Choices are an emphasis in the film as Del Spooner belittles robots creating a fine line between humans and machines. From the beginning of the film, Spooner’s character is stuck in the past as he plays Stevie Wonder’s song “Superstition” through a CD player (Obsolete technology). Later the CD player is used to make his main point to Dr. Susan Calvin saying, “It’s scary when you can’t control them isn’t it?” Furthering the theme, Spooner’s accident is the heart of the separation between blood and wire. The NS4 that saved his life did it by basing his and a little girl’s survival on percentage. Spooner had the advantage with a 45% chance of rescue while the little girl had only an 11% chance. In his reflection of the incident to Dr. Calvin, he says, “that was somebody’s baby… 11% is more than enough, a human being would have known that.” His ideologies are unique to himself while the dominant views welcome technology and would consider Spooner lucky to have been saved regardless. "You are a clever imitation of life! Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot take a blank canvas and turn it into a masterpiece?" To which Sonny replies, “Can you?" Alluding to the creation of life, Spooner references the emotions, feelings, thoughts, that human beings are created with. Sonny’s response is a way of showing the difference between the physical and mental side in humans. Physically, we as humans can be replicated. It is our thoughts and our minds that make us unique. The abilities and talents that an individual has only separates him from other humans. This a conceited notion that is partly why religion is a dominating force. Human beings need something more than just the physicality of their world to live for. Purpose in life, which is exactly what Sonny was created with. 

Sonny represents the “what if” in our technological pursuits. This idea is foreshadowed in the film when Spooner is watching clips of Dr. Lanning’s speech stating that robots will eventually have free will, creativity, and dreams. Paired with the ability to keep secrets, the idea of a conscience is added to Sonny as he knows right from wrong and is able to draw what he sees in his dreams. Dr. Lanning plays God through the idea of being Sonny’s creator. Creating a robot that is so similar to humans goes back to the ideas of government and policy. In the film there is a direct reference to the death penalty as Dr. Calvin is instructed to inject “nanites” into Sonny, which would kill him. This “lethal injection” is a criticism of our government showing that even a robot with human qualities is a valued form of life. Dr. Calvin does not have the heart to kill Sonny as he demonstrates human qualities and even asks if the injection will hurt. After Sonny fulfills his purpose, we are left with the symbolism of a society reborn. Sonny is in essence, a robot messiah; created by Dr. Lanning/ “his father” to rescue humanity as well as free his robot brethren from what some may consider slavery or imprisonment.