critical thinking blog assignment #5

   The topic of my research paper is the promises and perils of technology in todays world. I will be researching the good and bad that today's technology has brought us both physically and mentally.
The authors of my first source are Hirose Nasato and Kenichi Ogawa. The name of the article is called Honda Humanoid Robots Development. The journal is Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. I found this source on Jstor. Relevent information that this source provides is the advancement of technology in today's world. The spin of this source is the development of ASIMO (the robot) and improving life in human society. The same way honda made cars, motorcycles and power products, they too wanted to take up a new challenge in mobility in 1986. The main concept behind the robot was to develop a more viable mobility that would allow robots to help and live in harmont with people.
    This articles adds alot of information to my paper because it shows what robots are capable of doing. It also shows how technologgy has advanced severely. I chose this article because the documentary really captured my attention. That is the first reason as to why I chose it. This article also gives us alot of information about robots which to me is extremely important because alot of people are scared of them. I think the main reason people are scared of them is because they dont interact with them everyday. People fear the unknown. Finally, this source fits my research paper topic because it shows us somehing good that has came out of technology and what it has done for us.

    The second source I chose is What Is It Like To Be A Robot? and it is written by Daniel C. Dennett. The journal name is The American Institute Of Biological Sciences and I found this source on Jstor. Relevent information that this source provides us with the ability to get inside if a robot;s mind. Mc. Farland (scientist)ultimate goal was a robot that can be held accountable and to whom things matter. In other words, a robot with subjectivity and values. The spin on this article was basically showing how robots can act just like humans. They can identify danger, call for help when needed, and even saving energy supply for the next day.
    This source fits in my reasearch paper topic because I'm going to talk about some of the bad taht has came from technology. This is a perfect example because peoples jobs have been taken away due to robots. The companies save more money and they let people go. I chose this article because the first one I chose leans more towards by robots are good in our society and this one gives us more of an idea as to why the creation of robots isnt such a good idea.