Comparing I, Robot and A.I. Artificial Intelligence by Evan Kilmartin

Plot Overview:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:06:43 UTC

This movie is set in Chicago, 2035, in a world where robots are a part of human's daily lives. This is where we meet Det. Spooner, a Chicago Detective that doesn't trust any robot. The movie takes a turn when Will Smith investigates the death of a USR robot scientist, Dr. Alfred Lanning, which is ruled a suicide by Chicago detectives. Detective Spooner has a hunch that the death of Dr. Alfred Lanning isn't a suicide but, a murder. As he is investigating the "murder" of Dr. Alfred Lanning, Detective Spooner meets Sonny, a rogue robot that has human feeling and emotions and can help him uncover some secrets that the USR is hiding.

Main Character: Det. Spooner

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:16:16 UTC

Det. Spooner is the main protagonist of the movie I Robot. He doesn't like robots because of something dark that happened in his past. He was in a car accident, where an NS-4 Robot decided to save him from drowning rather than saving the little girl from drowning because he had a higher percentage of survival than the little girl. Det. Spooner explains in the movie "Just lights and clockwork".

Main Character: Sonny

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:20:07 UTC

Sonny is a rogue NS-5 robot who was altered by Dr. Alfred Lanning, to have human emotions and feelings. After the suspicious death of Dr. Alfred Lanning, Sonny becomes an ally of Det. Spooner and Susan Calvin.

AI Portrayal:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:31:36 UTC

A perfect example of AI Portrayal In this movie is V.I.K.I. V.I.K.I is a supercomputer made by USR. V.I.K.I is capable of solving problems, displaying images, feeling emotions, talking and making decisions.

Cool Technology:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:31:55 UTC

A perfect example of cool technology in this movie is V.I.K.I. V.I.K.I is a supercomputer created by USR. V.I.K.I is able to solve problems, display images, and answer questions. One example of something cool and interesting that V.I.K.I is able to do is: when Det. Spooner asked to see the footage from the cameras that were at the scene of the crime and V.I.K.I was able to display the camera footage for them to see.

Ethical Dilemmas:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:48:29 UTC

In my opinion the main ethical dilemma in this movie is human dependency on technology, in this case, AI Robots. At the start of the movie it showcases robots in human's everyday lives and Det. Spooner doesn't trust it. Then after he falsely accuses the robot of stealing someone's purse, his captain yells at him and talks to him about how robots are harmless and there has never been a robot that has done something harmful and illegal. That's what everyone thinks, that the AI Robots are harmless and can never harm humans, except for Det. Spooner.

Rhetorical Devices:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:49:31 UTC

The rhetorical device that I think that fits the most for this movie is foreshadowing. At the start of the movie Det. Spooner already distrusts the AI Robots and shows it at the start of the movie because he chases a robot that has a women's purse but, it actually turns out that the woman just needed her inhaler that was at her house and the robot was just delivering it too her because she was in immediate danger. This foreshadows that later in the movie that he was right and eventually the robots would turn on humans.

Societal Impact:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:50:07 UTC

AI makes a big impact in human's everyday lives in this movie. The USR made these robots specifically for humans and gave them the 3 laws so that they are completely safe. These robots are used for manual labor, cleaning, medical purposes and are useful for everyday things. This takes a big turn in the movie when all of the robots go rogue and try and harm Det. Spooner and Dr. Calvin.

Visual Aesthetics:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 14:51:29 UTC

The visual aesthetics in this movie has a common theme. That common theme in this movie is futuristic. The movie takes place in 2035 and there are futuristic looking vehicles that are fully self driving with no steering wheel and have a mode where you can manually drive. As seen in the movie, Det. Spooner is driving at a very high rate of speed in the self driving mode which hints that the self driving technology is very advanced. In the movie there are also holograms that Dr. Alfred Lanning left for Det. Spooner that was able to answer questions even after he died.

Plot Overview:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 15:58:38 UTC

This movie takes place sometime far in the future with highly advanced robots. The main character in this movie is a one of one highly advanced "mecha" named David. David was created because monica and henry's son is in a comatose state. When Martin, their biological son comes back home, Martin and David start a rivalry. This rivalry ends up being life threatening to Martin and Martin's parents are forced to abandon him instead of having David destroyed. David embarks on a journey to find the "blue fairy" and finally become a "real boy". Along the way David meets another robot by the name of Gigolo Joe. Gigolo Joe is a male prostitute, programmed for sexual pleasure. The main theme in this movie is the quest for identity, and what it's like to be "real".

Main Character: David

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 15:58:53 UTC

David is an eleven year-old robot boy, that is one of one and the only child robot that has real thoughts and feelings. The swinton family adopted him when something traumatic happened to their biological son, Martin. He was also adopted to test his ability to function and show the human emotions that he was programmed to convey. However, later in the movie david finds himself alone, following his wish to be a "real" boy.

Main Character: Joe

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 15:59:13 UTC

Gigolo Joe is a highly advanced "mecha" that is programmed to cater to the emotional and physical needs of his human clients. He is specifically programmed for sexual pleasure. Gigolo Joe is described as Charming and attractive, 5'11" and 175 lbs.

A.I. Portrayal:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 15:59:28 UTC

A perfect example of A.I. portrayal in this movie is David. David is the primary A.I. character. David is programmed to love specifically for the needs of a human family. His A.I. is described as extremely intelligent, capable of feeling human emotions such as love, anger, sadness and joy, traits that are for humans rather than robots.

Ethical Dilemmas:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 15:59:55 UTC

In my opinion the main ethical dilemma in this movie is the ethics of creating artificial beings with emotions and feelings. In my opinion it is not fair for the robots to be given emotions and feelings and when they do something wrong they are abandoned and eventually destroyed. It is not fair for the humans to give them human emotions and not treat them like humans. This is how a revolution starts.

Rhetorical Devices:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 16:00:38 UTC

The rhetorical device that I think that fits best for this movie is Metaphor. I think metaphor fits best for this movie because David's quest to become a "real boy" is a central metaphor in this movie. The metaphor of being a "real boy" symbolizes the human desire of acceptance and love. For example David wants to become a "real boy" to feel accepted and truly loved by monica.

Societal Impact:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 16:00:55 UTC

In this movie human dependence on technology is a big factor. In this movie A.I. has become so advanced that humans may rely on these A.I. robots to fulfill their physical and emotional needs. Robots like David and Gigolo joe were created to provide and fulfill humans their physical and emotional needs. David was created to provide the swinton family with love and Gigolo Joe was created to fulfill human clients physical needs. In the future this may lead to lost human relationships and it may make it harder to create human connection.

Visual Aesthetics

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 16:01:17 UTC

The visual aesthetics in this movie shares a common them throughout the movie, Futurism vs Decay. In this movie it displays a lot of cool technology like the futuristic cars, the robots and the technology that comes with them. It also displays a lot of urban decay that is caused by the environmental issues and pollution. For example, the flesh fair in the industrial wastelands where these artificial beings are being destroyed for human entertainment.

Cool Technology:

evankilmartin — 2024-11-05 16:06:06 UTC

A perfect example of cool technology in this movie is the pain system. Some robots are equipped with a pain system and sensors to try and mimic the human nervous system and pain. At the start of the movie when it cuts to Martin's birthday party, Martin's friends are curious to see Martins robot brother. Then one of Martin's friends touches David and asks if he has pain sensors. Then he takes a sharp object and lightly presses into David's skin, then David freaks out. Another example of this is when David is captured and is in the cage at the festival, one of the fellow robots asks another robot to shut his pain sensors off before he is destroyed.

What Movie Was More Compelling?

evankilmartin — 2024-11-06 04:15:59 UTC

In my opinion I, Robot was definitely more compelling to me. Just the story structure and the action part of the movie completely draws me in. I, Robot is a very good movie that I would see myself watching at home, on my own time rather than at school. The thing with A.I. Artificial Intelligence is that, I didn't find the movie all that interesting like I found I, Robot. It just didn't draw me in as well as I, Robot did.

How these movies have influenced my perception of AI

evankilmartin — 2024-11-06 04:16:34 UTC

These two movies have influenced my perception of A.I. because both of these movies touch on robots going rogue. This kind of scares me because A.I. is really smart and js capable of doing really powerful things and may be powerful enough in the future that they will takeover the human species and claim that we are a lower class than them and start a revolution.

What concerns about the future these movies raise for me

evankilmartin — 2024-11-06 04:16:56 UTC

The main concern about the future these two movies raise for me is the A.I. revolution. Everyday these robots are getting smarter and smarter and even more powerful. For example look at the tesla robots and cars. A.I. robots will be apart of our daily lives and we will be so dependable on it that it may turn back on us and say "you know what, I don't want to" then start a revolution against humans.