今年過年跑去看了這部電影，原本想說，這個電影的劇情可能單純講述機器人與人類互動。看完之後，發現有一些可以討論的點。以下只會講個人的心得，但會談到一些劇情，還沒看過的人先去看電影吧。

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一開始讓我覺得有點種族歧視或刻板印象的是送機器人到男主角家裡的是亞洲人工程師，活脫脫是亞洲人去美國找工作，最佳的職業選擇是工程師。身為工程師的我感到傷心，原來亞洲人在美國人的心中還是那種很會讀書，畢業後只能當工程師的料。(p.s. 補充: 工程師的確需要足夠聰明的人才能做，但大多限制於執行層面，對於規劃與遠見是沒意見或沒想法，只能當個工具人。)

再來是工程師跟男主介紹機器人的使用與設定時，有跟男主角提到一些法律與使用規範，這些部分我沒記住是哪些規範。但這提醒了我，機器人的世代即將來臨，人類勢必要先訂定法律規範，避免人類被機器人傷害或機器人做出違反倫理道德的事。

後來男主對女機器人進行蠟燭燒手懲罰時，女機器人掉下了眼淚。看到這個後，不禁讓我試圖分析。機器人在設計時，的確可以做到在某個情況下（ex: 受傷、情緒激動），讓機器人流出淚水（p.s. 即便它可能只是純水）。但這讓我深深的體會到只要機器人會流淚，對我來說，這幾乎證明了機器人也有情緒。

最後是人類是否真的會對機器人產生感情的議題。當片中的男機器人被女主角提醒，他原本有一個深愛的人，只是被男主重新設定，洗掉原本的記憶。男機器人竟然找出被洗掉的記憶，「想起」了他原本的愛人及曾經對他說過的話。然後男機器人就決定反抗男主的命令，用電擊棒自殺了。這個所謂的電腦記憶，即便只是數位化的資訊，但可以讓男機器人跟據這個記憶做出「背叛當前主人的決定」，這不也證明了機器人有情感。

原以為這部電影只是粗淺的描述機器人被人類拿來當作支持情緒、幫助生活的工具。但不管是機器人的倫理道德與情緒以及人類和機器人之間彼此產生情感，都讓我覺得未來機器人的時代即將到來，這部電影很好的描述可能發生的問題。

如果要避免這些問題，其實在設計機器人時，拿掉情緒或能攻擊人類的手臂或附加裝置，就能很好的處理。但人類科技的發展是圍繞「需求」去研發，換句話說，只要人類有情感需求或其他生活上的需求，機器人勢必會加上情緒與手臂等擬人的裝置，這些問題就像是潘朵拉的盒子一定會被打開的。

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What initially made me feel a bit of racial stereotyping or discrimination was the fact that the person delivering the robot to the male protagonist’s home was an Asian engineer. It was like a reflection of the stereotype that Asians who go to the U.S. are best suited to become engineers. As an engineer myself, I felt saddened—realizing that, in the eyes of Americans, Asians are still seen as people who excel academically and end up becoming engineers after graduation.
(P.S. To clarify: being an engineer does require intelligence, but most of the work is execution-based. When it comes to vision or planning, engineers are often expected to stay silent or have no opinion. We are treated more like tools.)

Then, during the scene where the engineer explained how to use and set up the robot, he also mentioned some laws and usage regulations to the main character. I don’t remember the exact rules, but it reminded me that the era of robots is approaching. Humanity must first establish legal regulations to prevent robots from harming people or doing things that violate ethics and morality.

Later in the film, when the male protagonist punished the female robot by burning her hand with a candle, she shed a tear. Seeing that moment made me stop and think. Robots can indeed be designed to shed tears under certain circumstances (e.g., injury or emotional agitation), even if the tears are just pure water. But to me, the mere fact that a robot can cry almost proves that they are capable of emotions.

Finally, there’s the question of whether humans can truly develop feelings for robots. In one scene, the male robot was reminded by the female lead that he once had someone he deeply loved, but the male protagonist had reset his memory. The robot managed to retrieve those erased memories and “remembered” his original lover and the words she once said to him. He then chose to defy his current master’s command and committed suicide using a stun baton.
Even though these memories were just digital data, the robot was able to make the decision to “betray his master” based on them. Doesn’t that also prove that robots have emotions?

I originally thought this film would just superficially depict robots being used by humans as emotional support or daily assistance tools. But the film went far beyond that. The questions it raised about robot ethics, emotion, and the emotional connections between humans and robots made me feel that the age of robots is truly coming. This movie vividly portrays the kinds of issues that may arise.

If we want to avoid these problems, we could simply design robots without emotions, or remove human-like limbs or devices that can cause harm. That would be an effective solution. However, technological development always revolves around “needs.” In other words, as long as humans have emotional or practical needs, robots will inevitably be given emotions, arms, and other anthropomorphic features. These problems are like Pandora’s box—once opened, it cannot be closed.