David’s actions in this movie have made me come to agree with Searle’s argument that “the matter matters.” Although the technology that has been instilled in David is far beyond the technology that we can produce at the current time, there is a sense of understanding in his system. Although it is hard to understand where the understanding comes from in his creation, David makes it known when he pleads for his life that he is more than just input and output like a robotic brain would be. Just like humans would do, he shows fear for losing his robotic life, which is impossible for a robot made of beer cans and strings to do. Even most of the mechas do not demonstrate the type of compassion and understanding that David shows throughout the movie. I believe that he is more than a machine and his syntax, while we are unsure of how it is done, absolutely gives rise to semantics in his particular situation. An audience is meant to feel sorry for this mecha as he has become so real that one is saddened when he has to say goodbye for the last time to his parents. It is impossible for a human to feel this way about a robot unless they actually felt that it had the same type of material that we are made from and feels similar emotion. That is why I believe that most people who watch this movie must believe that David is created on the right type of matter and has understanding just as humans do.
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