ISS 210 VDK #3 Q&A

AIBO- Who is AIBO and what are its positive and negative qualities? (Week 11) - Answer- AIBO is sonys robotic dog. Children refused to play with the AIBO more often than with the real dog. AIBO was touched more. Means Pal in Japanese Gazing Back- What is this? Why is it important? Can dogs do it? Can AIBO? (week 11) - Answer- -when you look into the eyes of another subject at the same time, they look back at you -acknowledging humanity is deep -dogs can gaze back, AIBO can't intersubjective experience (week 11) - Answer- existing conscious minds; shared by more than one conscious mind. It requires two subjects posthumanism (week 11) - Answer- an area of inquiry that looks beyond the human How does the study of robots and cyborgs relate to the study of nonhuman animals? (week 11) - Answer- building increasingly complex robotics Biodiversity (week 12) - Answer- we all rely on other aspects to survive, to maintain balanced ecosystems. Without this, there is no future for humanity the sixth great extinction (week 12) - Answer- -currently in. Humans are causing extinction. Habitat destruction (cutting down forests), killing things moving things around the world, climate change, consuming a lot of resources -rising pop. requires more and more resources which are limited. -razing ecosystems to create housing, farm land, and grazing fields for live stock. increase in industrial sites and the pollution that follows. global shipping has spread disease and invasive species. overfishing, use of pesticides. climate change. The Sixth Great Extinction - Impacts (Week 12) - Answer- -10,000 years ago - 1% humans , 99% animals -Now - 32% humans, 1% animals, 67% livestock Link Between Anthropocentrism and Conservation (Week 12) - Answer- Elleen Crist Video -Jelly Fish Story -Shortages of freshwater, diminishing fossil fuels, new kinds of "oil", climate disruption, food security, and wild fish depletions Anthropocene (Week 12) - Answer- -age of humans - broad focus on the impact of