The opening to the movie A.I
Artificial Minds is certainly an attention-getter. The very first thing you
see is waves rolling up and down while a man states in a rather matter-of-fact
manner that the polar icecaps melted, causing the seas to rise and erase many
cities. As natural resources dwindled strict regulations were placed on pregnancy,
which led to the rise of robots. Robots seem to be a wonderful solution because
they don’t need any resources to sustain them. Soon we see what seems to be a
board meeting; the members discuss creating the perfect robotic child, for the
couples who now cannot have a child of their own. Personally I am torn between two opinions. The
first is that they should never make a robotic child because it goes against nature;
the second is that they should, because it would help the many couples who are
sure to desperately want a child. The child that would be created would never
age, get sick, or fall and scrape its knee as all children do, which I would
find almost eerie. I feel that, in addition, one of the greatest parts of being
a parent is seeing what your child comes to be, like watching a seed that you
have no idea what kind it will be turn into a beautiful flower. On the other
hand, the couples out in the world are sure to feel a loss, a place in the
house that should be filled but they can’t but is this really parenthood? Yes
the robot love you but it will never grow.
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