After I have watched the amazing film, Sleep Dealer, I was absolutely enthralled by the amount of social issues and innovative concepts addressed in such a creative manner.
One aspect of the film that caught my attention, was the innovative idea of the use of "nodes" that basically connects a human's nervous system to a machine. Due to the never-ending immigration issue of the Mexicans crossing the U.S border, the invention of nodes serve as an alternative to finding jobs in America without physically crossing the border. Just like how today's military drones are not operated by pilots but rather people at the home base. When the individual connects their nodes to the machine, the mind is immediately transported into the "brain" of a working robot in the U.S as an avatar.
The purpose of having these avatars seem to primarily serve as a solution to the Mexican immigration issue. There is a supposed advantage of having robots working in the U.S instead of humans. Artificial intelligence lack the ability to think abstractly, thus no emotions nor opinions being expressed, which could potentially influence others later resulting in uprisings or "inconveniences". Furthermore, robots also have no skin for a finger to point at or an eye to gawk at how different it is to their own. In addition, they are generally a lot more efficient than the human work force. Which inevitably poses some debatable questions; to what extent can robots replace human workers? Can their reliable unbiased mindset and dependable efficiency outweigh human performance?
Another use of nodes that I found interesting was the girl's way of making a living. She appears as a undercover journalist, and instead of implementing the traditional way of recording stories with paper and pen, all she had to do was to simply transfer her memories through the connection of nodes into a device. This enables and encourages truthful facts towards stories out to the public based on her own personal experiences. However, as Memo later discovers, she is ultimately selling her memories including private ones which makes herself exposed and vulnerable to the world.
Another use of nodes that I found interesting was the girl's way of making a living. She appears as a undercover journalist, and instead of implementing the traditional way of recording stories with paper and pen, all she had to do was to simply transfer her memories through the connection of nodes into a device. This enables and encourages truthful facts towards stories out to the public based on her own personal experiences. However, as Memo later discovers, she is ultimately selling her memories including private ones which makes herself exposed and vulnerable to the world.
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