Art and Robotics

Everyone at first recognition believed that Johannes Gutenberg was the one who invented the printing press, however, it was the Chinese that first invented the printing press in 1040. The printing press led to the assembly line production technique and this helped with education and the growth of knowledge for people in the West. The one problem that has risen with industrialization is the fact that now a days it in in our everyday life. Robots constantly do things like wash our dished drive us around and wash our clothes, this is something that had taken jobs away like new technology in the work force that takes standard citizens out of the work force because they are not needed anymore.

Walter Benjamin stated that: “the unique value of the “authentic” work of art has its basis in ritual, the location of its original use value”(Benjamin 136). He also suggests that art resembles economic production. I agree with his view on it because of the fact that how art has evolved in time and in a day and age now where technology and the production of robotics has played a critical role. Robots are already now so influential in our life, what is going to happen 30-40 years down the road, how much more can they be involved? “One dire prediction is that by 2030, 2 billion jobs will be lost globally to robots and software” (Francis).

In the film, “I, Robot”, the question is raised that in the future, are robots going to be our own maids and will they try and take over our planet. Technology is constantly going to improve and for us as people it is only human to try and make our lives as easy as they can. The question is if we will go to far? I can relate this idea to the fact of the film industry. In the Fast and Furious sequels, we can see how action-filled it is and these movies are always constantly moving at a fast pace. In these types of movies, the cars are constantly moving and it can distract the viewer from the cars itself. The cars are great works of art that only a certain set of viewers will actually pay attention to and when you constantly see them going at dangerous speeds and crashing them into pieces, takes our minds of the actual work of art.

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Robinson, Andrew. “Walter Benjamin: Art, Aura, and Authenticity.” Ceasefire Magazine RSS. N.p., 14 June 2013. Web. 19 Apr. 2015.

Francis, Diane. “As Robots Start to Take over Retail, Will There Be Any Jobs?” New York Post. N.p., 25 Jan. 2015. Web. 19 Apr. 2015.

Vesna, Victoria. "Robotics Pt. 2." YouTube. 15 Apr. 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.