Studying Robots’ Capability in Loving and Being Loved in Science Fiction
عنوان مقاله: Studying Robots’ Capability in Loving and Being Loved in Science Fiction
شناسه ملی مقاله: ELSCONF08_073
منتشر شده در هشتمین کنگره ملی تازه یافته ها در مطالعات زبان انگلیسی در سال 1399
شناسه ملی مقاله: ELSCONF08_073
منتشر شده در هشتمین کنگره ملی تازه یافته ها در مطالعات زبان انگلیسی در سال 1399
مشخصات نویسندگان مقاله:
Javad Mehrabi - Department of English, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Azadi Square, Mashhad, Iran
Azra Ghandeharion - Associate Professor, Department of English, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM), Iran
Zohreh Taebi Noghondari - Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM),Iran
خلاصه مقاله:
Javad Mehrabi - Department of English, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Azadi Square, Mashhad, Iran
Azra Ghandeharion - Associate Professor, Department of English, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM), Iran
Zohreh Taebi Noghondari - Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM),Iran
Androids have been in our lives for a long time, whether through fiction, cinema or the discussions broughtto us by media and scientists. To see them as conscious being has always been thought of as a possibility. In addition,the love life of androids has not escaped the imaginative minds of writers and filmmakers. Android consciousness andthe emotional interactions between human and androids are both addressed in many science fiction movies and novels.This article aims to show that androids are exactly like humans in their capability to be conscious and to feel humanlikeemotions. It draws on Boris Kotchoubey’s model of consciousness as a yardstick to explore artificialconsciousness in android characters. It also employs David Levy’s parameters for love to analyze androids in termsof feelings. In the end, after analyzing the behaviour of some android characters in selected movies and novels, thepaper concludes that the androids could be called conscious beings and experience human consciousness. It alsodemonstrates that androids are able to show human feelings and emotions.
کلمات کلیدی: Consciousness, Android, Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction, Boris Kotchoubey’s Model of Consciousness, Levy’s Parameters For Falling In Love
صفحه اختصاصی مقاله و دریافت فایل کامل: https://civilica.com/doc/1129026/