Lecture 15 Cognitive Science in Film

Question 1

Transient Global Amnesia

Answer 1

The inability to turn short term memories into long-term memories.
Patients don’t know they have this condition.

Question 2

Basic emotions

Answer 2

Fear
Anger
Joy
Sadness 
Surprise 
Disgust 

(Body is like a robot looking for the joy stick)

Question 3

Rene Descartes

Answer 3

Was concerned with how do we know our cognitive senses. But as long as we can think we know we exist

Question 4

Solipsism

Answer 4

The idea that you are the only thinking entity in the universe and everyone else is an illusion.
(very hard to disprove)

Question 5

care

Answer 5

We have more empathy for people who can communicate with us

Question 6

Empathy

Answer 6

We are more accepting of violence towards a faceless enemy. (Storm trooper and droids.)

Question 7

Asimov’s three laws

Answer 7

A robot may not injure a human
being or, through inaction, allow
a human being to come to harm.

A robot must obey the orders
given to it by human beings,
except where such orders would
conflict with the First Law.

A robot must protect its own
existence as long as such
protection does not conflict with
the First or Second Laws.

Question 8

Asimov’s three laws (problems)

Answer 8

injury is to vaguely defined, and robots can fully prevent all harms.

Question 9

If functionalism is right

Answer 9

It is theoretically possible that you can upload your mind to a computer or program.