[alicebot-aiethics] AI: The Movie

[Jon Baer]

Robby Garner wrote:

> I finally got a chance to see AI last night. Geeeez! What a bummer.
>
> If we are going to build true AI, why bother if people are going to treat
> them like dirt?
>
> Aside from evoking that question (or doubt), I have to say that Spielberg
> may have tried to imitate Kubrick's camera work and directing style (to some
> degree) but I wish Kubrick had lived longer.

My thoughts exactly.  I dont know if the first opening 10 mins killed it for me
the same way it did for anyone else but as soon as I saw it I "knew".  I still
get a kick out of 2001 and can watch it over and over but AI leaves a certain (I
hate to use the word) cornyness in my mind.  Even if it was meant to be some
"fairy tale", Ive seen better fairy tales.

Attack of the Killer Aibos would have had more AI going for it.  I think the
future of AI movies have to come either in 2 flavors, "them" living in our world
or us living in "their" world.  If there are a million gadgets/bots/whatver
doing a more productive job and automation putting more and more people out of
work there will come a point where certain areas (not the whole world) will be
better off being run by 51%+ intelligent machines.  Id like to see the point @
which they can be *considered* part of the "population", a movie like that would
be interesting, something that is not sooo distant in the future but something
"right around the corner".

- Jon