{"id":4914,"date":"2010-10-17T19:40:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T19:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=4914"},"modified":"2010-10-17T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T19:40:25","slug":"so-how-come-yoshimi-battles-the-pink-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/so-how-come-yoshimi-battles-the-pink-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"So How Come Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Robot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Robot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Robot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4915\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/blog\/mimssbits\/25881\/?ref=rss\">This<\/a> piece (from Mims\u2019 Bits) on the difference between western and Japanese attitudes to robots is a stretch. Read the whole thing, but here\u2019s an extract:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Heather Knight, founder of the world&#8217;s first (non-industrial) robot census, has made the study of robot \/ human interaction her life&#8217;s work. She posits that the difference between Japanese and American attitudes toward robots is rooted in something much older than even the idea of robots: religion. &#8220;In Japan&#8230; they&#8217;re culturally open to robots, on account of animism. They don&#8217;t make a distinction between inanimate objects and humans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Given that Japanese culture predisposes its members to look at robots as helpmates and equals imbued with something akin to the Western conception of a soul, while Americans view robots as dangerous and willful constructs who will eventually bring about the death of their makers, it should hardly surprise us that one nation favors their use in war while the other imagines them as benevolent companions suitable for assisting a rapidly aging and increasingly dependent population.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh <em>sure<\/em>, that\u2019s it. Western culture shown to be hopelessly morally inferior yet again (or something). Give me a break. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2010\/10\/robot-religion.html\">H\/t: Andrew Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This piece (from Mims\u2019 Bits) on the difference between western and Japanese attitudes to robots is a stretch. Read the whole thing, but here\u2019s an extract: Heather Knight, founder of the world&#8217;s first (non-industrial) robot census, has made the study &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/so-how-come-yoshimi-battles-the-pink-robots\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[653,232,652],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}