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Hollywood Robots

How artificial intelligence is depicted in movies


I recognize the fact that I am writing this little tangent a bit late considering these movies were released in 2008, but bare with me here.

Artificial intelligence movies are becoming increasingly popular over time and artificial intelligence itself becomes more advanced.

I found the Pixar movie Wall-E to be a unique reprieve from the psychotic world take over stuff. Wall-E depicted loneliness most prominently, another unlikely trait in a machine; but the movie also painted a perfect image of innocence in a way that has never before been seen in any form of machine on a movie. I was so shocked I had to watch it again immediately the next day. I couldn't have been the only one who felt an odd connection to this movie based on how popular it was when it came out in theaters.

One of the most common concepts of artificial intelligence brought on by Hollywood is the old "bane of humanity" ploy instilled by movies like Terminator or The Matrix. While there is no real proof in what way an autonomous artificial mind would develop over time, (providing they would all be unique as per their makers) it is quite evident a lot of people expect it to be a bad thing sooner or later.

If it's not the evil world take over ploy in a movie, artificial intelligence tends to take the back seat as some kind of computer navigation and or analyst system.

I imagine a lot of people were touched by Wall-E's display of such complicated feelings normally seen only in humanity. Wall-E and Eve, the illustrated robots demonstrated brilliantly the feelings of lonliness, sadness curiosity, fear and loyalty.

While it's unlikely these feelings will ever show up in a machine with the same level of complexity as a human being might potentially feel, I think we are rapidly aproaching a time of heightened relativity between humans and machines.

I can only dream of a future as shown in the animated movie as being so technically advanced. Though I certainly don't care to see all the garbage or "bone loss".

Wall-E wasn't the only movie with an interesting spin on artificial intelligence and robotics in 2008. Iron Man proved to be ingeniously creative with design and construction concepts for the suit and the interface that controlled the house and special functions of the Iron Man suit itself. Aside from the beauty of implimentation however, Iron Man didn't bring anything new to the table.

With any luck, more is due to follow in 2009.