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It’s interesting that Philip K. Dick’s androids from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and the Replicants from the Blade Runner are way closer to Čapek’s rob
by WesolyKubeczek 3y ago
It’s interesting that Philip K. Dick’s androids from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and the Replicants from the Blade Runner are way closer to Čapek’s robots than to mechanical humanlike contraptions. All three raise the same question — what is humanity, when you really get down to it?
- aspenmayer 3y agoDildog posted a meme on this topic recently on Mastodon: A group of monks sit around the Buddha. Monk: Buddha, what makes us human? Buddha: Selecting all images with traffic lights. https://hackers.town/@dildog/111644483541067122 https://hackers.town/@dildog/111644483541067122
- neuromanser 3y agoSorry for an intellectually vacuous comment, but: Wow! Somehow this hit way harder than I was ready for!
- aspenmayer 3y agoSame here! Cross-pollination of ideas is one of my favorite aspects of the internet. Happy to be of service.
- jhbadger 3y agoAnd the (non-Dick) movie sequel 2049 makes it even closer given how it is revealed that (some) replicants, just like some of Čapek’s robots, can become pregnant and give birth just like humans, allowing them to continue without humans manufacturing them.