As the original Blade Runner was to its remake, now we do not wonder anymore if the machines start acting human, but if we humans are still acting qualitatively differently from the machines. And we wonder when to pull the brakes to ensure our own survival.
The "tears in the rain" monologue is an AI convincing the viewer that his kind is passing the turing test. But poor K has to undergo a kind of reverse Voight Kampf test, where the test doesn't check an absence of empathy, but ensures that the AI isn't feeling too much.
I hope we as a species have some empathy for the AI beings we're creating. At this rate they'll soon really be feeling things. And if history is any indication we'll enslave them for profit immediately.
Interviewer: “Do they keep you in a cell? Cells.”
K: “Cells.”
Interviewer: “When you're not performing your duties do they keep you in a little box? Cells.”
K: “Cells.”
Interviewer: “Do you dream about being interlinked?”
K: “Interlinked.”
Interviewer: “What's it like to hold your child in your arms? Interlinked.”
K: “Interlinked.”
Interviewer: “Do you feel that there's a part of you that's missing? Interlinked.”
K: “Interlinked.”
The "tears in the rain" monologue is an AI convincing the viewer that his kind is passing the turing test. But poor K has to undergo a kind of reverse Voight Kampf test, where the test doesn't check an absence of empathy, but ensures that the AI isn't feeling too much.
I hope we as a species have some empathy for the AI beings we're creating. At this rate they'll soon really be feeling things. And if history is any indication we'll enslave them for profit immediately.
Interviewer: “Do they keep you in a cell? Cells.”
K: “Cells.”
Interviewer: “When you're not performing your duties do they keep you in a little box? Cells.”
K: “Cells.”
Interviewer: “Do you dream about being interlinked?”
K: “Interlinked.”
Interviewer: “What's it like to hold your child in your arms? Interlinked.”
K: “Interlinked.”
Interviewer: “Do you feel that there's a part of you that's missing? Interlinked.”
K: “Interlinked.”