Sadness Does Not Compute
Here is an illustration of a cheery robot featuring a digital screen that bears the message, ‘Be Happy’.
This image was used to accompany an editorial piece about a team of Japanese scientists that had developed the world’s most advanced robot, capable of mimicking certain human traits and behaviours. In their quest for further realism, these scientists had begun trying to develop a program that would allow this robot to experience human emotions.
How utterly terrifying…
