This essay applies the lens of hermeneutics and actor-network theory (ANT) to analyze a picked scene from the movie HER, which was directed by Spike Jonze in 2013, in order to understand the relationship between humans and technology. In the film, the main character Theodore works as a letter-author. He is on the verge of divorce with his wife, Catherine. Technology provides him a more colorful living environment that he needs especially under his situation.
Sadness and anti-social, to him, technology is his world. Particularly when he meets an artificially intelligent operating system (OS1), a system understands and knows him with a female voice and called itself Samantha, a new chapter starts in his journey.
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On the contrary, Catherine thinks this kind of relationship is unacceptable and she argues that
Theodore doesn’t have ability to handle real human emotions.
On the ground of the scene, the group (Tadayon, S., Kasthuri, B.K., Liu, X., Chen, S. and Yan.
H, 2016) has been conceiving four different aspects which center around the ongoing relationship and interaction between humans and technology by applying hermeneutics as a perspective, because hermeneutics helps reader explore characters’ thought from different directions of view. As one of the most significant concepts of hermeneutics, the hermeneutics circle has been analyzed to explain the interaction between humans and technology. As a part of OS1, Samantha makes progress by learning things from Theodore, simultaneously, Theodore is increasing relying on Samantha. As the whole, the OS1 learns things from society and provides benefits to humans as return. Additionally, the group (Tadayon, S., Kasthuri, B.K.,
Liu, X., Chen, S. and Yan. H, 2016) has mentioned that Catherine’s negative attitude is rose on her previous knowledge and experience, which is using another concept of hermeneutics
Sadness and anti-social, to him, technology is his world. Particularly when he meets an artificially intelligent operating system (OS1), a system understands and knows him with a female voice and called itself Samantha, a new chapter starts in his journey.
Reflection Note of Assignment …show more content…
On the contrary, Catherine thinks this kind of relationship is unacceptable and she argues that
Theodore doesn’t have ability to handle real human emotions.
On the ground of the scene, the group (Tadayon, S., Kasthuri, B.K., Liu, X., Chen, S. and Yan.
H, 2016) has been conceiving four different aspects which center around the ongoing relationship and interaction between humans and technology by applying hermeneutics as a perspective, because hermeneutics helps reader explore characters’ thought from different directions of view. As one of the most significant concepts of hermeneutics, the hermeneutics circle has been analyzed to explain the interaction between humans and technology. As a part of OS1, Samantha makes progress by learning things from Theodore, simultaneously, Theodore is increasing relying on Samantha. As the whole, the OS1 learns things from society and provides benefits to humans as return. Additionally, the group (Tadayon, S., Kasthuri, B.K.,
Liu, X., Chen, S. and Yan. H, 2016) has mentioned that Catherine’s negative attitude is rose on her previous knowledge and experience, which is using another concept of hermeneutics