"We Used to Be Machines":The Ambiguous Identity of Robots in Rossum's Universal Robots
The literary image of robot in the modem capitalist era originated from Rossum's robot in Rossum's Universal Robots.The identity of Rossum's robotic figure is characterized by distinct ambiguity as a literary fantasy of modern technology.The robotic life of Rossum's robot reflects the hybridity of human conceptions of life,its threefold ethical appeal shows the hybridity of human ethical conceptions,and its tendency towards homogeneity of good and evil presents the hybridity of human values.This gives multiple and uncertain implications to the image of Rossum's robot.The ambiguity of robot identity and the resulting dilemma is essentially a reflection of the crisis of self-identity faced by humans in modern society.In this way,the identity confusion of Rossum's robot,"We used to be machines",can be seen as an existential question of"what makes us human".
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