In the final analysis, Black Mirror is about technological alienation. It extracts the negative impact of technological progress on individuals, and tells it in a cold tone that makes us shudder. Black Mirror's scrutiny of technology is more of a moral level, such as the cage of consciousness in this episode, group snooping, and so on.
In this episode, Black Mirror uses a lot of ink to explore a philosophical question: human existence. Does a person define himself, or does his social identity define himself?
The story of the copy of consciousness, when consciousness can exist as a copy alone, what is "it"? Does it have a name? Have a position? Are there human rights? Obviously, in the Black Mirror, it is just a tool, the interrogation object to solve the case, the artificial intelligence regulator in the room, and even a tool for the investigators to vent their anger. The nature of consciousness has been discussed as early as Descartes’ time, and there is a model of a brain in a vat in modern times. If the future technology is advanced enough to copy or strip consciousness, similar discussions about human cloning may be brought to the table again.
The story about shielding is that technology has denied people’s social identity to some extent. By implanting smart eyes, you can block anyone you don’t want to see at will, or even more extreme, being blocked by everyone, although in the end This setting is a bit grandstanding, but technology has given us this ability, and God knows what we will do. In addition, the collective voyeurism is also a great irony of some unhealthy behavior on the Internet now.
ps: The idea of a copy of consciousness is eye-catching, and the explanation of its usefulness in the film is also very imaginative, but the setting of zed eye is a bit far-fetched. In addition, some flaws are still worth complaining, such as the consciousness copy for the owner to bake bread and buy vegetables, then it needs to be updated from time to time, otherwise the owner suddenly changes his taste. If you are blocked by everyone, what do you do when you go to the street to buy groceries, what do you do when you communicate with people, and you feel that you have completely lost your social skills?
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