As technology advances we grow more and more uneasy. In "Black Mirror: Be Right Back" we see how technology could possibly effect us in the near future. The main characters of the film Martha and Ash are moving into their new house. You can immediately see how much Ash uses his cell phone and how oblivious to his surroundings. The next day Ash has to go out by himself but never returns. Ash most likely was being influenced by his phone will driving and had an accident. Martha is devastated and at the funeral a friend of hers wants to refer her to something that may help her move on.
The friend referred her to a program that takes all the desired persons traits to act as if he was still alive. Martha is skeptical at first but cant handle the pain and gives in. She begins to talk to it and it soon gets out of hand. She soon has a robot that looks exactly like Ash walking around the house. She enjoys it at first but it soon shows it cant completely replace Ash as an actual person.
While it is never explicitly stated, I think you are right to infer that Ash is most likely distracted by his phone, and thus his phone could be the cause of the accident. If Martha realized this, do you think she might have made a different decision with respect to Ash 2.0?
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