I had never seen this before so this was definitely an interesting movie. The are many aspects that i can relate to Turkle's book and this jumped out at me right away. The first one is that the robot (David) didn't have the emotion or thinking process that people did. In one instance he tried to kill there real son (Martin) because he was jealous of him that their mom paid more attention to Martin than David. Also, Martin told David to cut their moms hair for some made up reason and David did it without question. Yes, they are kids and kids actually do cut hair, the thinking process was totally different.
I don't think replacing a person with a robot is possible. You become a parent and your job as the parent is too develop a child into an adult guiding them and teaching them as they grow older. A robot can never grow up and its maturity level will probably never change.
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What are you referring to when you say that David tried to kill Martin? I do not believe that there was any part of the film where David actively tried to harm Martin. If you are referring to the scene about Martin's birthday party, I would say that was an accident caused by David's fear.
Also, David did not cut his mother's hair without question. He said that he didn't want to, but he was forced to by Martin. Martin told David "You said that you would promise if I told." This is more of a case of peer pressure, than acting without question.
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