![]() ![]() Turkle then questions a number of children about whether they think a robot companion might be good for their grandparents. It matures and becomes more independent, and its personality is shaped by how it is treated. It is a slightly more advanced sociable robot. For example, it matters more to them that a robot behaves “as if” it has empathy and not that it really does. Alone Together Chapters 4-5 Summary & Analysis Chapter 4 Summary: Enchantment My Real Baby is released in 2000. Turkle finds overall that children are more behaviorist when it comes to considering robots. But precocious Kevin, age 12, asks, “‘If robots don’t feel pain, how could they comfort you?’” (69).Ī group of fifth graders debates the pros and cons of robot babysitters: while they might be more efficient, they can also break down like any other machine. This is an especially common idea in those with absent parents. ![]() This chapter emphasized the shifts in adolescents’ behavior, attitudes, and feelings of the self and social relationships while growing up with an increase use in technology. ![]() They see robots in this positive light, wondering if robots might be caretakers for them someday. In Sherry Turkle’s book, Alone Together, I was especially intrigued with chapter 9 Growing Up Tethered. She studies interactions between My Real Baby and children ages 5 to 14. Turkle traces “an emerging mythology depicts benevolent robots” (68) from WALL-E to R2D2 in the Star Wars movies. ![]()
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