Write a short response on the topic: What does it mean to be Human? Interrelation between human beings and technology What is the difference between human, cyborg, and robot?

Can you imagine living in a world in which the view of cyborgs or

robots

wandering the streets is something usual? Isaac Asimov presented the positive and negative aspects of

such

a world in the science fiction novel I,

Robot

, published in 1950. In 2004 the book became a movie directed by Alex Proyas. The

film

stars Will Smith in the main role. The plot follows the development of a Virtual Interactive Kinetic

Intelligence

(VIKI), an artificial

intelligence

system that takes control of the NS-5

robots

. In the

film

, robotics and artificial

intelligence

are the core technologies. The

film

I,

Robot

represents the way in which

people

understand

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technology

and how

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technology

affect

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society. The special effects and animations in the

film

are stunning. The

robots

and cars are depicted in a very realistic way and the viewer

feel

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that they are real. The

robots

are shown as creatures with a high level of

intelligence

.

However

, they are electronic machines and can perform activities without

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external

assistant

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.

Robots

move

on

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in

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the way that

are

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originally designed to act. The human beings in the

film

ensure that the

robots

are for specific work

,

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and that humankind will not become subordinate

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the intelligent

robots

. They are designed to follow the Three Laws of Robotics: never hurt a person or let a human

to

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harm it, always obey humans until the

First

Law is violated, and defend

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own existence unless the

First

or

Second

Laws are violated.

People

and

technology

are closely related to each other.

Technology

is a product of

human`s

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progress. What is more, it is the accumulation of every knowledge and

skills

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that came from the human mind, transformed, and concentrated

to

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a specific field of science

that is

used

production

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in production

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and research in every industry. Without

technology

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we cannot live. Computers, machines,

robots

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and robots

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are

essential

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part

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of human lives. How do we build houses, how do make clothes, how do we cook our food if there is no

technology

? It is used by

people

for different purposes.

Robots

save lives in surgery operations, teach students during lessons, clean houses and even can do far more complex cognitive operations, like sensing

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environment and

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itself

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as shown in the driverless car. Limiting the advancements of

technology

, we limit the ways our minds work. The title I,

Robot

signifies the

robot

as an individual.

Also

, the pronoun I

portrays

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self-consciousness

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and awareness of the

robot

. Sonny shows knowledge of his environment and the

people

that embody his surroundings. As the old saying goes “I think

therefore

I am”, Sonny and the other

robots

think and

therefore

they are. These

robots

are alive and evolve into human thinkers.

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technology

is constantly evolving and computers are able to do a lot of intellectual work at a very high speed, human beings are more advanced.