For class, we read 3 poems: "Rachel", "This is How You Make Love to a Robot" and "Beam, Robot." After reading these poems, it got me thinking about the whole premise of love and robots. It made me question if robots can truly love. (Also, DISCLAIMER, when I mention robots, I'm talking about humanoid robots.) The way I think about it is if two things are attracted to each other, then I have no problem with them being together. In the case of Rachel, she was a robot that was pretty much a human in every sense of the word except for them fact she was made in a factory. In fact, for those who didn't watch Blade Runner, she didn't even know she was a robot until she was told so. I think especially in a case like this, robots deserve to love. However, this was not the first time we've talked about love and robots. In the movie we watched in the beginning of the term, "2046" had a character fall in love with an android, but couldn't be with her because it was against the law. I don't think love should be out of the realm of emotion for someone who loves a robot, let people be people.
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