Yamamoto: Intermission 6 - Story 6
A) In this section, there were many ethical imperatives present. One of the most outstanding ones in 'The Day Shion Came' resulted toward the end of the story, when Shion tells her advisor that all humans have dementia, which would explain humans' irrational behavior. Shion, who already had difficulty communicating with the residents that she nursed for was an android. It bothered me that irrational behaviors must be labeled by something, specifically by a character who is not human. It forces us to make a conclusion, when not everything needs an answer.
B) Relating to my response to portion "A", I thought that the larger context that I noticed Yamamoto may be addressing through this portion of the narrative may be the importance of doctor patient care, and how there is constant controversy surrounding our health as humans. As humans it is easy to jump to conclusions and label something immediately. "The frame problem - say you tell a robot you're going out, so it should keep you safe. The robot will walk with you, observing its surroundings, on the lookout for danger. But what qualifies as 'danger'?" (206). As humans, we are typically able to determine this, but technology can't all the time. It worries me, and I believe Yamamoto, that we will incorporate smart technology in the medical world to a fault; allowing it to make personable labels or decisions that the ultimately should not be making.
C) Article example:
The National Space Biomedical Research Institute is developing an intelligent, integrated medical system to assist in delivering quality health care during spaceflight and exploration. "Possible technologies needed include ultrasound diagnostics and therapeutics, lab-on-a-chip systems, patient and health physiologic monitors, and automated systems and devices to aid in decision-making,training and diagnosis" (NSBRI Website). I thought that this article discussing the new forms of space technology that is being created is awesome, but directly correlates to Yamamoto's "larger context" that I discussed in portion "C". Should we be allowing technology to make decisions for us? Should they be monitoring our physiological care if they do not have the ability to feel?
D) The ideas that I touched on through this reading connect well with what I will be doing my final/presentation on. I think that it's important that we recognize the role that technology plays in our everyday lives, specifically our mental health. For technology to be allowed to make decisions for us, it takes away the need for us as humans to have a self reliance. In the medical field, if we are allowing technology to do analyzation behind mental health, is that moral? I strongly disagree because they are incapable of feeling that as a human may.
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