Becoming angry at inanimate objects exercises the wrong mental muscles. If there is a physical expression, so much the worse. As things stand now, aggression toward robots will bring out the worst in us. It is easy to imagine being confused about a robot’s status in the near future. Our physical actions do a lot to create our emotional and even physical state. Be kind to things even if they can’t feel pain.
Becoming angry at inanimate objects exercises the wrong mental muscles. If there is a physical expression, so much the worse. As things stand now, aggression toward robots will bring out the worst in us. It is easy to imagine being confused about a robot’s status in the near future. Our physical actions do a lot to create our emotional and even physical state. Be kind to things even if they can’t feel pain.
100 percent agree. Well stated, Blaine.