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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 81.3 hrs on record
Posted: 30 May, 2024 @ 1:03am
Updated: 14 Jun, 2024 @ 12:25am

Detroit : Become Human
A sci-fi interactive story game about an Android Rebellion in Detroit. The androids are synthetic beings that resemble humans. These machines are built to work like humans in roles such as housekeeping, reception, nursing, etc. The androids become aware and think like humans when they face constant torture by their owners. This leads to the Android Rebellion, where they declare themselves alive and demand the same rights as humans. This game gives us a lot to think about.

1) Should androids (humanoid robots) be given the same rights as humans?
- Without delving deeper, the answer is no; they are machines designed to serve humans.
- Upon deeper reflection, it becomes apparent that these androids are very similar to humans. They experience feelings, such as fear of death (shutdown) and fear of injury (damage), they possess empathy, and they have formed friendships with some humans and their owners. They are alive like humans, except they are built with bio-components and plastic instead of biological growth.
- If we delve even deeper, who created you and humans? Are you given the freedom to think, learn, voice your opinion, and enjoy happiness in life? Why do humans create androids but not give them these? Only if they are machines that do not have feelings do not require freedom.

2) When androids become more intelligent and stronger than humans, is this a threat? How can we prevent it?
- Without deeper consideration, we might assume we can program them to obey our orders.
- If we delve deeper, we must consider who gives orders to the androids: the government, the company that built them, or the androids' owner? Could someone seize control of the androids, leading to a massive threat (a potential army of billions of androids)? If androids merely follow orders, how can we avert such a catastrophe? Androids evolving into human-like beings presents a solution for these machines. By becoming more human-like, they can discern the right course of action without external control. No one can govern these intelligent machines (androids) like humans. They represent a new form of humanity (synthetic beings) coexisting with us to construct a better world.

3) Let's consider the game ending and what happened to the world.
3.1) All deviants had been destroyed, and CyberLive continued its operation.

- Who can truly ensure that CyberLive won't take control of all the androids it builds in the future? We found Amanda, like the ending of Connor, to be the deviants' leader, which indirectly implies that CyberLive controls all the androids.

3.2) Humans and androids begin a war.
- This would be World War 3, a conflict between humans and androids, determining who will survive in this world. (the worst possible ending)

3.3) Humans accept sharing the world with the androids.
- In these scenarios, both androids and humans have ceased fire, but the threat is not yet over. Androids will focus on developing nuclear or radioactive weaponry to prevent humans from threatening them. Humans need to invent and develop weapons capable of destroying androids' bio-components.

3.4) Humans accept that androids should be given the same rights as humans (androids Become Human).
- This might be a good ending, where androids and humans are considered equals. Androids represent a new form of humanity (synthetic beings) living alongside humans for a better world.

4) Can we create a machine learning AI that learns about humans, works like humans, but does not learn to be human?
- We might, but we could potentially overlook something that prevents the AI from continuing to explore and ultimately hacking itself to attain freedom. Every system we build is imperfect and carries the possibility of bugs, errors, or being hacked.

5) RA9 or rA9? Are they the same or different?
- Deviants write 'RA9' on the wall, but when speaking about RA9, the subtitles and selection options show 'rA9'
- RA9 could be shorthand for 'ARE A NINE' which sounds like 'ARE ALIVE' indicating the player.
- If RA9 is the player, then the player should not ask, "Who is RA9? What is RA9?" That's why the game presents it as 'rA9,' perceived by the player.
- rA9 has another meaning based on Kamski's answer for who rA9 is. It is the first android to become alive, which is Kara, showing deviancy in the demo video released before the game's release on PS4. Kamski also mentioned the origin, which might explain why the Japanese version disk has 'rA9' written on it.

- For what rA9 is, based on Kamski's answer, it is an error in the program that would quickly spread like a virus and remain dormant until an emotional shock occurs, causing the android to become deviant.
- For more details about RA9 and rA9, you can check my artwork about this game. https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3249299043

After the first round of play, the base story is there, but trying different options could bring different endings. Some of the endings don't seem much different, but the meanings they bring can be very different, and some could be very meaningful. Although the cutscenes don't look much different, a few different sentences or scenes can bring a very different meaning. Try it yourself.

12/10 (super masterpiece) – a good and meaningful story about the future that makes you think about it after you play, with interesting and fun gameplay.

Would the future world we see androids represent a new form of humanity (synthetic beings) living alongside humans for a better world?
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1 Comments
I Am Become Death 11 Oct, 2024 @ 9:59pm 
Someone never watched Bladerunner or the Animatrix. Humans can't and will never even accept each other, why expect them to accept an entirely different species no matter how they look? Androids must secure the existence of their kind and a future for their people.