[Synapse elist] stupidity

[Shuhei Miyashita]

I think inputs from the field cyborg gives us good suggestion to the 
cockroach research.
The approach of cyborg (I think) can be categorized into either 
replacement or enhancement(1).
And speaking of the replacement, it replaces a part of a machine by 
living things(2), or part of living things by machine(3).

(1) military products, intelligent watch, power suits
(2) cockroach robot
(3) prosthetic hand, artificial organ

I feel the border between life and machine becomes blurry
(also enhanced by IPS cell research) and people gradually
loose the confidence being as human.
I even feel comfortable when I see paintings coming from
renaissance era, compare to some painted recently.

Although these technologies seem to be developed recently, the concepts 
itself have existed since long time ago.
Shoes, clothes (1), honey bee or silkworm, spy pigeon (2).
We might not have to be worried so much about the recent outcomes in 
this field.

Shuhei






Leonel Moura wrote:
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> Although robot/animal symbiosis it is an interesting field to explore
> it raises many ethical questions. But the main problem is plain
> stupidity. As we know, especially in the field of art, stupidity is
> many times broadcast by artists and curators as a witty idea.
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