can machines have souls theme
The question is posed: Can a machine have that immaterial immortal component that believers call "the soul"?
10 total · 5 choice · 2 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) | choice | K seemed to ponder this question and we certainly are made to ponder Joi's status. |
| movie: Ex Machina (2015) | choice | seems to have been the gist of it |
| pkded1x08 | choice | When we learn that Emily and others are machines after having seen all their loves and passions, we wonder to what extent they are like humans and worthy successors to our race. |
| tos1x09 | choice | Did Korby transfer his true essence into that android body? |
| tos3x21 | choice | was Rayna really everything a human was and more? |
| movie: Ghost in the Shell (1995) | major | The term "ghost" is recurringly used in the film to the consciousness inhabiting the body, and the viewer is made to ponder whether it might be possible for a computer brain could generate such a "ghost". |
| tz1959e3x35 | major | It seems a point of the story was to speculate about whether machines can love; also the story ended with some talk about mechanical grandmother's soul. |
| movie: TekWar: TekLords (1994) | minor | Beth's colleague raised the question of whether a computer that was programmed to experience emotions would have the equivalent of a human soul. |
| rd1988e2x05 | minor | The Rimmer hologram and Lister discussed whether Holly had feelings that had been hurt. |
| tos3x22 | minor | is Lincoln real? |