The movie AI was certainly eye opening. The first question that arose was brought up in the opening scene when the head architect of the mechas challenged his engineers to imagine and then design a mecha that can actually “feel” rather then just contain sensors and display programmed emotions. I feel like in the movie this challenge was met. David certainly displayed advanced thought in following emotions. David only displayed simple fear or attraction but failed to explain why he felt such emotions. For example he displayed very complex reasoning in why he wanted to see the blue fairy but could not explain why he wanted his “mom” to love him. While this might be the difference between ‘orgo’ and ‘mecha’ I would argue that humans do not truly understand why they love their parents. The case of lovers might be different but this was not what the movie was about.
Another question that I thought was overlooked and is very intriguing is brought up with the romantic mecha who understands all of humans ‘faults.’ Ironically these human faults are what make humans definitively human compared to mecha, besides their composition. The question this brings up is; will artificially intelligent computers discover human flaws and inconsistencies before they are able to understand them. This assumes the ai computers would be able to achieve both, or at least appear to achieve both.
This brings up the question this movie brings up that is most important to the discussion. The turing test really is just a test examining if a computer can appear “human” but the more fundamental question is can a computer actually achieve ‘human’ understanding. This question requires the examination of our ability to test this question. AI seems to believe the only way to examine this beyond simple appearance is only by looking at the composition.
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