For the connections internal the film Blade Runner 2049 and the text Klara And The Sun, were studied.
- What connections can you draw so far between Klara and the Sun and Blade Runner 2049? For example: themes/ideas, characters, relationships, style, etc.?
The main connection, that I can think of, between Klara and the Sun and Blade Runner 2049 is discrimination. In Blade Runner 2049 it is common practice to think of replicants as inferior beings since the were created instead of being born. Replicants are typically insulted and threatened while still having human thoughts similarly AFs are feared because some of the populace can't understand how they think.
This connection can be stretched further and include the film Gattaca. People without genetic editing, referred to as invalids, are believed to be lesser although the film shows that it is not always true.
- Has your understanding of what it means to be human/have personhood changed since studying these texts? How so?
My understanding of personhood hasn't changed since studying these texts, after all:
If it walks like a duck,
If it quacks like a duck,
If it walks like a duck,
If it quacks like a duck,
Then it's probably a duck.
If a duck shaped robot walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it is basically a duck.
