POST 134: HUMANOIDS, GEMINOIDS, GOLEMS

2:00 P.M.
Monday, January 26, 2009
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MUSIC & IMAGES/PICTURES, ROBOTS & GOLEMS

In some exhanages in the youtube ostensibly by "muslims" there are some arguing or commenting about pictures being haraam... why post images & videos of Islaam's holy places, Muslims praying? etc etc This is another controversial topic or issue in ISLAAM among MUSLIMS - IMAGES & PICTURES. Original ISLAAMIC ART in the past lacked ANIMAL & HUMAN FIGURES & IMAGES. Now, 2009, there are even statues of dolphins, camels in roundabouts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

I am not knowleadgable or competent enough to talk authoritatively about the issue but I have my own personal views/beliefs...

A Muslim brother remarked to me that on the DAY OF JUDGMENT those who created life-like paintings/statues of animals & humanswill be questioned & made to account for their creations... [My aunt's souvenir shop used to cater to American servicemen in realistic PORTRAITS... My aunt had excellent per work contractual painters from various tribes including Batanguenos, Bicolanos & Kapampamngans...] God/THE SUPREME BEING will ask them to GIVE LIFE TO WHAT THEYCREATED... Of course, in ISLAAM only God has the power/right/privilege to CREATE especially LIVING BEINGS. But according to some CONSTHEOries the KABBALISTIC JEWS have the ability to create GOLEMs...

Compare this initial IDEAS with the following video presentations in the YOUTUBE:

GEMINOID [attribute to Japanese AI expert Dr.Hiroshi Ishiguro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8pMN6CcmXY
Robotics - Clone Japanese Robot
by: youngesterTV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfL_wZk25TM
Geminoid HI-1
by: newlaunches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WijMCSfX0RA
Robot Looks Like Inventor
by:diagonaluk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz1yFIIyAF8
Dr. Ishiguro greets via Geminoid
by: COODOO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Ishiguro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actroid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid_robot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android

I am surprised because apparently the WIKI presentations have dropped the term "geminoid"...
So "geminoid" becomes like a trademark only & not a generic term ( a la "frigidaire" for "refrigerator")...
HISTORY fo AI still definitely IN THE MAKING... I should present my term paper on PHILOSOPHY of AI/MIND [FOR A GRADE OF FLAT 1.0]!... It is VERY ORIGINAL... unless you believe there are other BEINGS who are using my brain/mind & body...

A VERY STIMULATING INTRO TO ISLAAM & PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION COMBINED WITH PHILOSOPHY OF MIND/A.I./ROBOTICS THAT CAN LEAD TO REALLY HEATED ARGUMENTATION & DEBATE (A LA ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT!) BETWEEN RELIGIOUS & SCIENTIFIC INTELLECTUALS...

I RECOMMEND THE MONTHLY BBC PROGRAM "DOHA DEBATES"... THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT I KNOW FEATURING THIS FORMAT...
ALL OTHER PROGRAMS IS ONE-WAY WITH LITTLE OR NO INTERACTION... BUT ACCORDING TO CNN, BBC DENIED AN AD
FOR GAZA AID...

A HEAVY QUESTION FOR THE READER (Given just after their having a satisfying, belly-filling FREE LUNCH:

TO WHOM WILL YOU SIDE IN THE END:
TO THOSE DEVELOPING HUMANOIDS OR TO, SAY, (RELIGIOUS) MUSLIMS?...

A VERY VERY VERY INTERESTING TOPIC I SHALL DELVE ON & MAYBE I SHALL CREATE AN INTERACTIVE BLOG FOR EVERYONE TO JOIN IN... SO MANY NICE IDEAS & PLANS & PROJECTS... BUT I REALLY NEED TO GET EMPLOYED NOW...

TMNP