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This paper aims to explore the subjectivity of humans and technological others, and the aspects of ‘becoming’ in Machines Like Me. First, this paper reveals that anthropocentrism manifests Adam’s distorted otherness through the monstrosity imposed on him. And Adam has his own subjectivity as an autonomous actor with vitality. Second, it exposes the problems and violence of anthropocentrism revealed through Miranda’s perception. The universality, instrumental rationality and conception of the human as an absolute subject in humanism degrade non-human actors into mere objects of domination. Finally, it tries to explore the aspects of ‘becoming’ through Charlie. His ‘becoming-machine,’ which changes from self-identity to something new, forms a block with Adam and produces affects to move toward a state of affection.

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