When I watch movie about robots living as a human being I often think to myself how they can have all these emotions.
Actually after reading stuffs, I realize that the robots do not actually FEEL being upset or happy. They just show behaviors that human beings interpret in such situations. Simply put, robots are created to exhibit emotions without really having them. Wow?!
So, my friend totally made sense when disapprove dating robots because robots' feeling are fake.
My first post about "dating a robot" is here Would you date a robot ?, in which I discussed about handsomeness of robots haha.
Where do the emotions come from?
This relates to one of my favorite technologies of all time : Artificial Intelligence! Actually I think almost all of the disruptive technologies involves AI now such as autonomous car, smart city, flying taxi, even judging support for Olympic Games, etc. Basically, robot is just pieces of metal without AI technology.
Computer scientists created different technologies to form database of emotions and the way their robots process internally and respond externally. For example, roboticists at Tsinghua University created an "emotion classifying" algorithm for a chatbot which can recognize various emotions from more than 20,000 posts on Weibo social media platform. The system will tag millions of emotional reactions to the main post content, which created massive database for robot to answer questions or express emotions.
If you've seen the movie HER, At the beginning "Scarlett Johansson" collected all the data from her "boyfriend" in the past. And the more he talked to 'her' the more he got addicted because she collected more and more information about him during all conversations: his habits, routines, his patterns of reactions, things making him thrilled, things making him pissed-off, etc. And, she knew how to respond accordingly not only to his actions or words but also to his emotions. She understand him more than himself.
So, I would call it Artificial Emotional Intelligence? I don't know whether it sounds cool or scary know haha but I want that artificial thing if possible lol!
Do robots really have feelings ?
It does not mean robots actually feels angry, happy or any other mental states in the same way we do, they are so far just designed to display emotions. There are many times we say "sorry", "please" or "thanks" faster than we actually feel grateful or regretful, most of the time, we say those words because we were taught since we were kids that they are used to show the right behaviours, right?
PEPPER is the first robot which was designed to recognize and react to human emotions. It is made by Japanese scientist and works in stores. Although Pepper can only know and react to 4 basic human emotions which are joy, happiness, anger and sadness by collecting and analyzing data from audios and videos, it can help its store owner to increase sales buy telling funny jokes, chatting and encouraging customers to purchase.
A technology called "lovotics" was developed by Samani - a director at National Taipei University. Lovotics is aimed to connect robotic sciences including artificial intelligence & mechanical engineering and the science behind human love. The way we feel about others are determined by two sets of hormones working at the same time which are biological and emotional. So, Samani build an artificial endocrine system for robot based on that theory. Endocrine is the system that contain all glands that produce hormones which influence the way your body work.
Biological hormones govern our heartbeat, appetite or blood pressure. When we feel hungry the level of ghrelin (the hunger hormone) increases.
Similarly, digital ghrelin will make robot "hungry" and want to recharge its battery. Moreover, emotional hormones regulate our emotions. You must have heard of dopamine, serotonin, endorphin or oxytocin - the 'hormone of love'. These digital emotional hormones can be activated in the artificial intelligence as well.
The robot will analyze sound, visual and even tactile factors to recognize and categorie attitudes of people they are talking to and then it process the right combination of hormones internally in order to exhibit external behaviors.
Can robots really fall in love ?
Basically, our brains are similar to a computer hardwares - contain many complex parts and receive different information, then process them, create emotions and influence you to take some actions.
Neurons or cells send signals throughout the brain via neurotransmitters, commonly known as serotonin, dopamine, oxytoxin and endorphins.
Serotonin is related to memory and can help to balance your mood and depression.
Dopamine can make you more motivated or concentrated.
Endorphins is known as natural pain-killer, your body release this happy chemical when you exercise.
Oxytocin is popular as the ‘love hormone’ which is released when we hug, kiss or give birth.
After the signals are transfered, the limbic system (a.k.a "emotion brain") is responsible for processing information. Different parts in the network will have their own tasks. For example, the amygdala is associated with fear or danger. The hypothalamus will regulate your response to emotions physically, such as faster heart beat or your breath speed. And the hippocampus will make you respond to the circumstances based on your memories.
So what if we can develop all these "neurotransmitters" or system for robots?
There are two possibilities when developing emotions for robots, according to Daniel Dennett, a leading AI philosopher. The most common way is to program them to ACT like they actually feel in love using artificial intelligence. It's not authentic, I know ... You can not be totally happy when knowing your partner's emotions are not real, it sounds like cheating, yes.
The another way is to create an emotional system which operates like human brain. It is same as babies when they start to have consciousness about things around them and learn the emotional words to express how they feel inside. They learn that 'happy' or 'sad' are used for a certain psychological feelings associated with certain expressions, for example, tone, facial or body movements. Simply put, the whole idea is to let robots experience the emotions before teaching them how to express those feelings.
NAO is the first robot in the world that can develop, show emotions and even interact with people as a one-year-old child. He is able to create bonds with people by understanding and reacting to peoples' emotions via their physcial signals such as movements of the body. NAO uses video cameras to detect and recognize those movements and then the neural network brain allows him to memorize interactions with different people. Those understanding combined with recognitions about the environment conditions will define NAO's emotions (sad, happy or frightened). His reactions of the emotions are pre-developed but NAO will 'decide himself' when to show them.
I'm still not sure I'm comfortable with the whole idea of dating robots .. but if robots can help people by becoming good babysitters or caregivers - so why not a date? Human beings are struggling with loneliness anyway.
Source:
Bigthink | Dailybeast | Berkeley.edu | Fastcompany | TheGuardian | QZ | Howstuffworks | Yourbrainhealth | Themindblossoms| Theguardian.com
I do have one question for you. Why we want robots to feel emotions?
I think human emotions aren't always good, as my favorite music composer said...
You are right at that point. We don't need robots feeling emotions, it's too dangerous.
Hahaha yes, it is.
Come on! It will be fun ;)))
Hahaha, of course, it would be fun... Can you even imagine crimes of passion carried out by robots?
Hahaha. It would be sooo exciting!!! :))
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Human emotions are just a far more advanced chemical and organic technologies that we have not yet been able to reproduce. The human being can be considered as a complex and advanced piece of machinery.
I agree totally :P Human beings are too complicated to mimic haha
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This article got me thinking many things, you must have thought deeply to write something like this
The above excerpt is paradoxical but valid
I still remember a lecture's story in my class, he said:
up-till now I still wonder how the robot was able to recognize that the man was looking at it lustfully
Technology is mysterious and seems to transcend my present understanding
I think they are able to do it thanks to the sensors which help them to detect the emotions on faces, but haha your story quite freaks me out lol
The sensors indeed in wooow
Artificial intelligence is the heart of technology
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The current digital architecture is purely mechanical and computers can only mimic the purely mechanical aspects of what we call thinking.
I am going to come down on the side of no, they cannot feel emotions. It is all just a good illusion.
I even wrote a post about that here:
https://steemit.com/steemstem/@procrastilearner/computers-cannot-think-yet
For now. When I consider what some shows and games have written about, I start to question it. But, as you wrote on your post - YET.
Thanks, I also think they can not process their own thoughts, all of their thoughts or reactions right now are pre-programed.
I didn't know that efforts to give AI emotion were so far along. If AI can grow, learn emotions, and think in a similar way to us it will be harder and harder to argue that it is not conscious
Yes the AI is going really fast now, soon robots will become really advanced that we don't even know they are programed machine :)
By the way, if you haven't seen Black Mirror, you definitely should... I'm also a fan of AI.
Yes yes, I'm watching season 3, which episode you are watching?
I watched all seasons already, that's my favorite season, all those episodes are amazing. It's a great tv show... Artificial Intelligence is so palpable, so tangible in Black Mirror. You can tell me what are your favorites episodes when you finish. :)
If some day a robot can get to feel pain and the need to survive, maybe one day it will reach that point of feeling emotions. Emotions are the information or reaction (call it as you like) triggered to the brain to indicate that there is something that is bad or good for survival.
I'm also very curious to see the near future of robots
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Nice
Thanks mate!!
This was one beat article. Totally explored a vast area of this concept. It might be possible to have robots learn and feel emotions in the future rather than just perceive it off a customer's mood in a local store. I loof forward to that.
A step in the right direction!
Good post man.
Thank you, you give me more motivation for my next post <3
Your reference to Daniel Dennet caught my attention. Came across his work recently when I was trying to get my mind around the concept of consciousness. Seems, a lot of people are engaged in the same exercise. I think the heart of your piece goes to the idea of consciousness. Recently there has been a movement toward centering consciousness (or what we believe is consciousness) in the midbrain. I think many areas of investigation, including AI and invertebrate awareness, challenge traditional notions of consciousness. Some researchers think that unraveling the mystery of invertebrate intelligence will be key to advancing AI technology. Find it interesting that your blog (which I arrived at courtesy of @effofex) indirectly touched on the subject I've been reading about for the last few days
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