![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These robots, who are also generally coded as masculine, live to serve us and flatter our notions of being “in charge.” If a robot character like this appears in a science fiction story as a side character, the chances are good that this robot will never end up rebelling. The “puppy” type and the “butler” type appear many times across fictional media as well as in real life. Throughout, the robot’s “other” status remains either a joke or a cause for discomfort or both, depending on whether it’s a comedy, an action-adventure, a drama, or a horror movie. Sometimes, the robot rebells and initiates a rebellion against all humans. Sometimes, the robot chooses to assimilate and prove some internal sense of “humanity,” to assert their right to be the one robot in an all-human team. ![]() Sometimes this results in polite but compelling debate. Perhaps the robot begins to observe that society seems unfair, thereby making humans uncomfortable. Perhaps the robot is a comical fish-out-of-water, and humans laugh at the observations of this “othered” being. The robot is seen as “other,” set apart, and often cast in a servile role. Here’s how the story goes: society creates a robot. Who is your favorite fictional robot? Someone asked me this question recently and I realized that I didn’t have a good answer, other than “all of them.” Does it matter which one I choose, when all robot stories are so similar to one another? ![]()
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