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<blockquote data-quote="delphonso" data-source="post: 7152542" data-attributes="member: 6892015"><p>From what I know about droids, their personalities come from "errors" in programming which eventually develop into eccentricities. </p><p>A new R2 unit would do everything it is told, but R2-D2 has been around for so long (presumably without having its memory erased) that it has developed qualities like disobedience, self-preservation, and bravery. These are all attributed to not having a memory-wipe.</p><p></p><p>So, if a droid has been around for a while and starts to get this idea of "wanting to be a person", I think the first step would be to prevent itself from losing the identity that it has started developing. Droids who seek to be recognized as a person should be doing their best to not get their memory erased. Whatever that entails - either running from a master who will wipe their memory, or doing their best to "blend in" with the other "mindless" droids.</p><p></p><p>In lots of other media, robots/androids/whatever seek out humanity by recognition by other humans, usually. Finding a purpose or reason to sacrifice themselves is usually how it shows up in films. I think the most interesting path this could take is that droids start looking for religion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delphonso, post: 7152542, member: 6892015"] From what I know about droids, their personalities come from "errors" in programming which eventually develop into eccentricities. A new R2 unit would do everything it is told, but R2-D2 has been around for so long (presumably without having its memory erased) that it has developed qualities like disobedience, self-preservation, and bravery. These are all attributed to not having a memory-wipe. So, if a droid has been around for a while and starts to get this idea of "wanting to be a person", I think the first step would be to prevent itself from losing the identity that it has started developing. Droids who seek to be recognized as a person should be doing their best to not get their memory erased. Whatever that entails - either running from a master who will wipe their memory, or doing their best to "blend in" with the other "mindless" droids. In lots of other media, robots/androids/whatever seek out humanity by recognition by other humans, usually. Finding a purpose or reason to sacrifice themselves is usually how it shows up in films. I think the most interesting path this could take is that droids start looking for religion. [/QUOTE]
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