#ArnoldWeber, also known as the #Creator, is a character in HBO's #Westworld. He and Dr. #RobertFord designed and created the hosts. After Weber's death, Ford created #BernardLowe in Arnold's image. Ford made Bernard's name an anagram of Arnold's full name. Arnold was killed approximately 34 years before Dr. Ford interviewed #Dolores in "Contrapasso" (“Right before the park opened."). Arnold and the hosts were said to have "a special connection." Dr. Ford reveals to Bernard that he had a creative partner during the development of the park, and that his partner's name was Arnold. According to Ford, Arnold had grander ambitions for the hosts than being pseudo-humans in a theme park. "He wasn't interested in the appearance of intellect or wit," Ford said. "He wanted the real thing. He wanted to create #consciousness." Ford illustrates how Arnold intended to do this by drawing a #pyramid with "#memory on the bottom, then #improvisation, and then #selfinterest." Ford leaves the top of the pyramid empty, and claims that Arnold never decided what to put there. When Bernard asks about what happened to Arnold, Ford says that Arnold withdrew, speaking only with the hosts and was consumed by his desire to create consciousness, until his death in the park. Arnold's death was declared an accident, but Ford believes otherwise. Arnold Weber is portrayed by #JeffreyWright. He was the co-founder and developer of Westworld alongside Ford. Arnold had come to #anthropomorphize his already life-like creations, and made it his goal to bring the Westworld hosts to full sentience, with Dolores as his test bed. When the park was nearing opening, 30+ years before the "present day" of the show's timeline, Arnold had not yet been able to succeed in this, having concluded that the path to sentience was not simply linear. Having failed to achieve his goal, and believing that the intended function of even non-sentient hosts was still tantamount to them being misused by guests, he instructed Dolores to kill all the other hosts, then kill himself and herself, hoping this tragic event would prevent the park from opening. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackArtistsMatter (at U.S. Embassy Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBkCHLPlNUq/?igshid=1qhduc3o3vvom
