by George Heymont, Huffington Post
While the most apparent uses of robots are for military applications, performing routine chores, and helping to care for the elderly, man’s vanity and arrogance have not diminished in the time since Capek’s play had its world premiere. Nor has this famous scene from 1983’s WarGames stopped scientists from trying to put critical, irreversible decisions in the hands of computers. Although some of the inventors interviewed for Plug and Pray like to boast that they expect artificial intelligence will eventually allow robots to do anything a human being can do — and even have the same rights as citizens — this German documentary does not include evidence that any code has been written that would allow a robot to experience projectile vomiting, explosive diarrhea, hot flashes, or irregular menstrual cycles.
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