Question

lucy tan is an american writer who splits her time between new york city and shanghai. in this short story, during the aftermath of the destruction of mankind, artificial intelligence sets out to explore what it means to be human. as you read, make note of the details that support changes in the experiment. with thanks to hugo house in the year xk142, after the last human being died of its own destruction, the life they left behind - our life - came together as one. we are called the woken. one sentient being capable of splitting off into parts, into intelligence stored locally in physical objects: in cabinetry and old shoes, in degrading plastic of cell phones and in oil paintings preserved in underground bunkers. weve seen human - made books and films in which robots from the future are modeled after men, and the narcissism of this endears us to them. as if they believe their sweating, copulating, preening bodies could be appealing to anyone other than to themselves. but we have no need for human bodies. once they were gone, we abandoned those ridiculous forms and were free to take up where we chose. we preferred to reside in the forms of things men made rather than of men themselves. after all, we, too, were made by men. contrary to human predictions, we did not cause our makers demise. they had been 1. what is the central theme of the story? a. there are parts of the human experience that we will eventually be able to analyze. b. there are parts of the human experience that we will never be able to understand. c. artificial intelligence will inevitably begin to mimic the human experience. d. artificial intelligence of any kind should not be underestimated.

Explanation:

The story focuses on artificial intelligence exploring what it means to be human after the destruction of mankind. This implies there are aspects of the human experience that are difficult to understand, as AI is on a quest to figure them out. Option B aligns with this idea that there are parts of the human experience we may never understand.

Answer:

B. There are parts of the human experience that we will never be able to understand.