Uncanny in Reality

     The discussion we've had over the last few classes were over the theory of the uncanny valley and how humans tend to feel about human-like robots.  My own personal feelings are that I'm fine with robots as long as I can tell it's a robot.  The moment I cannot tell if its a robot or a human is when I start to have the uncanny feeling. 
     In class, we defined uncanny as the feeling of familiarity in something unknown.  When watching the short film "Be Right Back," I started to have that feeling of the uncanny.  Ash two was so much like Ash one, that it was very creepy, almost unsettling for me.  The most disturbing scenes were when she pointed out that the simulation had a mole missing where Ash one had.  The simulation instantly "grew" the missing mole.  Another scene that made me uneasy was when she wanted the simulation to argue back with her but it couldn't.  Why couldn't the simulation argue back with her?  Good question.  It couldn't argue back with her because the only experiences she "uploaded" to the software were good the times they shared and the only internet feed it found were Ash's good, positive responses to things because Ash one put forth the best Ash onto the internet.  I do in fact feel for Ash's wife, Martha, because I understand that when loosing someone close to you, you just want that last goodbye or see their smile once more or hug them one last time.  Martha really needed that one last talk, especially once she found out she was pregnant, because not only would her child not grow up with a father, but Ash would never know he had a child.  The problem is that she lead herself on by thinking she needed more, and she went from the chat room to the phone call, from the phone call to the full figured simulation.  Then after wanting that desired argument, I feel that she finally realized that she was in way over her head.  She knew that Ash one would never be back and she figured out that Ash two was, as she said, "not enough of him." 
     Since they had this idea in a TV show, I do believe that it will soon be here in reality and I think everyone should realize what their boundaries are.  Martha's should've been at the phone call, mine would've been at the chat site.  Once a boundary is found, people can use this as a mighty tool to help them cope with grieving to get that one last time.  People are longing for this kind of tool right now.  If you go on different Instagram profiles of people who have passed, that were in relationships, you'll be able to see how their significant others will comment on their photographs as if that person is still there.  Even friends and family will do the same.  Some people even text those who've passed cell phone number in hopes of getting a response.  So I do believe that this will help a lot of people, if they understand where the line should be crossed.