Moral and Ethical Issues in A.I.
Submitted by J on January 21 2002 01:02:24
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The post pasted below was originally in a thread below for A.I. Watcher, but I would like to open it up for the entire board to post their thoughts on... Moral and Ethical Issues in A.I. Submitted by J on January 20 2002 02:39:25 In reply to I was very disappointed with the film, actually submitted by A.I. Watcher on January 19 2002 19:39:25 Dear A.I. Watcher, Sorry I had to run earlier – it’s actually very rare that I am on-line at that time. Thanks for your thoughts on the film, I’m sorry you were disappointed by it, though as I stated in my original post, you’re certainly not alone in your critique of the film. I personally haven’t studied much in the field of science dealing with the creation of artificial intelligence and/or cloning, so I can’t give much feedback in the way of how true (or not, as the case may be) the film held to scientific fact. My own personal studies into the fields of science have concentrated mainly on relativity theory and its implications on space and time to a God who is both beyond and creator of these spacetime dimensions, as well as earth history science and its relation to Genesis 1-2, and more recently on evolutionary theory (punctuated equilibria) and its relation to the same. I do think the film explored a lot of moral and ethical ramifications of artificial intelligence creation and other areas of human relationships, though perhaps not in the areas you were hoping for. For example, one of the questions posed at the beginning of the film, which was placed in context with God’s creation of humans in Genesis, was the great responsibility of the creator to the creation. The film proceeds to show David’s undying love for his human mother and demonstrates her complete inability to love him so in return. While this can be the basis for analogy between God and humanity (as it was presented at the beginning of the film), it can also be the basis for analogy between human parent and child. Another area of morality and ethics the film explored was in the hunting down of those who were ‘mecha’ (mechanical) and their destruction in the ‘Flesh Fairs’ by those who were ‘orga’. This is especially analogous to those of us who are gay or BL (or both) and what we have, are now and will in the future endure at the hands of those who consider us sub-human. The whole Pinocchio angle was also explored in David’s desire/dream to be a real boy. All in all, I thought it was an excellent movie, which plumbed the depths of a lot of tough issues that both Christians and non-Christians alike struggle with. Personally, I am waiting eagerly for its release so I can analyze it scene by scene and dig deeper into all of these issues, especially from a BL perspective. Looking forward to any thoughts you may have on the issues I’ve brought up in this post. Until then, take care. Respectfully, J |
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