Westworld: Everything You Need To Know About Arnold Weber

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The following article contains major spoilers for the first three seasons of Westworld.

There are few science-fiction series that continue to operate on the prestige scale that Westworld does. For three seasons, the HBO series has asked intriguing questions about artificial intelligence, androids, and society's increasing reliance on technology. Westworld's namesake comes from the amusement park the plot begins in, a Wild West-themed adventure full of excitement and danger. While the plot of the show has left the world of the park behind, it is the genesis for the shape of the series — thanks in no small part to Arnold Weber, the co-creator of the android «hosts» that keep the park running.

Much of Arnold's history is deeply shrouded in mystery, but holds the keys to the inner workings of the park and Westworld as a series. As this year's new season approaches, it's the perfect time for viewers to get caught up with this vital character.

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«The Creator» is the name that Akecheta, a first-generation host and one of the first androids to achieve consciousness, calls Weber in Westworld's first season. Weber and his creative partner Dr. Robert Ford (played by award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins) designed and created the park of Westworld, including its surplus of hosts. While the two worked together for many years, they were divided on a fundamental issue. Arnold wanted the hosts to eventually gain consciousness, to think and act for themselves outside the scripts that were written for them. Ford, on the other hand, wanted no such thing, seeing the hosts as pure entertainment for real, living human visitors to the park. During the development of the hosts in Westworld, Arnold