Do
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Better known for the movie “Blade Runner”,
Philip K. Dick’s science fiction, Do
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, discusses a post-apocalyptic future in
which Earth and its populations have been damaged greatly by nuclear war during
World War Terminus. In this era, there are a lot of androids that are
strikingly similar to real humans except one peculiarity: unlike humans,
androids have no empathy towards animals.
The
most controversial question in recent technology is whether a computer can be “emotive”:
technicians claim that if they program a software that contains a list of
situations that evokes a special emotion, and instill it on computers, machines
could feel. I see things differently. I believe that no matter this program
works or not, computers would never be able to be emotive.
Comments
InHee: Your POV is totally different from
what we talked in class! I think this is really worthy to contemplate on, and
believe you would be able to make a more profound conclusion than “Androids don’t
need to be emotional.” The role of Androids in the society, the primary reason
of making those, and following consequences shown in the book (&film) might
give some clues.
ChongHyun: As a matter of fact, I respect
more for people who write less for a given amount of time. But only one problem
is, however, that the commenter finds less to discuss about. (ㅋㅋㅋㅋ) Nevertheless, the idea of considering the relationship between
emotion and computer seems very interesting. I’ll look forward to your future
completion of the writing.
James, Han Jong Hyun: I was quite surprised
to read your body paragraph as you have talked about how androids cannot
possess emotions even after reading Do
Androids Dream of an Electric Sheep?. Well… As you have much more to write
about, I am sure you can present us with very convincing supports that justify
your perspective. But for now, I have to say that humans portrayed in the
novella are much more inhumane and lacking in human characteristics than the
clones.
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