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"The most programmable machine on the planet today is still the human."— Drishti CEO Prasad AkellaIn the opening scene of the original Blade Runner film, Leon, a Nexus-6 replicant is given a "Voight-Kampff Test" to determine whether or not he is human.
The test is designed to provoke an emotional response. Emotions are read by scanning the iris, the colored part of your eye. The color of your iris is like your fingerprint; it's unique to you, and nobody else in the world has the exact same colored eye.
As the questions go on, Leon becomes increasingly agitated. When he is asked to "describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about your mother", he's had enough. "My mother?" Leon says. "Let me tell you about my mother." And he pulls out a gun and kills his tormentor.
Replicants have a termination date because if they live too long, they begin to develop emotions and the fear is that they will no longer be distinguishable from humans. Leon and a few other advanced replicants are on a mission to confront their creator, Dr. Eldon Tyrell, and find a way to extend their lives.
Phillip K. Dick, author of the novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? upon which the movie is based, would flip out at what's happening today. Not because it's what he foretold but because it's the exact opposite.
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