As time passes, and as technology advances, the importance of humans becomes diminished more and more. This is seen in our day-to-day lives on a regular basis, even on small scales. What is the point in remembering who the 22nd President of the United States was when you can simply ask Siri instead? Why is learning how to spell a word so important if your computer will put a squiggly red line under it and correct it for you with a simple click? These questions sound trivial in the grand scheme of things, but I view it as the beginning of the end of humans. It has become evident that we are soon to be unneeded and that there is little meaning left in being a human. Ex Machina, Blade Runner, and A Scanner Darkly are fine films, however they are also quite frightening when considering what existence and purpose for humans is, let alone what it really means to be human and how all of these things are dwindling.
While watching A Scanner Darkly, I grew nervous about the future. The idea that humanity could reach a point of being so unstable that it needed to be under constant surveillance is quite frightening. It was amazing how such a large group of people had been taken over by this Substance D, and I thought to myself about how stupid these people were to have taken something they knew was so dangerous. Quickly, I realized how completely idiotic I was for thinking that once I stopped to consider that we see it all the time. Be it crack/cocaine, heroin, or what have you, humans seem to have a knack for doing stuff they should not be doing even if they know it will kill them and drive them to do bad things. Even something as simple as high caffeine intake or a poor diet could be considered equally bad. Consider a world where the government takes the initiative to monitor the health of every individual and polices what we can and cannot eat, drink, or put into our bodies in general. At some point, they would grow tired of it. It takes much less work to just not have humans around at all, especially if we can be replaced somehow. So why not replace humans? …show more content…
Dr. Tyrell in Blade Runner seemed to have no problem figuring out how to create replacements for us. The replicants Rachael, Roy, Zhora, Leon, and Pris were only given a life-span of four years due to technological limits, but the fact that they were able to be created so life-like and capable of a much higher level of functioning than humans is astonishing. They were all stronger than us humans, capable of emotion, and clearly able to win a battle of wits in some of the fight scenes. The only thing differentiating them from humans were the Turing tests. However, if real world scientists already know how to clone animals through nuclear transfer, who is to say we can 't clone humans? Additionally, if we were somehow able to put all that we already know about the creation of convincing, virtual artificial intelligence in computers into these clones, is it possible that we could turn them into something greater than Tyrell quality replicants that can live much longer? Ex Machina would seem to suggest that the answer to that question is a resounding "yes". The humanoid robots in this film are of
While watching A Scanner Darkly, I grew nervous about the future. The idea that humanity could reach a point of being so unstable that it needed to be under constant surveillance is quite frightening. It was amazing how such a large group of people had been taken over by this Substance D, and I thought to myself about how stupid these people were to have taken something they knew was so dangerous. Quickly, I realized how completely idiotic I was for thinking that once I stopped to consider that we see it all the time. Be it crack/cocaine, heroin, or what have you, humans seem to have a knack for doing stuff they should not be doing even if they know it will kill them and drive them to do bad things. Even something as simple as high caffeine intake or a poor diet could be considered equally bad. Consider a world where the government takes the initiative to monitor the health of every individual and polices what we can and cannot eat, drink, or put into our bodies in general. At some point, they would grow tired of it. It takes much less work to just not have humans around at all, especially if we can be replaced somehow. So why not replace humans? …show more content…
Dr. Tyrell in Blade Runner seemed to have no problem figuring out how to create replacements for us. The replicants Rachael, Roy, Zhora, Leon, and Pris were only given a life-span of four years due to technological limits, but the fact that they were able to be created so life-like and capable of a much higher level of functioning than humans is astonishing. They were all stronger than us humans, capable of emotion, and clearly able to win a battle of wits in some of the fight scenes. The only thing differentiating them from humans were the Turing tests. However, if real world scientists already know how to clone animals through nuclear transfer, who is to say we can 't clone humans? Additionally, if we were somehow able to put all that we already know about the creation of convincing, virtual artificial intelligence in computers into these clones, is it possible that we could turn them into something greater than Tyrell quality replicants that can live much longer? Ex Machina would seem to suggest that the answer to that question is a resounding "yes". The humanoid robots in this film are of