I am not a robot. I am a human being.
We human beings — people — are amazing.
Each of us is unique. No two of us are the same. We may be similar, but we’re not exactly the same. Each of us has our own unique blend of talents, abilities and yes, foibles.
We are remarkable. We can do amazing things. We can achieve great things.
Our lives are unique. We don’t all live in the same place, in the same type of accommodation. Each of us responds to what happens to us and around us in our own unique ways. And usually not in exactly the same way every time.
As I said, I am not a robot.
Robots are programmed to do specific things in specific ways at specific times. We control what robots do by what we program them to do.
Robots with AI capabilities are programmed how to think — or at least that’s what the programmers think.
Any attempt, any measure taken to control what I think — or worse, to control how I think — de-humanizes me. It has the goal of making me less-than-me. And I strenuously object.
Because I am not a robot.
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Note: This image of Ameca, a humanoid robot developed by Engineered Arts Ltd., was found at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ameca_Generation_1.jpg on February 5, 2023 and is used under their Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
