Sure Opportunity was just a robot and didn’t actually have any emotions or anything and everything human-like it did was created by humans but like.. what a boring, joyless and pessimistic way of viewing the world. Personally I think it’s beautiful that so many people care about a robot, despite it not being a real live living thing. It shows something about humanity that, especially in the face of a lot of negativity, I think is really nice. So if you don’t feel sadness of Opportunity that’s fine but other people have a right to those emotions.
all of science fiction: human beings will resent A.I and robots and will never trust them
real human beings: I had to apologize to my roomba for stepping on him today I felt so bad he cleaned my whole house and I just stomped on him
Scifi 2019: Elite police officers are trained to hunt down robots that are forbidden from returning to Earth. They call it “retirement” as a euphemism.
Real 2019: The entire internet mourns a beloved Mars rover that gave a haunting final message as its 15 year life came to an end.
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