We ❤️ Robots: Blade Runner, West World and Why We Feel Bad for Wall-E (Interview with Jiacheng Mo (Heidelberg University))

Are robots the better people? In his PhD project, Jiacheng Mo (Heidelberg University) analyzes artificial minds in anglophone literature. Today, we talk about whether robots dream of electric sheep (pun intended), empathy tests and the (non-)human mind.00:00 – 02:22 Introduction02:23 – 10:50 Why we have empathy with robots10:51 – 20:07 Frankenstein, Blade Runner and other literary artificial minds20:08 – 32:40 What’s the difference between (literary) humans and robots?32:41 – 36:41Why we need stories in our lives36:42 – 39:23 Jiacheng’s future projectsFollow Jiacheng's projects here: instagram.com/frankmjecheng