Artificial Intelligence

A detailed Summary of Artificial Intelligence

Steven Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence is a visually stunning and thematically complex film that asks deep questions about love and reality as man seeks to make himself in God's image. Through interactions with the artificial child and his "foster parents", the role of the mechas in society, and the responsibility taken for the creation of advanced technology, this film definitely questions the future role of man's responsibility for his actions, as well as the quality of his morality.

Starting off, the movie takes place in a future where the greenhouse effect has melted the polar ice caps, submerging many coastal cities including New York, driven the population inland and caused violently chaotic weather. To make do with dwindling resources, humans have created robots that lack the ability to feel, called mechas, and some societies have become prosperous by strictly limiting the number of children families can have. This aspect of the film portrays robots as a greater equal than humans, for they can get the job done without having to deal with as much problems. This scene portrays humans of the future as losing feeling and heart, for they would rather deal with robots than their own kind. It is proposed that creating a

Abandoned, David begins a quest. In a blurring of fantasy and reality, David believes the Pinocchio story not to be a fairy tale but rather a road map for winning back his mother's love. He sets off on a quest to find the Blue Fairy who will make him real so that his mother will love him. During this quest, David gets lost and gets caught by a circus which destroys mechas as means of entertainment. The people have no feelings for the cruel punishment of this advanced technology, ignoring the fact that they created these mechas. A particular mecha feels sorry for David who appears scared by the cruel murders of the mechas and takes over the role of guardian. He seems to have more feeling for the child than any of the humans did. Instead of taking care of the unwanted mechas humans find sick enjoyment of their unusual murders. Man has created these robots, yet have forgotten to dispose of them properly when not working or functioning properly. Humans have prejudice against the mechas, treating them like lesser beings than them. Almost a similarity of how the blacks were once treated, being hung as a source of enjoyment for whites. When needed, the mechas are used, yet it seems like the humans have created too many of them that they have caused havoc instead of good.

In the end of the film, Mr. Spielberg displays an even more distant future. Technology is constantly on the rise and new advancements are made daily. With the new technology which supposedly makes the quality of life greater and more at ease, it is actually quite the opposite. If not used cautiously and with great care, the technology that is used fo

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