The Uncanny Valley And Measure Of A Man

The Uncanny Valley is an idea that Masahiro Mori, it describes how someone would react both emotionally and psychologically to robots depending how the resemblance of the robot is to that of a human. This idea states that before an android reaches a level that is indistinguishable from a human, it will give us a feeling of uncertainty, thus this android that is in this part of the spectrum will make us feel uncomfortable. In addition, in the article “Almost Human” published in the Smithsonian Angela Tinwell discusses a theory, a professor specializing in game design at the University of Bolton in Britain. This theory states that we unconsciously detect sociopathy or disease. This idea would explain why we as humans would feel uncomfortable …show more content…
In this episode both the humans and some an android name Data have similar lives. Although Data is not seen as equal to humans, the humans in this society control the life of the android. In the episode some of the humans, for example Captain Kirk, believes that Data should have the same rights as he has. During the episode one of the characters proposes to disassemble Data, this would result in the memory of the android to be erased. As an android Data is property of Starfleet, which is a spaceship that they work on, and in the episode they debate whether Data has any rights. As property of the Starfleet one of the commanders from the spaceship, wants to disassemble Data to learn more about the technology that was used to make …show more content…
For example Masahiro Mori, who proposed the idea, those who are younger would be less affected by this idea. In a society where there would be robots that are indistinguishable to humans I think that those who grow up with the technology would be accepting. The people in the society that would be less accepting of this technology would be those who are older. They would be less accepting of it because they will develop the problem of not being able to differentiate a peer from a robot. I can personally say that for the most part that the Uncanny Valley can describe out-dated views. I can say that in the world that we live in today most people are accepting in the use of robots that would be able to assist or replace us and being able to complete a certain