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       Could we imagine living in a world amongst robots? Not just any robot though. Robots that closely resemble human beings, both mentally and physically. Would we as humans be able to handle this thought? Would these robots even be classified as robots anymore if we actually achieved artificial intelligence? How would we treat them in our society? As one of us or something strange? What type of moral obligations would they be allowed?

       In class, we watched a short film, Be Right Back: Black Mirror.  In this film there is this couple. The boyfriend (Ash) eventually dies from a mysterious accident and the girlfriend is left alive depressed because the love of her life is no longer around. Or is he? At the funeral, the girlfriend finds out that she could potentially bring back her boyfriend. Freaked out by the thought of it at first, she decides to give it a try at bringing her boyfriend back. It all started with a simple computer chat at first and later progressed into phone calls, video chats, and eventually an actually being of Ash. We see that in this short film that through the character of Ash, that artificial intelligence of Ash was actually achieved. Although it was achieved we see that it was still flawed. But flawed in a way as we actually humans are ourselves. When she tells Ash to jump at first he was about to jump but then she gets mad because the real Ash would not have jumped but would have been questioning himself and crying. When she explains this to the new Ash, he gives her what she wants and she is not able to deal with it. The fact that these machines are capable of resembling us so closely is just truly amazing.

       If we were to live in a world with things like Ash, would they be allowed the same moral obligations as us humans? Especially considering that the fact that they are not actual organic or natural humans beings like me and you, but in fact they are what is known as a resemblance of human beings. But how do we determine this? We know that every single human being is expected to be treated with the upmost respect what are these machines obligated to the same things.

    In my honest opinion, especially if these beings are a resemblance of Ash then they should have some type of moral obligations. I mean they are just like us. At that point I feel like we should treat them just like every other  citizen in our society. Although they are not natural humans like us, in some cases I feel like it would be hard to tell. They definitely should not be disrespected. Why? Simply because they are artificially intelligent. They are capable of doing the same things, if not more than us natural humans. If they are capable of resembling us so closely then why should they not be obligated to have the same exact moral obligations as us? With that being said, I believe that the same moral obligations as us should be held.