If we apply emotions to robots, will it consider itself human or still a machine?

Answer 1

Data, the android in Star Trek: The Next Generation, had emotions in the movies. He was always considered an android.

I would too. Humans and robots are two very different things.

Answer 2

Probably if the same robots u are talking about, has brains and heart like human - some of the robots might consider itself human while some others will still consider itself, still a machine.

Answer 3

Do androids dream of electric sheep? Does the Pope poo in the woods? Does Isaac Asimov roll over in his grave every time some poor misguided soul reads Foundation's Fear?

All good questions. In answer to yours, there's a variety of opinions in Science Fiction, which really is the most effective barometer of possibilities in that area.

Asimov seems to think that, given emotions, robots will still consider themselves to be robots, but they may decide that they deserve equal consideration with Humans.

Phillip K. Dick, though he was technically talking about replicants, which are effectively organic robots, thinks that not only would they think themselves to be human, they actually would be.

Eric Idle, while not a traditional Sci-Fi writer (he was originally a Monty Python) suggests that, given emotions, the only thing that would separate humans from robots would be the capacity for humor.

Personally, I think Asimov is probably closer to what may actually happen, especially since if anyone ever actually builds an advanced robot they will likely base its psychology on Asimov's three laws of Robotics.

Answer 4

Emotions are not anything you gain, it is developed as a result of the information and data your brain gathers over a period of time. For an android to have emotions, first we would have to develop hazy logic, something that is not yet possible in a machine. Second, the android would have to grow up just like a human, gathering 10 megabyte of data per second, than spending 8-10 hours sorting and storing the data. That is how our brain works.

Answer 5

if we will apply emotions to robots he will become confused & cant think of either human or machine & will disturb all the atmosphere .The reason is simple he will get only emotions not body parts of human.

Answer 6

Emotions and consciousnes are two different things. usually they can produce each other to some extent but a mentally ill person, for example, can be UNconscious of his her emotions.
So, if we apply CONSCIOUSNESS to a robot... I'd say it'd recognize itself as a robot.
How would it feel emotionally? Probably scared of us!

Answer 7

Still a machine- as the emotions will be synthesized.

Answer 8

If it doesn't have free will, it is still a machine.