I Robot Dystopian

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Robotic takeover leading humans to fight for their rights back. I, Robot is a dystopia because it uses propaganda to control the citizens of the society, portray a utopian world, technological control with a major takeover, and citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
I, Robot is a film where highly intelligent robots fulfill public service positions throughout the world, operating under the three rules to keep the humans safe. These three rules are: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given to it by the human being, except where such orders would conflict with the first law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as it does not interfere with the first or second laws. In fact, the mastermind behind all the robots is Alfred Lanning and it is disseminated throughout the world that a robot has murdered him. Because of this, Detective Del Spooner, despite his troubled dark history with robotics is investigating the alleged suicide of U.S. Robotics founder Lanning and …show more content…

Robotics company uses propaganda to advertise their robots and ultimately ensure a utopia for all who will hand over their rights to the robots. This company drills into the heads of the human race by brainwashing them to believe that all robots will follow the three laws. With this in mind, the human race does not seem to register their actions, they think less for themselves because, they trust the seemingly, accurate, perfect, judgement robots. Besides, Susan Calvin protests that no robot could have killed Lanning due to these laws. To point out, the film had Spooner in his vehicle which was self-driven at speeds of 150 and above miles per hour. This is a utopian aspect that is flaunting the ability of technology to calculate upcoming obstacles, Consequently, this film expresses many utopian aspects of life supported by the advancement of robotic

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