Artificial humans are robots created by humans. Since the 1820s, humans have conceived of the concept of "artificial humans", who are soulless embodiments of the mechanical age, symbolizing our dehumanization. Some of them have strong vitality, but they have no emotions. In the novel Frankenstein, it is mentioned that "artificial man" is a mechanized human being driven by human curiosity about its own complex mechanisms.
Frankenstein: The concept of "artificial man" was first proposed in science fiction works
Frankenstein (aka Frankenstein) is a novel written by the English writer Mary Shelley in 1818. This novel is not only a symbol of the history of science fiction, but also a far-reaching masterpiece, and its value can be appreciated just because it has been put on the screen many times. In terms of thematic innovation alone, it is the beginning of a series of biochemical artificial humans.
Frankenstein created the "monster" that was pieced together from various parts of the human body stolen from the hiding place.
Frankenstein was a young scientist born in Geneva who, out of a keen interest in the natural sciences, tried to create life. He searched for tissues and organs from many corpses and pieced them together into an ugly giant. Nature helped him, using a lightning bolt to bring the giant to life.
When the monster finally gains life and opens his eyes, Frankenstein is frightened by his vicious face and flees, but he chases Frankenstein for a female companion, warmth and friendship; a series of strange suspense and murders follow.
Frankenstein initially agreed to the "monster's" request, trying to create a female partner for him using black technology to resurrect the dead
Frankenstein reluctantly agreed to his request, but eventually gave up his efforts, fearing that if the male and female monsters bred many monsters, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The strange birth of the "monster", and his fearful and fierce appearance, made the creator fearful. The people in the novel see Frankenstein's face and begin to scream and even faint. This makes it clear to the "monster" that "he is not a member of the human community".
People fear Frankenstein not because he is a scientific monster, but out of instinct. Because they don't know what kind of ghost it is this ugly monster, 19th century Britain, is also a "face-watching society".
The "monster" longs for a sense of belonging, a recognition from the group, and he wants Dr. Frankenstein to create a "female monster" as a companion, rather than looking for a human wife. And mankind abandons him again and again, fears him, hates him, triggers his hatred, and eventually becomes a "murderous maniac", leading to the tragedy at the end of the novel.
Even Dr. Frankenstein agreed to the monster's request to create an ugly female companion for him. The end of the "monsters" still cannot avoid the fear and hostility of humans; they can only lie out day and night, live in the jungle, be isolated or even hunted down, and can only choose to hide and live alone for a lifetime.
Dragon Ball's "Cyborg 8" is also a character based on "Frankenstein"
Cyborg No. 18, real name Razili, is a character in the famous anime Series Dragon Ball. Originally a beautiful Earth woman, she was later captured by Dr. Gro, a scientist of the Red Ribbon Legion, along with her twin brother Rabis (Cyborg 17), and transformed into a "murderous weapon", the Cyborg.
Younger brother Rabis and older sister Radzili were transformed by Dr. Gro into "killing machines – artificial humans"
"No. 18" is a powerful artificial human based on female humans, with unlimited energy, the aging of cells is very slow, it is not easy to get old, there is no need to eat, but it needs to be replenished. At the same time, she has a stunning appearance and figure, and is regarded as the "goddess of battle" by many fans, and the character is super popular.
Artificial man No. 18 blonde hair, blue eyes, good figure, is a cold and beautiful woman image.
More importantly, "18" is like an ordinary human being, she also likes to dress up and money, at the same time, she is a kind person and loves nature. Although "No. 18" is an artificial person, in fact, she is transformed from a human body, which magically preserves fertility. Married to Klin after the elimination of the "Arch Villain - Saru" and has lived a peaceful life ever since, and the two have a daughter, Marlen.
Cyborg 17, a character in the Dragon Ball series, whose real name is Lapis.
"Cyborg 17" is one of the artificial humans made on the basis of male humans, the twin brother of No. 18. Like other artificial humans created by Dr. Groh, he is tasked with using them as "weapons of murder" to kill Sun Wukong and his friends.
Like his sister No. 18, Rabis has super fighting power and unlimited energy, and once defeated Super Saiyans such as Krantes.
According to the official interview with Dragon Ball, the author Akira Toriyama himself once said that "No. 17" has a very high potential and can become stronger as long as it is cultivated. In Dragon Ball: Cosmic Survival, "Number 17" has been raised to the point where he can compete with Super Saiyan Level 3 Monkey King.
The backstory of the "Synthetic Man"
What exactly is a "synth"? Many Fallout 4 players are curious about this question. "Synthetic" is the most common word in the game, infiltrating the different factions of the Wasteland World, and there are countless numbers, and they have almost the same flesh as humans, making it difficult for players to distinguish.
The synth character "Dans" in Fallout 4 is implanted in the memory and cannot even distinguish the identity of the "synth" himself.
The appearance of the "synths" in the game has caused a lot of panic in the wasteland world, and even attracted the crusade of the "Brotherhood" camp. But from the beginning of the game, it is found that the protagonist and the machine servant, Mr. Skillful Hand, get along well. Later, the residents of the Wasteland were so panicked about the artificial intelligence developed by the college, what was the reason? In fact, synthetic humans are not skilled robots at all.
"Mr. Skillful Hand" has always existed as a friend of human beings
The academy camp began planning to build a "perfect robot" in 2228, what is perfect? The answer is humanity itself. So the Academy began an ambitious project to create man, through "quantum technology", taking human beings themselves as a sample, reducing the molecules 1:1 to create people, completing the so-called acts of God.
"Synthetic Man" went through three stages of research and development:
The birth of a generation of synths. At that time, the academy only mastered the technology of making some human organs, and in order to use the waste, they put these organs together with a bunch of mechanical parts to create a kind of "robot" as labor and front-line cannon fodder.
The second generation of synthetic humans, compared with the first generation has muscle tissue, but the skin structure is incomplete, with plastic supplementation, most of the brain tissue is still a machine.
Compared with 1 generation and 2 generations, the three generations of synthetic humans are all composed of flesh and blood except for the brain structure near the hippocampus. After the completion of the third generation of development, the production department of the academy passed a resolution to no longer call them robots, but to call them "synthetic humans". In the production department of the college, you can see the production method of the three generations of synthetic people.
"Synthetic humans" born in the pool of blood
The evolution of consciousness in "synthetic humans"
The third generation of synthetic humans is still not a perfect human being, and they are psychologically different from humans. In the game, judging from the "Test of Covenant Town", the synth is unreasonable in acting in terms of intense emotions, such as the protagonist's son "Shane" who intends to let the synth Shane show the emotion of "love" in front of his parents, but fails. Although the third generation already has a human body, it still lacks a "soul".
The NPC "Nick" in Fallout 4 already has a human soul, he is no longer a "police officer", he is "Nick".
Many synth-human NPCs in the game already have the ability to anger, sadness, fear, and love these intense emotions. The author believes that it is the freedom of personality that gives them a real soul, and those synthetic people who are implanted in the brain control of the academy do not have a complete soul. The scientists of the academy were puzzled by the free will of some of the 3rd generation of synthetics, and at the same time desperately wanted to give the synths real emotions. It's a contradiction, the answer is right in front of them, and they're blind.
"Nick" in Fallout 4 once said, "I gaze deeply into the darkness, and for a long time I stood, surprised, and frightened." This deep and philosophical monologue makes the player realize that "Nick" has the same memory, intelligence, and emotions as a human being, and he is no longer regarded as a "machine."
Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens has a line: "We are the children of the sun, and its faint fire gives everything on earth", while a world like "Fallout 4" is rampantly destroyed by human beings and on the verge of collapse, and human eyes should not see themselves as the "core of all things", but should put themselves on an equal footing with other creatures, feeling the faint fire that nature has given to all living things.
In the face of all sentient beings, human beings should have a reverential heart.
Who is closer to man is to "synthetic" and "artificial" does not depend on the fact that they have the same soul feelings as humans, but that even if they are different from humans, they should not be regarded as "inferior". Humans are not rulers, they are no more sacred than other creatures, like "Nick" in Fallout 4, "Cyborg 18" in Dragon Ball, they never lose to humans.