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To begin my research I am going to compare A.I. “Sentient” robots, what functions they do and don’t have, what are the benefits, what works, the downsides. The aim is to see what could be applicable to applying these sentient factors and essential factors to developing an emotional relationship with your phone. The robots I will be looking at are (but not limited to):
- Neo
- Pepper
- QRIO
- AIBO
- iCat
I will also look at fiction robots such as CP30 and R2D2 from Star Wars, Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Holly and Kryten from Red Dwarf , the Terminator, to analyse functions that are missing in real life.
I have already began building a list of functions that could apply to my sentient phone, what would improve the sentience of the relationship, positives and negatives.
The aspect of privacy is a huge deal, the phone would essentially be watching, listening and monitoring you all the time. Even with settings to moderate the interaction/activity of the phone, the phone would always be listening, of course in case it is prompted again. Because the phone is still a technology, settings still have to be programmed, people may not want a totally sentient/prompted-free robot that could interrupt you at the worst of times.
After analysing these comparisons I would like to generate interviews or surveys with people about their thoughts if a phone could talk (in terms of skills further than Siri), if it could read you, asking them questions based on “what if” basis’ then informing them of the project as a whole, gathering thoughts, opinions and feedback.
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