The series has really picked up in the last couple of episodes, and I hope it can keep up the momentum enough to gain enough viewers to justify its renewal next year. *fingers crossed* This is an excerpt from my end of a conversation I've been having with veritykindle via email since the last episode:
But yes, I love that what we see is how both sides are coming to terms in their own way - that Catherine Weaver is 'raising' both an AI and a human child, with Sarah doing the same. Both Johns are growing and evolving, learning to think for themselves, to decide and act upon what they perceive, while both Cameron and Ellison are teaching about themselves by being themselves, and learning about the other by observation and interaction. Weaver is also learning from Ellison and Savannah, and I think of that episode last season (I think) when one of the terminators - was it Cromartie? - was living with a woman, and when it killed her, did so quickly, with mercy and seeming regret. Will Weaver want Savannah to live, or if needing to kill her, do so with mercy, and will she regret it?
John would regret killing Cameron, because as you say, he sees her as an individual with the capacity for growth and perhaps even emotional intelligence, not just a machine protector/servant. John Henry calls Ellison a friend, but does he understand what that means? And I'm not sure about the message Ellison is trying to convey, that humanity is in God's image, and thus sacred. I think I'd prefer if he was saying that humans are individuals with hopes and dreams and fears and needs and failures and successes and love, and each one is irreplaceable in that way, not because of a religious reason. The same should apply to machines, since we've seen these AIs use creative and intelligent means to achieve their goals.
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But yes, I love that what we see is how both sides are coming to terms in their own way - that Catherine Weaver is 'raising' both an AI and a human child, with Sarah doing the same. Both Johns are growing and evolving, learning to think for themselves, to decide and act upon what they perceive, while both Cameron and Ellison are teaching about themselves by being themselves, and learning about the other by observation and interaction. Weaver is also learning from Ellison and Savannah, and I think of that episode last season (I think) when one of the terminators - was it Cromartie? - was living with a woman, and when it killed her, did so quickly, with mercy and seeming regret. Will Weaver want Savannah to live, or if needing to kill her, do so with mercy, and will she regret it?
John would regret killing Cameron, because as you say, he sees her as an individual with the capacity for growth and perhaps even emotional intelligence, not just a machine protector/servant. John Henry calls Ellison a friend, but does he understand what that means? And I'm not sure about the message Ellison is trying to convey, that humanity is in God's image, and thus sacred. I think I'd prefer if he was saying that humans are individuals with hopes and dreams and fears and needs and failures and successes and love, and each one is irreplaceable in that way, not because of a religious reason. The same should apply to machines, since we've seen these AIs use creative and intelligent means to achieve their goals.