Reincarnation of Robots and Machines

Many machines these days come with machine learning capabilities. In the future, many machines will include a learning phase; for example, a washing machine may automatically adjust to the preferences of the user. A radio may tune in to the listener’s preferred channel based solely on voice recognition technology. Just like a mobile phone today can learn our preferences?

The question is, what happens to the machines when they become unusable, worn out, damaged, or outdated due to advancements in technology? We will get a new one, but does the new machine recognize us?

Well, here comes the question of the reincarnation of robots and machines. Can we bring back the spirit of machines? Can we retrieve our data in the form it once was?

Can we truly reincarnate machines?

Can we get a machine that is the same as the old one in actions but with a new physical body?

Can the new machine run as much as the old one? Can the new machine be closer to us than the last one? It’s just like the instantiation of a new object, but with the same class, same variables, and same methods.

I can illustrate this with an example: my old Samsung phone wore out, so I got a new one. I thought it would take time to set everything up and learn how to use it. However, the data transfer was so seamless that I felt the new phone was like home; it was very similar. Still, I love to hold my old phone because I was so used to it.

We do get attached to the things we use, don’t we?

So if it’s a laptop, can we transfer data, preferences, and likes as easily as we can from one Samsung phone to another?

What about a robot? Can a new robot replace all the love we have for a robot we have used for years? Why is this question coming up now? As we begin to build robots in larger quantities, this question must be addressed so that future settings can be established with ease.

We would love for the settings and preferences of our old robots, laptops, phones, and gadgets to remain intact in the new ones.

We want whatever machines have learned about us and what machines have discovered for themselves to be saved and transferred to a new robot or machine body. This way, we can preserve the spirit of the robot or machine. Thus, we have a reincarnation of the robot or machine, not in a spiritual or religious sense but in a mechanical sense.

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