What makes a human “human”? A question that may seem weird
to ask, but in this technological world, it is a fair question to ask. The
technology of the world today is rapidly evolving. Things that we never thought
could exist are being invented. However, has technology gone too far?
In the movie, “Be Right Back”, we see how technology can go
too far. I don’t believe that people should use technology to mimic a person
that is dead in order to not feel alone or find closure. I understand that when
a loved one dies, a person may see the need to talk to that person again. On the
other hand, I do not feel that technology is the way. Especially, making an
exact replica of the dead person into a human-like robot. I say human-like and
not human, because a robot will never be able to be a human. A robot, no matter
how much feelings is put into it, will never be able to fully feel like a
human. It can be thought how to feel, but its essence and soul will never be
there. How can another person make a soul of something? He/she is not God. Even
if there was such thing as being able to make a soul and put it into the robot,
what good could that be? Emotionally, I feel like that would be catastrophic.
In the case of Martha trying to find closure by first
e-mailing “Ash”, was the start to something terrible. She was basically
pretending to talk to him, when deep down she knew that Ash was dead and that
was only a robot. Then, when she decided to take the next step and get the
phone calls, she made things even worse. Now, she was becoming more and more
attached to this thing that was pretending to be her dead boyfriend. Of course,
as humans, we have a sense of curiosity. But, like they say, curiosity killed
the cat. Martha basically killed her chances of actually moving on when she
decided to take this experiment to the next level. Despite, the astonishing replica,
the voice, and digital memories that Ash 2 had, he would never be human. Why?
He cannot think for himself and rationalize without the help of the digital
information and what Martha told it. Therefore, it had no sense of self and no
soul. It’s so sad to see in the end how Martha kept the robot. It’s sad because
she was never able to move on. Plus, she brought her daughter into this. How
sick is that? I feel like the daughter will never be able to have a semi-normal
childhood with a robot pretending to be her dead father. I think this is bad on
all the levels. That is why I feel like technology can and may go too far in
the future. Things like this should not exist for the sake of a person’s
humanity and emotional stability. This is not healthy for the world.
This is a video of the most uncanny valley videos. It is soo creppy!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM82RzN0urI
2 comments:
I totally agree with your sentiments. One thing that I found interesting in your analysis is how the creators of the humanoid cannot play God. It seems to me as if they are trying their hardest to do so by creating their own humans. Usually when people try to play God things go terribly wrong. That makes me wonder about all of the negative effects of replicating deceased loved ones.
Also, I think Martha's daughter knows that Ash 2 isn't her real father.
I agree with you Claudia. You can't make a replica of a person who already died, because when you feel like you don't have interest in that robot/duplicate, you won't have the strength to tell that person to die. Because you will feel guilty that the who just "came back to life" will die again.
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