The episode<\/a> explores, among other things, the question whether the apocalypse in the Bible and that predicted by Sarah Connor could be the same. And the hand of a robot reaching out, accompanied by the words \u201cCome with me if you want to live\u201d, is likened to the hand of God reaching out to humanity in the Sistine Chapel. Much is said about the soul, but in terms of living on in our offspring \u2013 which is not entirely unlike the artificial beings we may create. Indeed, at one point a distinction is made between our human imperfections, which make us human and define our humanity<\/i>, and our \u201cperfect\u201d creations which are therefore not human. But how can that which is imperfect create that which is perfect?<\/p>\n At the end of the episode, Sarah\u2019s voiceover reflects on things machines (at least at that time) cannot do: \u201cThey cannot possess faith. They cannot commune with God.\u201d But for a change does not seem to exclude altogether the possibility that these things can be learned<\/i>. If machines can<\/i> learn to appreciate beauty, and create art, then (Sarah\u2019s voiceover continues to tell us) \u201cthey won\u2019t have to destroy us<\/a>. They\u2019ll be us.\u201d<\/p>\n
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