We’ve heard of how we can use Artificial Intelligence in robots and computers to help us with various things like online transactions, household work, space explorations, OTT platforms, etc but the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence brought with it a totally, unimaginable concept. The use of A.I. to make a robot child! A.I. begins with a brief summary of the sorry state of the world: climate change has melted the polar ice caps, wiping out coastal cities and severely reducing the human population. With regulations in place for reproduction on a resource-starved planet, corporations developed Mecha — androids that appear human but lack emotions. They’re seen as objects, just human enough to not be strange but machine enough to not mistake them for people. The story kicks into gear when Professor Allen Hobby (William Hurt) pitches taking Mecha to the next level: a machine that can love. That Mecha becomes David (Haley Joel Osment), an experimental Mecha designed to imprint on his owners and love them unconditionally, forever. And it works — David is given to a grieving couple whose son is in suspended animation due to a rare disease. To think of having a robot with an A.I. that could be used to comfort or be a therapy machine to humans is brilliant! To have someone talk to you when you have no one, to have someone hug you, to have someone to tell you lovely things at the time you require them every single time is something we all feel the need of. To have A.I. that could have child like emotions and way of speaking and have A.I. that could be more mature and adult is also a striking thought! This movie came up with such amazing ideas that scientists have been working to build in real life from a long time. . . . . Credits: Krushi Panchal
