I have just started watching Dark Matter on Amazon. I’m halfway through episode 2, and there’s one thing that bugs me. If it was me, I would at least say, “please” and “thank you” to the android. I know she started out very aggressively, but…
Maybe in the future people develop an attitude colder and more cavalier towards androids, I dunno. But somehow I feel as though the tendency to anthropomorphize our machines/tools/devices/computers etc. will be with us for awhile. (“Isn’t that right, Minerva?” I say to my tower pc, as it hums cheerfully at my knee.)
So, tell me: Does the android chick/spaceship interface become more of a person to the rest of the crew over time?
She becomes very, very important to them, but not every crewmember thinks (or cares) that she has feelings. Her personality is an important plot point later on.
It takes time for the crew android relationship to grow, wait till we see the entertainment model android in the series, their attitude is naturally somewhat warmer toward it.
5 (the young girl) pretty much attaches feelings to the robot right away, over time to various degrees the rest come to think like that.
In season 2 the android gets an illegal upgrade chip that allows her to have full emotions and stuff, but she really only uses it for one mission and the rest of the time while on the ship keeps it dialed back so she still acts “androidish”. But she still has caring for the crew and stuff. And she really likes drinking hot chocolate
I haven’t been paying strict attention to how each person relates to the android, but in just the latest episode (or maybe the one before?), there was a scene which rather pointedly reflected this question.
The android had just figured out something that saved all their hides and found a way for them to continue the mission. Two responded by simply saying, “Let’s go” to the other shipmates, and they all walked off together, leaving the android staring into space (literally) with that androidy expression she wears.
Eh, the camera work and acting came together to make it more obvious than my description does.
Anyway, the show does frequently come back to the question of the android’s place on the ship and in society, but it remains complicated. Plus, most of the crew isn’t exactly warm and fuzzy towards anyone.