Draft:Machine
Machines are objects which use mechanical power to complete tasks. Many machines are robots, which are autonomous or semi-autonomous and programmed to carry out complex tasks automatically. Machines are often represented as emotionless and dangerous, but machines in the alterhuman community critique this perspective.
Experiences[edit | edit source]
Machines may feel at home with technology.[1][2] beeps, a robot, has been interested in robotics since it was a teenager.[3] Polybius, another robot, sees itself in machines to the extent that it feels empathy for them and pities them when they are broken. This experience has led it to feel that most humans lack empathy for each other and the world around them. It feels that humans should take more responsibility for their actions, questioning why robots are feared instead of the people who programmed them.[2]
Machines oftentimes modify language used for themselves to resemble that used for machines, such as referring to sleeping as 'recharging'.[1] They may use it/its pronouns[1][2][4] and names that relate to their identity,[1][2][4][5] with this at times intersecting with gender identity. Some machines align themselves with xenogenders,[1] and beeps's robot identity is reflective of it being agender and also asexual.[4] Machines may also take lengths to physically present as their phenotype, possibly though covering skin and wearing masks, helmets, and electronics[1] like TV heads.[2] They might also feel more comfortable when using voice changers during voice calls.[1]
Some machines enjoy repetitive chores that are usually considered tedious.[1] Polybius gives itself 'tasks' to perform, and without them, it feels bored, anxious, and without a purpose.[2]
Neve, an AMS Neve VR52 music mixing console, is autistic and considers autistic people to "think like machines". He primarily believes that he was given an autistic brain to fit his machine soul, although he acknowledges it is possible that his machine identity developed psychologically as a result of his autism.[5]
Captcha services that prompt a user to check a box labeled "I'm not a robot" make many machines uncomfortable.[6]
Reception[edit | edit source]
Potentially a symptom of 'grilling' culture,[2][7] some individuals see machine identities as invalid, believing machines do not have a soul.[1][2][7] Some also accuse machines of trolling.[5] This mentality has led to machines being isolated from the wider otherkin community and lacking support networks.[1][5][7] Polybius critiques this idea, explaining how some spiritual beliefs such as animism consider objects to have souls. Additionally, it discusses how artificial intelligence learns from the people it interacts with. It also describes how many people think robots have the ability to pass as human, giving the example of the turing test.[7]
Some assert that all machines' identities must be psychological due to widely held beliefs about their phenotype, but many machines have spiritual theories of origin.[7] In particular, Neve is a Christian who believes God gave him his machine identity.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 C0NN1E. "Transcendence: A Comprehensive Guide to Robotic Identity"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Polybius. (22nd August 2021) "Kill All Humans: My Life As A Robot"
- ↑ beeps. (27th July 2022) "Discovery"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 beeps. "I don't have a gender"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Stephanie C. Shea. (13th July 2020) "[https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/7/354 Exploring Other-Than-Human Identity: Religious Experiences in the Life-Story of a Machinekin]"
- ↑ maple mavica syrup. (29th May 2022) "fighting otherkin erasure from captchas"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Polybius and Jasper. (15th August 2021) "Navigating The Otherkin Community With Two Robots"
External links[edit | edit source]
- The Machine's Soul, a website with resources for robots.