Final Exam Post #1 Reply

Original: AI Response

While watching the movie one thing that really got my attention and I don't know if it was ever sufficiently answered is why Joe was going to be in trouble. Would he actually be capable of killing the woman? Or was he not allowed to take part in adultery? You would think if it was him being accused of the murder, then it would be simple for them to replay his memory and see that it was not him. Either way if either of these two things were what he would be in trouble for wouldn't he be programmed not to do either? Would they pin the murder on him just, because of the attitude some had against the robots?

Another thought that I had is that it still makes me wonder how we can get a proper feel for how we would perceive a robot boy, because in the movie he is played as a real boy. I understand that David is supposed to be undistinguishable from a real boy, but maybe that is impossible and if we were watching an actual robot possibly computer generated for the movie the audience would feel completely different.

Also, out of pure jealousy if there were robots like Joe, then they would be hated. Spouses would be constantly afraid of their significant other cheating on them. I would definitely see flesh fairs as a real possibility. For the same reason people like to watch trucks run over cars they just think the destruction is exciting. Combine that with the moving parts of robots and hatred some people will hold for them and it would be even bigger. The people in the crowd of the flesh fair reminded me of those you would see at a monster truck show or something.

While I felt sympathetic for David when he was about to be destroyed at the flesh fair I don't think it was as bad as I would have felt had it been a real boy. A little bit of sympathy was felt for every robot, but that doesn't make them human. People feel bad when animals are mistreated.


New: AI Response

Considering I just wrote a 6 page paper more along the lines of what my original response was this is going to take a little work to get those biased thoughts out of my head.

The reason Joe will be in trouble is, because they will pin the murder on him. He’ll get in trouble, because the robots and humans appear to be on the brink of war. The human population is being controlled while the robot population is growing and the robots are even replacing children. Humans are afraid that robots will take them over. You can see the hatred some humans hold for robots during the flesh fair. While the robots are caged one even says that its history repeating itself. I took that as when people perceive something as a threat they tend to fear it and want to destroy it. So yes it is very likely they could try to pin this murder on Joe. Also, while David has a perfect memory he is also a later generation. Joe could be lacking these capabilities.

In the future robots will look and act so real that by using a computer generated model for David would do the movie injustice. The point is that the robots will look that real so in order to grasp this concept completely a real boy must play the part of David.

People very well might hate the sex robots. But that doesn’t mean they would all be completely destroyed. Don’t people get jealous of each other? Of course, spouses cheat with other humans as it. What really is the difference when these robots appear to be so real? There is much of one at all. While some robots might be killed by a spouse for this the same thing happens to humans who participate in adultery. The robots are too handy to get rid of, because of something that will happen whether they do or don’t exist. Also look at the people attending the flesh fair. They appear to be ignorant rednecks. Racism occurs in this world and it results in human on human violence. There will always be at least a small percentage of people that don’t approve of robots, but as a whole they would be accepted.

It is understandable while watching to the movie to not feel as sympathetic for David as you would a real boy, because you know that David is a robot. However, the people in the stands can’t distinguish the difference. To them David is a real boy, because he looks so real and is pleading for his life. All of the other robots just accepted their fate with no emotion. A robot like David who is capable of fearing for and pleading for his own life shouldn’t be destroyed, because it is cruel.