Summary Of Dr. Harold Okamura's 'Autonomously Yours'
1. Please give us a short introduction to Autonomously Yours
It's about a robotics engineer, Dr. Harold Okamura, who is given an opportunity by a shady CEO of a shady company to build the world's first ultra-realistic humanoid android, a lifelong ambition of his. But, the android is female and that creates certain moral problems. She can change her features on the fly, which allows her to become any type of female the user wants her to be. The android has to go through a test period to see if she is safe enough to be put on the market. She's given to three men of the CEO's choosing. Dr. Okamura, along with his android servant Cran, has to monitor her progress through her very own eyes. I see it as an allegorical feminist science fiction tale …show more content…
We can definitely use them as an extension of ourselves. Whether it be autonomous vehicles or convalescent assistance, or, hell, simply just cooking, we absolutely need them to assist in the evolution of humankind. Imagining the potential future possibilities they can provide us makes me absolutely giddy.
3. What impact do you think the future of robotics will hold for relationships between people?
The impact that relationships between robots and humans is potentially huge. There are many people who are lonely in this world, whether it's an inability to make friends or find significant others due to social awkwardness or the death of a loved one, pets, etc., robots hold the potential—and I use that word a lot because of its importance—to fill that void and help us mentally and emotionally. There's evidence of that already. Once we clear the uncanny valley we could see an even larger boom in popularity.
4. Do you think compandroids will ever be a reality?
Judging the general male sexual appetite—to a lesser extent, the female's as well—and watching what's happening with modern robotics I say it's just a matter of time and technology. It's
It's about a robotics engineer, Dr. Harold Okamura, who is given an opportunity by a shady CEO of a shady company to build the world's first ultra-realistic humanoid android, a lifelong ambition of his. But, the android is female and that creates certain moral problems. She can change her features on the fly, which allows her to become any type of female the user wants her to be. The android has to go through a test period to see if she is safe enough to be put on the market. She's given to three men of the CEO's choosing. Dr. Okamura, along with his android servant Cran, has to monitor her progress through her very own eyes. I see it as an allegorical feminist science fiction tale …show more content…
We can definitely use them as an extension of ourselves. Whether it be autonomous vehicles or convalescent assistance, or, hell, simply just cooking, we absolutely need them to assist in the evolution of humankind. Imagining the potential future possibilities they can provide us makes me absolutely giddy.
3. What impact do you think the future of robotics will hold for relationships between people?
The impact that relationships between robots and humans is potentially huge. There are many people who are lonely in this world, whether it's an inability to make friends or find significant others due to social awkwardness or the death of a loved one, pets, etc., robots hold the potential—and I use that word a lot because of its importance—to fill that void and help us mentally and emotionally. There's evidence of that already. Once we clear the uncanny valley we could see an even larger boom in popularity.
4. Do you think compandroids will ever be a reality?
Judging the general male sexual appetite—to a lesser extent, the female's as well—and watching what's happening with modern robotics I say it's just a matter of time and technology. It's