01 am

       

Will we ever learn to love our robot future? With rapid advances in this technology – sex robots, companion bots and more are said to be around the corner – it seems a reasonable question to ask, especially given almost every fictional account of that future is still a dark “us and them” tale.

With the reboot of sci-fi yarns such as Westworld and Humans on television, androids – the class of robots designed to be utterly human-like – are once again capturing our imaginations.

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Source: AI in the News

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[Art]

Easy...because Happiness DOES NOT SELL!!

People do not stop at parks along the street to see kids, dogs and other people playing or having a picnic. Why?

BORING!

Now take that same park and show smoke, wreckage and bodies strewn about, people would be stopped for blocks. Sure, some wanting to help but the vast majority wanting to watch...to see the carnage...to see if they know anyone.
Watch cars slow down at a major wreck on the highway...trucks and cars smashed to pieces...yet they slow down...To view possible gore and destruction.
Humans seem to enjoy mayhem, pugilism, fighting, bloody, MMA / boxing, horror shows, Zombies, death and punishment. Some little kids almost delight in being scared by movies, people or at Halloween!
Humanity seems to feed on this "Darker" side of itself. Why? I'm not sure if anyone really knows...but humans are this way, for the majority of them.

Perhaps we envision robots to be as "dark" in our moods and likes as we are.

With movies and TV shows, it seems that our darker, more macabre side, is what sells.