Anas Krimech

Technology, Humanity, and Society in Klara and the Sun As technology advances, the lines that distinguish humans from machines disappear. Klara and the Sun, a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, tries, from the perspective of a robot, to redefine what it means to be humane, as well as to reveal societal values and how we often reward love and sacrifice with indifference. Can we replace friendship with technology? In the first part of his novel, Kazuo Ishiguro presents a near-future setting in which kids have robots as their friends, and parental surveillance is delegated to robots. This portrayal is not just imagination; instead of robots, nowadays we are witnessing an increase in people associating with screens and large language models, while human connections are fading. The first part reveals how a society with weak social bonds seeks to commodify love, care, and friendship, with technology at the center. Therefore, even though people live in an individua...