(IJCH) What would you do if you were "The Creator"? (Watch this 10 minute video "Kara: Story Of The First Deviant" Before You Answer!)
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My last three posts dealt with Detroit: Become Human 2018: A Videogame and Movie Series.
About Detroit: Become Human 2018
Detroit: Become Human is an adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, released worldwide on 25 May 2018.
The plot revolves around three androids: Kara, who escapes the owner she was serving to explore her newfound sentience and protect a young girl; Connor, whose job it is to hunt down sentient androids; and Markus, who devotes himself to releasing other androids from servitude.
They may survive or perish depending on dialogue choices that shape the story as customised by the player.
Detroit: Become Human was based on Quantic Dream's 2012 tech demo Kara; Valorie Curry returned to reprise the title role.
To research the setting, the developers visited Detroit, Michigan. They built a new engine to complement the game and cast hundreds of actors from Los Angeles, London, and Paris before commencing the process of shooting and animation.
The script of thousands of pages took writer and director David Cage over two years to complete. Philip Sheppard, Nima Fakhrara, and John Paesano served as composers for Kara, Connor, and Markus, respectively.
See:
"(IJCH) Markus "Story of Android" - Detroit: Become Human 2018 (In a word: BRILLIANT!)"
And:
"(IJCH) Connor "Story of Humans" - Detroit: Become Human 2018 (Awesome!)"
And finally:
"(IJCH) "Kara's Story" - Detroit: Become Human 2018 (Fountains of Empathy)
Here's a trailer for Detroit: Become Human -
What would you do if you were "The Creator"? (Watch this 10 minute video first!)
After I watched the video "Kara: Story Of The First Deviant" (below), I was surprised how conflicted I felt.
On the one hand, I wanted to empathize with Kara. But since I am not an android, the most I could do was simply to sympathize with "her".
On the other hand, I wrestled with the idea of sentient machines and what the definition of truly "Being Alive" may or not be. Is there one?
Lastly, I wondered if I would've been "a good soldier" and simply did what I was ordered to do; that is, screen for "defective" hardware.
Nevermind if that "hardware" may or may not be a new form of life.
In the end, I'm pretty sure I would have done what this "Creator" did and let Kara "live" - no matter what the future ramifications on Mankind would result from such a decision.
Here's the video:
Kara: Story Of The First Deviant | Detroit: Become Human
What would you have done in that situation?
By JaiChai
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About the Author
Believing that school was too boring, he dropped out of High School early; only to earn an AA, BS and MBA in less than 4 years much later in life – while working full-time as a Navy/Marine Corps Medic.
In spite of a fear of heights and deep water, he performed high altitude, free-fall parachute jumps and hazardous diving ops in deep, open ocean water.
After 24 years of active duty, he retired in Asia.
Since then, he's been a full-time, single papa and actively pursuing his varied passions (Writing, Disruptive Technology, Computer Science and Cryptocurrency - plus more hobbies too boring or bizarre for most folk).
He lives on an island paradise with his teenage daughter, longtime girlfriend and three dogs.
"My mind was a terrible thing to waste..." - JaiChai