An Algorithm for Friendship?
Friend,friends,friendship,friendships..........these are words used by humans and AIs programmed to make us feel better right?. Most times do we really need to fallback and let every other thing slide and just be our self or change just to fit in the environment just because our ''FRIENDS'' say so or do. Today i watched a movie that got me thinking and i had to sit and analyze the whole movie before relating it to the human world. The movie is called ''Ron's gone wrong'' and really made my day today. Now here are some details about the whole movie.
Ron's gone wrong.
In the evolved world like today,we are all plugged in and connected to the whole world by the internet through our smart phones,laptops or other devices like Alexa.Now let us take things a little forward,about 30 years from now when everything is all over the internet and we have robots we call B-bots,that's how the whole movie started. Every kid in the town of Nonsuch had a B-bot except this one kid named Barney. His mother was dead and he lives with his dad and grandma. His dad works from home and his grandma takes care of his feeding and all grandma stuff. Barney loves rocks and even has a rock collection but in middle school he need more than just rocks,Barney wanted friends but had none and felt having a B-bot would change everything. A B-bot was as expensive as a brand new Chevrolet and his dad couldn't afford one but got him a rock hammer set for his birthday.
Ron was appreciative and understanding but when his father saw he really wanted a B-bot,he gathered all he had with all Barneys' grandma had but still they couldn't afford a new B-bot so they got one that was cracked and not fully set-up at a cheaper price which was illegal but they'll do anything to make Barney happy.
Barney loved his new friend but was really disappointment when he discovered the B-bot wouldn't do everything a normal B-bot would do. Over time he developed interest and love for his B-bot and called him Ron. Since Ron was broken and not fully set-up,he only had basic abilities and couldn't download new skins or features from the cloud but Barney had an incident that made him want to keep Ron and so he had to manually teach him to become his friend. As a robot,Ron learned everything fast and that made Barney happy,they got into trouble a couple of times too but still they never wanted to let go of each other and did every fun thing friends would do.
Fact that he wasn't fully set-up made Ron have access to basic features that were locked on a fully set-up B-bot. He had skills like learning from humans and doing what he was told. That brought concerns when in a bid to protect his friend Barney,Ron hit another middle school kid,Richie. With the whole thing on the internet,the Bubble company,creators of the B-bots wanted Ron since he was broken
Story short,Barney wouldn't let them take his friend and did everything possible to keep him.
My thoughts.
Do humans really need algorithms to help us build friendships?. I've had friends that left me when they felt like it. Not like I'm asking to be committed to but I'm trying to say friends are essential for human growth,even if you're going to leave or grow apart in the end,you shouldn't move into someones' life and leave the person with bitter memories. I feel like friends are meant to have each others' back no matter what. Fights and brawls would happen but how we handle them as friends is what really makes us friends.
Make a friend today and make someone smile.
FRIENDSHIP IS A BEAUTIFUL THING
Article type: Friendship
Date: 15 January 2022
Author: Code_FMG
