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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
The human versus automation thing gets really silly in some anime shows (such as Ghost in the Shell) where androids type at keyboards with special fingers . . .to do the work that could be done by a computer without a humanoid body hooked up with a network cable (or a wireless connection). But that wouldn't look as good on screen.
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Hmmm. I take the reason for that--at least in the case of Ghost in the Shell (haven't seen it elsewhere)--is so the androids cannot be back-hacked. Plus the androids do other tasks besides just work at their computer stations.
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