Ghost in the Shell

 *cyborgs not robots

  • Very ahead of its time

  • Unsure if something they made is a bug or not

    • Could be very dangerous

  • Robot can unplug herself 

    • Not entirely controlled by humans

  • Futuristic guns seen

    • Enclosed in briefcase

  • Therm-optic camouflage seen

    • Allows robots to be invisible to humans as well as other robots

  • Liquid created outer skin of robot

    • Later came off in flakes and revealed more human looking ‘skin’

  • Very tall buildings seen

    • Not overly high tech city, kind of industrial

  • Robots brains can be hacked into

    • Can get into more of the information of their country through that

  • Robots can access birds eye view of their surroundings at any given point

  • Robots can communicate with one another by just ‘thinking’

  • Robots appear to be able to feel physical pain

  • Some robots know they are robots some do not

    • Those who are hacked do not

    • When asked questions about memories they cannot answer

  • One character claims that memories are not very important

    • “[...] just a drop in the bucket”

  • Robot either not afraid of death or has a lot of faith in technology

  • Robot woman can express feelings

    • Talks about feeling alone and hopeless when in the ocean

  • Robots cannot get drunk because their metabolisms are too fast

  • If there are many characteristics that make up a person, how many of those characteristics can be replaced before that person is no longer human

*31:30

  • Thoughts and memories are unique to each individual

  • Robot attempts suicide

  • Refer to souls as ghosts

  • Still have brains

    • Require neuroscientists

  • Robot woman having an identity crisis

    • The only thing that makes her feel human is the way others treat her

  • ‘What would be the importance of being human if robots can create their own soul’

    • Paraphrased

  • Cyborgs have different appearances

    • May be in attempt to keep them human

  • ‘Dna is a code to protect itself’

    • Paraphrased

  • Robot claims to not be ai but rather a thinking entity

  • Cyborgs fighting robots

    • Ones that do not appear human

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