Memory: The Defining Factor of Mankind To be human, there are many moving elements involved. Humans are concerned with the world around them, the future before them, and their past. Memories—perhaps the most human element of all—allow humans to feel pain, happiness, fear, and more than anything, they can be a motivating force towards action. Then, the question must be asked, what can be said about cyborgs? They are part human, but does the machine in them cancel out their humanity? Does this mean that Asimov’s rules of how robots should act still apply? No, these rules cannot be applied to them, for they have the human capability to remember , and because of this, they can feel things that a normally programmed robot does not. First, the film Ghost in the Shell illustrates the idea that cyborgs are all-together different than robots during the scene in which Kusanagi is speaking to Batou after her diving experience. Batou is confused as to why Kusanagi chooses to dive when she m...
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