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In BR2049, the movie never explicitly tells us if Joi is able to think like a human or if she's just a program that simulates human behavior very well. I understand it's important to leave it ambiguous for the audience, to beg the question if there's any difference between an authentic consciousness and something else that can replicate it so well we can't tell the difference, in very Blade Runner fashion.

However, I find it very unlikely that the Wallace corporation would create fully autonomous, human-like digital consciousness when they also don't want to allow replicants to transcend the "humanity" line. They already have their hands full with one artificial organic intelligence, so they probably don't want to deal with another artificial digital intelligence at the same time. This makes me believe that it's more probable that Joi is just a simulation and that everyone knows about it. Only we, the audience, don't have that completely spelled out to us, to leave in a possibility of this interpretation.

The thing is, K acts as if Joi is more than just a simulation. Does he believe she is "real"? Does he know that she is not and still lies to himself just to have this pretend "safe" relationship? Is it prohibited for replicants in 2049 to have a relationship, since they are "machines", created just to do their jobs? If K seems so willingly to have a real relationship with Joi, why not seek an actual real relationship with another replicant?

I guess it may have to do with the fact that he's a Blade Runner, he's constantly reminded he's not a human in order to pass the "interlink" test. Unlike the other rebel replicants that aspire to be just like the humans, K is the one that hunts them down and thus probably has to police himself to avoid thinking like that, instead choosing to embrace his artificiality. Maybe he finds that most replicants tend to lean towards more rights to replicants, to be treated more like humans, and as someone who hunts them down for thinking like that, he chooses an artificial relationship, one that just happens to be so well made that even fools him sometimes.

But what do you guys think?

Revisiting it yesterday, I always wondered what it was, because depending on who it is, the appreciation of K can change.

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Do you think we will have a holographic AI or something similar by 2049?

Hello everyone, I'm writing a philosophical paper on the novel where I'm analyzing kippleziation and Isidore's suffering through the philosophy of Heidegger. And there is a vital piece of information that I'm missing: does anyone know the chronological order of events: was the mood organ created before or after World War Terminus? An article I'm using argues that the kippleziation of the world happens both because of the absence of possibilities (due to the mood organ and androids) and radiation. But then my question remains, was the mood organ created before or after WWT. I'm pretty sure that the androids were created afterwards as servants on the planets people fled to, but does anyone know about the mood organ?

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Does anyone know where I could find a 4K version of K’s iconic scene of laying in the snow at the end of 2049? I am trying to make a wallpaper that consist of that part looping, but haven’t been able to find any high quality sources.

Full disclosure, BR is in my top faves all time so no need to defend its honour. Soo... The first half of the movie established through great detail that replicants where so close to being human that it took time consuming testing using precise instruments to be able to ascertain wether a subject was actually human. We also are to understand that they have superhuman strength and intelligence. This could be understandable as they are "peak" human. Yet upon watching last nigh, somethingt really struck me. Pris during the scene when Roy joins her at the toy factory and they are hanging out, Roy asks her to grab an egg. She nonchalantly goes over and slowly grabs an egg out of the boiler. Her skin is unaffected. Clearly her skin is impervious to the high temp water to a superhuman level. So obviously their skin and physical properties are far beyond human frailty. The easiest test would be to put boiling water on their skin at least. Not sure why the nature of the replicants was so vastly altered from the beginning of the story. Anyway, it's fun to over analyse.

I’m 39 and feel a bit late to the party! Blade Runner Final Cut in 4k followed by 2049! Hear great things about these movies!

Yeah right about when the defenseless naked woman is stabbed in the abdomen with a scalpel .. the film became a vile poc for me. In Bladerunner, the hunted were murderous.. 2049, IMO, is a glib gross tale.

Just snagged my copy. That artwork is gorgeous. Blade Runner 4k Steelbook

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I love the movies and recently after watching the shorts for 2049 I felt like exploring more of the universe. Which is better, the animated series Black Lotus or the comics (2019, 2029, origins etc)?