Sunday, November 12, 2017

 
   
Before I go in-depth about the advanced mechanics which is referred as the “robot”, let me just give an analysis of “Black Mirror: Be Right Back”  The characters Martha and Ash are deeply in love with each other and move in together to a house in the countryside. On the next morning, Ash drives the van they hired for the relocation back to the rental, but he has an accident and dies. During the funeral, Martha's friend Sarah tells her about a service to help grieving people to recover, creating a virtual Ash to communicate with her from the information available in social networks and Internet. Martha cries to Sarah and does not accept the idea. However, Sarah subscribes Martha to the service and she receives and e-mail from Ash and has an argument with Sarah. A few days later, Martha learns that she is pregnant and she does not succeed in contacting her sister Naomi. She responds Ash's e-mail and they start a relationship through e-mail first and through cell phone later. One day, Ash offers an experimental and expensive service to Martha and she receives a synthetic body identical to Ash. When Martha activates the clone, she finds an identical Ash and they have sex. This episode brings light to the recognition of robots. For starters, humans and robots do not function similarly. Humans take in information and emotions using a brain and bodily functions but the same cannot be said about robots. They do not contain the bodily functions that helps it function the way humans do. One thing I can say is that the robot (Ash 2.0) was a good imitator. With that being said, robots like Ash 2.0 shouldn't be denied their humanity.

1 comment:

  1. If Ash 2.0 is imitating humanity, why should we deny them humanity?

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.