Will computers ever be able to show human emotions?
Cosmos Games.
Okies, here we go:
You can post whatever you want (on-topic, of course, and defending the point of view from the team you were assigned to) untill Saturday, March 23.... After I close the thread, I'll post two polls (my first ones!): one to vote for a team, and another one to vote for an individual.
Just keep in mind: this discussion will not be about who has the best arguments (if you vote for your own team in the polls, you're actually defending the point of view you don't agree with - scary, hu?)...
Here's the question again:
Will computers ever be able to show human emotions?
Here are the teams:
Defending the NO point-of-view:
Alcatraz
Cgkanchi
Chsh
DebWalin
Gold Eagle
Hot_Ice
MsMittens
Noia
Psychosquee
Remote_Access_
TotalChaos(D~Sq
Uzerfrendly
WebCarnage
Defending the YES point-of-view:
Flibberdy
Lord_darkside-x
Negative
Preacherman481
PWaring
RcGreen
VictorKaum
Posts from people not in this list will be removed...
Posts from people defending the point of view from the team they were not assigned to, will also be removed...
AntiPoins are not allowed (although I'm not gonna delete posts with assigned antipoints...)
To keep things clearly structured, I suggest you start each post with YES, computers one
day WILL be able to show human emotions, or NO, computers will NEVER be able to show human emotions...
Enjoy, keep it fair, don't get confused, and good luck ;)
Neg.
No Computers will not be able to show emotions
Perhaps it helps to define what emotion is. From dictionary.com:
Quote:
e·mo·tion Pronunciation Key (-mshn)
n.
1. A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling: the emotions of joy, sorrow, reverence, hate, and love.
2. A state of mental agitation or disturbance
3. The part of the consciousness that involves feeling; sensibility
One of the things we have to realize is that we have some undefinable things within humans, namely this thing we call a soul. Emotions are not simple responses to stimuli. Love and hatred are not responses to stimuli and when started on their own can be quite strong. Our emotions are partially learned and partially nature. Babies laugh before they hear it or are shown it. They learn in time that certain things cause laughter.
They are not necessarily programmed in us. We learn some but others come from within. Not all our emotions are nutured (aka learned from others). Some are actually part of us. Ingrained within us.
If a machine/computer was programmed to learn and respond to stimuli then it will just respond to the stimuli. It will not necessarily "feel" emotion.
Machines or computers are often programmed to do nothing more than things that we ourselves cannot do. They were created (and in their present state will remain in this fashion) to "help" us do more. They are nothing more than tools.
Computers will probably reach a state where they learn and adapt but that adaption will be based on preset values of probably 0, 1 and 2. The idea of decision making and making decisions based on emotions are not things that computers will necessarily do.