Tuesday, November 23, 2004

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

"Keep me safe" is David's plead whenever he feels threatened. Love is the self-defense mechanism David's designer choose for him.

"Only mechas are safe" is Monica's sincere advice to David. It hints upon the cruelty of real life and humans that contrasts with the relative safety of mechas.

The movie poses a moral question: "If we were ever able to build machines that can love us, are we obliged to love them back?" The movie gives an indirect answer to this question by using all means to evoke our emotions and sympathy towards David.

The movie also touches upon a recurring theme which is whether creations of the imagination can be superior to real things. The answer to this question seems to be "yes," in a similar fashion to eXistenZ.