in respond to sandgirl's comment in my previous post
hi! yes robots could be programmed to be ethical/emotional but just what type of ethics are we talkin about here? what if the programmer doesn't have the same ethics as you? who's to say what the norm is for robot feelings since most humans can't control their own or even act in an ethical manner? just sayin..
common sense i guess.
lets just pretend people who are compassionate will do option 1, people who just don't care will do option 2, and people who are jerk will go for 3.
example 1 - you see someone who spill their grocery in a supermarket. you have these 3 options:
1. help him/her pick stuff up
2. look away
3. laugh at him/her
in this scenario, majority will do 2. yes, this is based on my experienced in a local supermarket recently.
example 2 - you see an old lady fell down in a supermarket
1. help him
2. look away
3. laugh at
in this scenario, majority will do 1.
most human do and can control their act. it's whether they want to do it or not. they help people/make judgment based on the severity of the problems. same can be done on robots. program them to either option 1/2/3. how they act is really based on the option picked.
