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Originally Posted by Tremere

It's slavery.

It is literally about slavery.

Slaves are manual labor and contributed to the economic progress of the nation that brought them in. Humagear are constantly referenced as tools, and when set beside a human career professional, threatens their identity and livelihood and causes the human to freak out.

Humagear was first and foremost, designed to support humanity in tasks. So their struggle to find a "dream" something that they decide for themselves, unlike a task designated for them, is what that Singularity represents. A rebirth from souless machine to a human-like existence.

Counterpoint: It's I, Robot. Literally Zero-One is just I, Robot only far simpler and far less thought-provoking.

The repercussions of AI and what constitutes life and sapience as we define it are questions asked in virtually any media featuring AI. Zero-One is doing literally nothing different here. The idea that AI would replace us, rendering us "obsolete" is not only incredibly common but a real result of progress in our world, with several jobs being filled by automation rather than people.

This is not new or even rare. It's a thought experiment posed by numerous fictional works over time, and Zero-One is arguably one of the least profound. If anything it's only unique take is the idea that the rise of machines to humanity's equal/superior is a good thing, where it's usually seen as either foreboding or at best neutral and cautionary.