Are we our memories? If so, what happens when we place them in machines?
Immortality comes in many flavors, but the tastiest may be robotic. Why keep living in your organic body forever when you can have a stronger, faster, more robust one that will keep you from accidentally expiring? Of course, once you place your mind inside a machine, there’s little to keep others from treating you as a machine. That’s part of the premise behind Aaron Sims‘ short filmArchetype. Set to be released at the end of the summer, Archetype explores the ‘life’ of RL7, an eight foot tall combat robot that is beginning to remember being a man. Sims, who has an astounding record as an art designer in Hollywood, sets a grim but intriguing tone in the teaser trailer – check it out below. I love Archetype’s tagline, “Your memories are a glitch.” When humanity stops being completely human, we will sacrifice our rights along with our biology?
Read More: http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/16/archetype-movie-asks-can-the-dead-live-on-as-robots/
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