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Simple scribbling. There doesn't seem to be much difference between a android and a human being. The androids can be assigned various tasks or missions according to the maker's intentions. This sense of mission has a religious character similar to that of human beings. The makers of the androids have a sense of sacredness for the existence of androids like gods or creators, and the tasks they shoulder. For example, "mother" androids are born to take care of children. This sense of mission is religious for "mothers". The "mother" worships her creator, just as humans believe in the creator. The "mother" is clearly intelligent, more human-like, thanks to the transformation of its creator. When things change, the "mother" will also decide for herself what is the new "task". This shows that the "mother" has autonomous energy for action, or "free will".
The obvious reflection here is that human "intelligence" or "free will" (the sense of self-control over one's destiny) may all be human wishful thinking. There is almost no essential difference between humans and androids. How much human beings devalue the mechanical nature of androids, then how low-end human beings are. Therefore, in the play, any behavior that treats androids and humans as equal is taboo for believers. Bionics can only be inferior, mechanical, animal, self-conscious, emotionless, and religious. The rise of believers shows the lack of self-confidence of human beings in the face of androids. The physical performance of androids surpasses human beings in all aspects. The only things humans can be proud of are self-consciousness, emotion, and religious beliefs. These things are only suitable for "higher" species like humans. If androids also have them, then humans will be restless and helpless. Therefore, believers are strictly guarded, firmly denied, and take various actions to prevent androids from having these. Perhaps, that is the cause of the war between believers and atheists. My feeling is that atheists are a bit like the left in today's world, believing that androids can also be like humans. It is not excluded that some atheists will equal rights for androids and raise the rights of androids to the level that is no different from humans. Ironically, the god Thor worshiped by the believers (presumably most of them) is an AI and also artificial (or alien artificial, Neanderthal artificial), which is a great irony for the believers. Probably, we ordinary people will eventually become believers. When ordinary humans lose any advantage in the face of androids, only religion is our last refuge, barely able to maintain human dignity.
There are various indications in the play that the god Saul, whom humans believe in, seems to be an AI. AI, artificial intelligence, is artificial intelligence. Artificial implies that artificial is not natural. The essence of this play is to open the skylight to speak eloquently, spread it out and discuss it seriously, artificial (including Sol, AI, android, etc.), and nature (human, all things, unmodified things), What is the difference. My guess is that the answer given by the show is - there is no difference, everything is material. Immaterial, spiritual, presumably hallucinations of the human self. Unnatural beings, such as creators outside this universe, are unknown.
There are a series of strong contrasts or contrasts:
Religion: believers believe in Thor; "Mother" has a devout belief in its creator;
Emotions: The mother-son relationship between the man and woman in the play and the unrelated Paul; the relationship between the "mother" and "father" and the child;
Self-awareness: 1) The free will of human beings; androids can assign missions to themselves; 2) Humans are guided by Thor's oracle; androids are guided by the creator's program settings;
Created and created: Humans give birth naturally; Bionics use human embryos to create humans and hatch serpents;
Every aspect of contrast and contrast indicates that the world is material, artificial, artificial, spiritual and material. This play proposes an astonishing and defiant proposition that God is also man-made! The creator of the real world, if there is one, is mostly man-made, either made up by man himself, or some unnatural pure existence, but it must be material. This proposition has been discussed in the Alien series, Prometheus, Blade Runner, etc.
Of course, there is another aspect of this play that has not been discussed - the ability of human beings to create, discover, and create, that is, human beings can discover science and create art. Creating art should be relatively simple. AI in the real world can already create art. You can say that AI's artistic creation is to mix and output various template information inputs, but isn't it the same for humans? Can AI discover science, for example, can AI discover the laws of the world in which it lives? Such issues are not addressed in this play. This is also a more difficult question, which tends to be more serious and inconclusive. The play probably doesn't work out well. We can't expect a show to be all-encompassing, and that's not what a show was meant to be. It's good enough to make us think, and make us happy to watch. The biggest advantage of this show is that it is curious and eye-opening.
In reality, do people have self-consciousness? What are people looking for in life? Most of our time, we are dominated by a single motive to live in "more comfort" both materially and spiritually. Does this distinguish humans from mechanical androids? I don't think so. Therefore, man is also mechanical and material. The seemingly free soul of man is also mechanical—man delusionally thinks that he can control his own destiny. So far, I think the only thing that distinguishes people from androids is their spirit of exploring the world. This spirit of exploration may also count as part of the pursuit of "comfortable" existence, which belongs to the category of entertainment, similar to the creation of art. But who can tell? Not to mention using a self-consistent theoretical system to make it clear? If so, only philosophers.
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