Red Queen

The Red Queen is the computer in the movie Resident Evil. She was created to pretty much help guard and run a secret underground building known as the hive. In the movie a virus gets released in the facility, contaminating everyone. The computer makes a decision and kills everyone there closing the doors sealing everything. During the movie you constantly see the computer making decisions and having a thought process.

The Red Queen is closely tried to our time in that it is a highly advanced piece of technology. Not only does it just run regular things but it also has the ability to think and to make decisions - like I mentioned earlier. This is something that humans are capable of - it is something that would be hard to program into somebody because situations happen so quickly and in so many different ways that it is almost impossible to determine reactions. Also I think there is something tied to her in the fact that she doesn't feel. Although she clearly can make well educated thought out decisions she does not feel the sympathy or the regret or sadness or anything when she just goes and kills all those workers. She of course knew the consequences - as well as many other people - yet the way I like to think is that a real human would have taken the time to try and figure out a way to save those peoples lives.

Being a real human gives you feelings that sometimes we could do without. Those feelings sometimes prevent or hinder us from doing certain things or making certain decisions. I feel like sometimes the computers or robots or any technology we make reflects the times that we wish we could make a choice and not feel the regret after. But if you really think about it - those feelings are what makes us human. Those extra feelings that cause us to second guess ourselves - that make us try and find a solution - that is why we are human.