Studying Robots’ Capability in Loving and Being Loved in Science Fiction

Androids have been in our lives for a long time, whether through fiction, cinema or the discussions broughtto us by media and scientists. To see them as conscious being has always been thought of as a possibility. In addition,the love life of androids has not escaped the imaginative minds of writers and filmmakers. Android consciousness andthe emotional interactions between human and androids are both addressed in many science fiction movies and novels.This article aims to show that androids are exactly like humans in their capability to be conscious and to feel humanlikeemotions. It draws on Boris Kotchoubey’s model of consciousness as a yardstick to explore artificialconsciousness in android characters. It also employs David Levy’s parameters for love to analyze androids in termsof feelings. In the end, after analyzing the behaviour of some android characters in selected movies and novels, thepaper concludes that the androids could be called conscious beings and experience human consciousness. It alsodemonstrates that androids are able to show human feelings and emotions.

کلیدواژه ها:

Consciousness ، Android ، Artificial Intelligence ، Science Fiction ، Boris Kotchoubey’s Model of Consciousness ، Levy’s Parameters For Falling In Love