The Chinese characters 异化 literally mean “different/abnormal” and “transform”. The combination is typically used in China to refer to Marx’s theory of alienation which is probably why it was translated that way. I’m not sure what the writer intended by putting those characters next to characters for “robot”. Googling for the combination of characters together doesn’t give many results besides this AI development plan. If I had to guess, I think maybe they mean robots developing alien/unaligned values.
What is “robot alienation”?
The Chinese characters 异化 literally mean “different/abnormal” and “transform”. The combination is typically used in China to refer to Marx’s theory of alienation which is probably why it was translated that way. I’m not sure what the writer intended by putting those characters next to characters for “robot”. Googling for the combination of characters together doesn’t give many results besides this AI development plan. If I had to guess, I think maybe they mean robots developing alien/unaligned values.
a FB friend of mine speculated that this was referring to alienation resulting from ppl losing their jobs to robots… shrug