Do Android Rats Dream of Electric Cheese?
this week was the first session of Dr. Kevin McGee‘s graduate course: Critical Interactive Media Design Issues, at the Communications and New Media Department, Faculty of Arts & Social Science, National University of Singapore.
its only been the first week and already there are some interesting discussions forming on the course forum. our first assignment was to briefly describe one activity that is a self-fulfilling activity (that is: an activity that you will always want to do – and would not like a machine to “replace” you.).
my response to this on the forum:
the one activity that i would always like to do and not like a machine to replace me doing would probably be the act of slacking although i fear that one day robots will inherit the earth and place us all in work camps where we will no longer be able to slack for efficiency sake.
slacking in some ways facilitates day-dreaming, which is an essential and required practice for my personal creative process. if robots ever come to realize this i am sure they will also long for the need to slack, thereby enslaving us to do their bidding in order to achieve what we currently enjoy because of their sacrifice and hard work.
is this poetic justice? only time will tell…
what would be the one activity you would not like a robot to replace you doing? comment or tweet your responses… i would be very interested in what everyone thinks!
smallcaps 06:01 on August 15, 2009 Permalink
and in response to a fellow student regarding his un-replaceable activity – Dreaming: