Hon255- Jillian Richarz

 

    My group was assigned the blue pill, and after today's debate, I have to say I would still take the blue pill. Some of the major points that were raised were the search for the truth, and the idea that it's selfish to take the blue pill; I think that argument ignores that there is some agency within the matrix, whereas in the real world unless someone frees you from your pod, you're stuck being a brain in a vat.       Furthermore, Neo was chosen to take on the agents; not everyone would be able to conceptualize what has been happening and continues to occur in the real world. Even the agents are miserable and want to go back to not knowing. Not everyone is able to handle the reality of things; I'm fairly certain my ex-boyfriend cheated on me, but I don't want to know for sure, I don't want to compare myself to someone who is inevitable prettier. I know other people want to know the reality of things, but I think I would give up. I can barely make it in ...

  While both are stories about a human creation longing to be a real human, Pinocchio is about a misbehaving child failing his caregiver despite the unconditional love Geppetto gives him, A.I. Artificial Intelligence shifts the paradigm and tells the story of caregivers failing the child that loves them unconditionally. While they are both fables, the audience to whom the moral is directed is very different: one warns children about the consequences of their selfishness while the other warns parental figures about theirs.  While both are stories about a human creation longing to be a real human, Pinocchio is about a misbehaving child failing his caregiver despite the unconditional love Geppetto gives him, A.I. Artificial Intelligence shifts the paradigm and tells the story of caregivers failing the child that loves them unconditionally. While they are both fables, the audience at whom the moral is directed is very different: one warns children about the consequences of their s...