As the title suggests, I have issues with this show. Firstly I have come to despise most of the humans in WestWorld solely based on their sadistic natures. Secondly I have despised the roles of the human hosts in WestWorld. These two points interconnect with one main character; Dolores. Thirdly, the newfound self awareness of some hosts has come to fascinate me.
My first point was about the humans, mostly the males. The men on this show are mostly seen to be the ones who let out their fantasies and inner anger out on the hosts and demonstrate their sadistic nature. Such as in the last episode when a male human shot and 'killed' a hosts seemingly for fun because that's what a good vacation calls for. Or rather when Dolores' configuration is revealed, which brings me to my next point.
Dolores is apparently programmed to be Teddy's 'girl' and is to be a prize for the taking. In fact she is the thing that Teddy's rivals win if he gets killed protecting her. Yet she cannot fight back in any way which is why this type of sadism really bothers me. In fact when she tries to shoot the gun Teddy gives her, she cannot pull the trigger due to her programming. Which brings me to my next point.
Self awareness seems to be evolving. Dolores was asked if she would ever harm a living thing, and she replies no, yet she kills a fly in the first episode. In the third, while not being able to shoot the gun, she does defy her programming in the sense that she asks Teddy why they can't run away that day instead of some day. This pick up of language suggests that her language capabilities in detecting certain words will trigger her to try and escape her intended configuration; or be taken by Teddy's rivals.
Anthony Hopkins' character also refers to the Turing test, or the test that is intended to see if an android is able to 'trick' a human into thinking that the android either has consciousness or has human capabilities. Arnold and Bernard are compared in the sense that they treat the androids as if they were human. This becomes apparent when Bernard keeps Dolores in her clothing while having secret conversations with her, which is a big no no. Arnold's pyramid is essentially a guideline to create artificial consciousness, which is dangerous to the park. It is important to mention though that Ford has intentionally programmed the hosts to reset their narrative as a means to make the hosts 'forget' the atrocities the humans have committed against them, something he did either as an act of pity, or as a means to ensure the consciousness is never achieved even by accident. Something that is not working all too well for Dolores and the madam of the brothel, who remember events in their so-called dreams and are getting ideas, like Dolores, the bandit who talks to Arnold, and apparently the stray.
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