Can you?

Haylie 2022-03-21 09:01:05

In "I Robot", there is the following paragraph from Detective Spooner (Will Smith) asking the robot Sonny: Spooner: You are a clever imitation of life... Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot take a blank canvas and turn it into a masterpiece? Sonny: Can you? Spooner: ...... I think this is the most interesting dialogue in the whole film. Transmission is the highest level of thinking. It is the difference between "human" and all living things on this planet. In other words, it is the difference between "human" and "non-human". The greatest feature of transmission is not quantifiable, so it cannot be truly realized by AI. In my imagination, with the advancement of AI, most conservative engineers in the future will lose their jobs because their jobs can be completely replaced by computers. But the work of architects, painters, and poets will never be, because their thinking is jumping and cannot be done by computers.

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I, Robot quotes

  • Detective Del Spooner: [sneezes] ... Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.

  • Susan Calvin: Do you ever have a normal day?

    Detective Del Spooner: Yeah. Once. It was a Thursday.