The Maltreatment of Post-Human Beings

Re: The Maltreatment of Post-Human Beings

by Bronwyn McVeigh -
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-Thesis: The justification for her maltreatment in the film and the sympathy she receives from Caleb brings up the question of whether Ava, a posthuman being, should be treated as a human rather than as a technological commodity. In the film Ex Machina, directed by Alex Garland, the existence of Ava, a post-human subject, and her ability to experience and evoke emotions destabilizes the boundary between a person and a robot and highlights the ethical concerns regarding the maltreatment of manufactured beings.

-Thesis statement is really good and your argument is clear

-"However, a technological entity’s ability to express emotions in a humanlike manner does not equate them to the standard of a human, as their maltreatment by their creators reflects the anthropocentric view of society." Such a good sentence!!!!

-Citations are all correct

-Discussion of human-human vs human-robot relationships is very insightful

-Proper MLA formatting

-More discussion centered around Olsen and trauma