Technological Advancement Is Causing New Moral Questions to Arise

The video "Be Right Back" showed that in a time not too far from the present, technology can become very advanced and make life a different experience. With these technological advancements comes new opportunity and we might have to ask ourselves if certain things are morally acceptable. Their is something very unsettling about "Be Right Back" and it introduces the program to bring back Ash in a way that can be described as nothing other than creepy. When Martha first hears about the program, her reaction was similar to how I would have reacted in the situation, she thought it was ridiculous and didn't want to have anything to do with it. I think the whole idea of the program is morally ambiguous, but I definitely think it shouldn't be started the day of the funeral. I think it should be done after the grieving process or should include a full program with other therapy methods involved. It's hard to say whether or not I would use the program if it were available to me, but I feel like it would just be harder to let go of that person if it were anything more than an email or phone conversation. I'm not opposed to creating an AI of a lost loved one, nor am I opposed to realistic looking robots with sex abilities, but combining the two thins the line between unfamiliarity and familiarity. When Martha buys a body for Ash2.0 she realizes that he is only a collection of Ash's online presence and is not completely him, but as he learns from observation he becomes too realistic to let go. I think that if an AI is continuing to learn and grow in life then it is becoming someone different from who the deceased person would be at that age. The ending of "Be Right Back" showed that Martha has not moved passed Ash and she definitely doesn't know how to throw a party for her kid. I'm fine with her hiding someone in her attic, we are all guilty of it every now and then, but her daughter didn't call him dad and there were no signs of anybody else living there. I know of widows and single moms that do just fine on their own, but Martha was young and it seemed to be about seven or eight years later. I have no way of actually knowing if this is true, but I think that a lot of people might not remarry after this program. The program could possibly help people. It's hard to know because it doesn't currently exist, so all we can really do is scroll through instagram and wait for the sex robots to come.