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I've been watching West World, a TV. show produced by HBO, grappling with the idea of artificial intelligence and what separates us as humans from things we deem inhuman. Its an incredible show with twist and turns that leave the head spinning in anticipation and wonder. In West World the AI's (Artificial Intelligence) or the robots, act as slaves for the humans, or the guests who visit the park. The guests are allowed to have full access and domination of the AI's and can do and take whatever they want without resistance. The AI's however are updated constantly to continuously keep them as realistic and possible in order to please the guest and make the park seem real as possible. However, as the robots are updated they seem to lose the part of themselves that makes them robots and they seem to become more and more human. So the robot slaves start to be more and more conscious of their reality, they begin to understand that they don't have any control of their surroundings. This begins to trigger something in them some begin to break off and manipulate a system that has worked so hard to control them. They begin to act out over time trying to find a sense of control in an oppressing environment. While watching the similarities to the actions or the AI's in West World to the the struggles for control of their being, that are evident throughout the novel, Beloved. The characters in both books are desperate to feel some sense or feeling of control, as they consciously realize their environments.