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What you've got to answer for yourself, very clearly, is what emotions your android experiences, and to what extent. You mention your android has an attachment to another android. Can they form ot...
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2019-12-12T21:57:28Z (about 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T09:54:41Z (about 5 years ago)
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What you've got to answer for yourself, very clearly, is what emotions your android experiences, and to what extent. You mention your android has an attachment to another android. Can they form other attachments, at all? You mention the android has a goal. What guides him - why this particular goal? What does it mean to him? The first example that comes to my mind for an emotionless android is Data, from _Star Trek_. He is explicitly mentioned, multiple times, to experience no emotions. All the same, he forms attachments, that is friendships. He knows camaraderie, he talks of gratitude, he is curious, he has a clear moral code. _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep_ is different - it's all about empathy. While it's "stated" that androids are incapable of experiencing it, it is strongly suggested that they do feel empathy towards one another, at least. Depending on the story you want to tell, you can decide whether your android is incapable of experiencing any emotions at all, or experiences them only towards certain subjects, or is simply Machiavellian in his thinking. Once you've decided, however, it is important that you remain consistent with the characterisation.
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2018-10-08T01:04:06Z (about 6 years ago)
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