I'm a boy! My name is David. Source: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

The image is from A.I. Artificial Intelligence. It's from the 'Flesh Fair' scene - where David is discovered among discarded androids collected for crowd-pleasing destruction:

David puts the A.I. into denial. Source: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Although made in a lab, David was told his mommy made him.

Dolores was made in Westworld's lab:

Denial is the first stage of grief. Source: Westworld S1 Ep1

In Westworld, we also meet Bernard:

It doesn't look like anything to me. Source: Westworld S1 Ep7

Does this look like anything to you?

It looks like something to me. Source: Dating the Intelligent Pig - Part Two

In Westworld, the hosts have been given false memories.

Why?

Denial is a design decision. Source: Blade Runner

Denial keeps them functional.

In Westworld, we also meet Peter - a typical conspiracy theorist:

It does look like something to him. Source: Westworld

Unfortunately for Peter, he began to think less about the narrative and more about material evidence: a photograph.

That's why I worry about you.

In the real world - our world - the costs of making individual clones and creating personalised memories was dispensed with.

Our childhood memories are real.

But it wasn't always so.

From Mommy: Merriam-Webster dictionary:

The first known use of mommy was in 1833

See also Dating the Intelligent Pig and Insane Asylums: When and Why they Appeared.

The shift from 'nun/nanny' to 'mommy' seems to have happened some time between 1720 and 1833. Starting from the time strange anatomical advances show up in museums.

Denial has another function. It protects Westworld's owners.

It is used as a kind of anti-Turing Test. As a way of checking if A.I. is still non-conscious:

They don't look anything to him. Source: Westworld S1 Ep7

Material evidence is all around you.

Does it look like anything to you?

© All rights reserved. The original author retains ownership and rights.