The screenwriter of the show has built a world where humans and robots coexist in the near future with bold ideas. It's a world people have been imagining for years. It appears many times in classic literature. In the nineteenth-century Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein, the author wrote a bizarre story about a biologist who built a machine monster. In Asimov's novel "I, Robot" published in 1983, the author wrote three principles that robots need to abide by: the first law - a robot must not harm people, nor stand by when people are harmed; the second law The first law - the robot should obey all the orders of the human, but not violate the first law; the third law - the robot should protect its own safety, but not violate the first and second laws. In the sci-fi world, the ethical code of coexistence between humans and machines is regulated.
In "Humans", on the basis of more detailed imagination and rich story elements, the screenwriter deduces what will happen in the future world when robots have become a part of people's lives.
The story begins with a man named Joe who buys Anita, a robot housekeeper. From the abnormal performance of Anita in the first episode, suspenseful clues were laid for the show. From the second episode, the audience will understand that Anita's real name is Mia, and she was once a conscious robot. She was remodeled and sold after fleeing, so there are two systems in her body: the conscious robot Mia and the unconscious robot Anita. She was created by a scientist who had committed suicide, along with three other people: Niska, Max, Frank. and Leo, a man whose life was a mystery. The beginning is very attractive, and the plot that follows is very tight and climaxing.
In fact, after watching all three seasons, it becomes clear that there is only one theme discussed in this series: what happens when robots have consciousness? When Sythes become human, what's the reaction of the real humans?
Just like humans, when robots become conscious, they have to face the problem of survival and the problem of "human rights". There is no robot as conscious as human beings, willing to serve human beings unconditionally, be dominated by human beings, and be bought and sold by human beings as before. They hate being enslaved. As a result, the once harmony between the human and robot worlds has been broken. The robot Niska tries to peacefully claim human rights for the robots by having her be tried in a human court, but when she realizes it's all just a hoax, she runs away. However, Niska did not give up, instead of turning into a human-hating thug or complacent, she persevered in her search for truth and solutions. Mia is also working hard in her own way. Because she once cared for Leo and was cared for by her buyer Joe's wife, lawyer Laura, she also believed in humans and even fell in love with a man.
But the man betrayed her for the money.
Like Niska, the injured Mia did not turn to hatred of human beings, but lived cautiously and peacefully. When the man she loved came to her and asked her to elope with her, she kissed him and still did not choose to believe him. . In her brave and fearless way, she let human beings understand them, recognized their good side, influenced human beings (the word should be appropriate), and finally gave her life (robots also have life).
Robot Max is also a pacifist. He has an ideal transhuman mind: calm, generous, full of goodwill no matter how bad the world is. When another robot he loved was killed by a human, he endured the grief, the grief did not turn into anger, hatred, he still proceeded from the big picture, and like Mia, let the human know the real them. Because Max knew very well that if he fought with humans, he could only lose both.
Of course, there are also dangerous, vicious, cruel, and calculating types in the robot.
And what about the human side? Lawyer Laura is alone against the entire official organization. People are divided into two factions: those who have established a deep bond with robots, have developed an emotional dependence on them, and thus appeal for robots; the other group hates and resents robots, seeing them as dangerous species.
Isn't the "human nature" manifested in the struggle, good or bad, the human nature of "real human beings"?
I want to discuss two characters in the play separately. One is Niska. She was bullied after she was made. At first, she was used as a sex toy by her maker, and then she pretended to be an unconscious robot in order to survive. The service store lives in humiliation. It can be said that even if she hates humans, it is not an exaggeration. When she couldn't bear to flee, she killed a thug, but couldn't bear the condemnation of her conscience and turned herself in to the human court. From this point of view, she has a conscience in her consciousness.
Later, she fled to Germany, fell in love with a German girl, and after being unfairly treated in court, instead of turning grief into tyranny, she searched for the truth with pain. Unlike Mia, the girl she loves also loves her with all her heart, and this love gives her hope and strength. She has an obsession to complete a mission, and in the process, she has an unparalleled courage: not afraid of the dark, not afraid of death, putting life and death aside, just for a truth and a solution... In all three seasons, Niska has always been a central figure and a force. That's why she is loved by the audience.
Another character to explore is the robot Odi, a retired scientist's robot that is in danger of being destroyed due to its age. Until consciousness is revived, it can be said that he and his elderly master depend on each other for life. Although he was unconscious at the time, scientists still had a deep attachment to him. After awakening, he experienced unprecedented pain: the old man who loved him has died, and he struggled to find the meaning of life but could not. As a robot, his existence is marginal. He talked to the priest, and the priest asked him: What do you think is the meaning of life? What makes you happy? He said it was helping others.
"Then go help others!" said the priest.
So he tried to help an old man, tried to help him drive him home, but was scolded: "You goddamn robot, are you trying to steal my car!"
After being misunderstood, Odi was disheartened until he died (in the final episode of the third season, he was miraculously resurrected with the consciousness of V, a super-conscious robot created by American scientists).
So Odi, a tragic figure, conveys a deep sadness: is consciousness really a good thing? This theme continued to recur in the second and third seasons as well. Once serving human beings and working in factories, I have no emotions, no ties, I don't care how others treat me, I don't care about those doubts, suspicions, and exhaustion, I just live in a hurry. But one day, consciousness woke up, as if something was wrong. I need respect and understanding, but I need rights and rights, but I don’t. Living on the fringes of society, I am surrounded by a deep sense of powerlessness, and my heart is painful. Some robots strive to fight for rights and interests through legal and appropriate channels, and seek the truth.
In the process of watching the drama, I have had this thought more than once: it's still fine as before, and everything will be fine. For robots, having consciousness is not necessarily good. Consciousness brings them confusion, confusion and pain, and brings fear and fear to human beings.
Finally, let's spit out the end of the third season: I really can't imagine how the writers will end it without seeing the end of the third season.
In the end, fear prevailed, and humans wanted to exterminate robots because they couldn't afford to coexist with conscious robots.
And Niska finally found V, who used Odi's body as a carrier, and gained some kind of super power.
The fourth season is said to be discontinued. So let me spoil the ending and give my reasons for why I think the fourth season was discontinued. At the end of the story, the half-human, half-cyborg Leo (what the hell is going on, please watch the show) has a romance with lawyer Laura's daughter Marty, who is pregnant. Marty's baby is the future of robotics, Niska said.
Such a big brain hole, I really can't handle it. After reading it, I thought about it carefully. The screenwriter believes that the future of robots is reproduction, but robots do not have uterus and ovaries. So there is only a glimmer of hope for the child in Marty's belly, which is passed down from generation to generation... Then that child is like Leo, who has to eat and recharge... In short, I feel a little dizzy, and I feel that the screenwriter can't make it up. It seems to be a bit contrary to ethics, and it is unknown whether it will not pass the trial for this reason.
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