How To Classify A Robot
With the rise of technology the idea of robots and humans merging is not that farfetched. In the book, Genesis by Bernard Beckett, Anax (the student) is taking a test for The Academy, an exclusive in the post apocalyptic Republic. In front of three examiners, she gives everything she has, for her love of history, especially, the life of Adam Forde, a hero of an earlier rebellion. Anax assumes the test is to earn a spot at the Academy as she explains Adam’s imprisonment and exposure to Art. What she fails to realize is she passed a test she was not even aware she was taking. As Art and Adam spend time together Art becomes more like Adam taking on more human characteristics. Robots will take on all human traits if given time and exposure. Art has …show more content…
Machines do not accept death because they do not perish. They are made of inorganic materials that do not decay. They do not do actions for the intention: they are different. “You don’t think. You compute” (103). Adam states to Art because it is true. Art has been programmed to decode his words and respond accordingly instead of thoroughly comprehending on the subject of what he is saying.
A difference between the two (Art and Adam) as Art commence contemplate that emptiness of his body decaying and slowly dying. “a mind forced to contemplate such emptiness is a force of rare creativity”(111). As humans, we are forced to realize that the end is coming and that they are going to die.
Art may seem human, but the robot can never be fully be human. Machines do not accept death because they do not perish. They are made of inorganic materials that do not decay. They do not do actions for the intention: they are different. “You don’t think. You compute” (103). Adam states to Art because it is true. Art has been programmed to decode his words and respond accordingly instead of thoroughly comprehending on the subject of what he is
With the rise of technology the idea of robots and humans merging is not that farfetched. In the book, Genesis by Bernard Beckett, Anax (the student) is taking a test for The Academy, an exclusive in the post apocalyptic Republic. In front of three examiners, she gives everything she has, for her love of history, especially, the life of Adam Forde, a hero of an earlier rebellion. Anax assumes the test is to earn a spot at the Academy as she explains Adam’s imprisonment and exposure to Art. What she fails to realize is she passed a test she was not even aware she was taking. As Art and Adam spend time together Art becomes more like Adam taking on more human characteristics. Robots will take on all human traits if given time and exposure. Art has …show more content…
Machines do not accept death because they do not perish. They are made of inorganic materials that do not decay. They do not do actions for the intention: they are different. “You don’t think. You compute” (103). Adam states to Art because it is true. Art has been programmed to decode his words and respond accordingly instead of thoroughly comprehending on the subject of what he is saying.
A difference between the two (Art and Adam) as Art commence contemplate that emptiness of his body decaying and slowly dying. “a mind forced to contemplate such emptiness is a force of rare creativity”(111). As humans, we are forced to realize that the end is coming and that they are going to die.
Art may seem human, but the robot can never be fully be human. Machines do not accept death because they do not perish. They are made of inorganic materials that do not decay. They do not do actions for the intention: they are different. “You don’t think. You compute” (103). Adam states to Art because it is true. Art has been programmed to decode his words and respond accordingly instead of thoroughly comprehending on the subject of what he is