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Our robot future: R2-D2 or C-3PO?

Rex Sorgatz wonders what sort of robots we’ll build, R2-D2s or C-3POs.

R2-D2 excels in areas where humans are deficient: deep computation, endurance in extreme conditions, and selfless consciousness. R2-D2 is a computer that compensates for human deficiencies โ€” it shines where humans fail.

C3-PO is the personification of the selfish human โ€” cloying, rules-bound, and despotic. (Don’t forget, C3-PO let Ewoks worship him!) C3-PO is a factotum for human vanity โ€” it engenders the worst human characteristics.

I love the chart he did for the piece, characterizing 3PO’s D&D alignment as lawful evil and his politics as Randian.