Top 10 Robot and AI Film

We hear a lot of buzz about artificial intelligence, AI and robotics nowadays. We have also sensed their presence in one way or another in our surroundings. The sound of invention is new, but its seeds have long been sown. Do you know that about 100 years ago, AI made its way into the film business? Yes, the Metropolis release of 1927 shows AI assuming the shape of a humanoid robot in order to take over the titular mega-city by inciting anarchy.

Posted On November 20th, 2020

Ex Machina

Ava is an AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) created by a genius programmer, Caleb Smith. AGI is an AI with significantly higher ability and intelligence than a human being. Ava can speak almost as much as we do, and even exploit others' thoughts. This film raises ethical questions about the treatment and experimentation of self-conscious robots like Ava, leading to a grim ending.

The Terminator

When it comes to depicting the dystopian future of a planet where AI unexpectedly turns evil and begins murdering everybody The Terminator is one of the most famous films. It indicates the likelihood that AI will become an existential threat. In this film, a cyborg killer (The Terminator) is sent back by Skynet, an AI device that sparks a nuclear holocaust to prevent the birth of John Connor, who will spark a resistance group fighting against Skynet. This film serves as a warning to build a stable AI and to think twice about establishing an AI that can wipe us out.

Wall-E

WALL-E is the epitome of Artificial Narrow Intelligence that we see today, albeit not as advanced (WALL-E is capable of feelings like isolation and love) as those in the film. Narrow AI is a smart machine which is really good at doing a single thing. We see it today in our daily lives, such as self-driving vehicles and voice assistants. WALL-E cleans garbage in this movie, EVE searches for life and the ship is piloted by Auto. WALL-E is one of the few sci-fi movies out there that highlights AI's bright side and the positive it can offer to the world.

X Men: Days of Future Past

Dr Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), persuaded that mutants pose a threat to mankind, creates the Sentinels, massive robotic arms that can detect a mutant gene and zero in on that entity. The Sentinels have developed into highly powerful death machines in the 21st century. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) volunteers to go back in time to mobilize the X-Men of the past to help change a vital moment in history and thereby save their future, with mutants now risking extinction.

Blade Runner 2049

A young blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), uncovers a long-buried mystery that has the power to turn what's left of humanity into turmoil. His search takes him on a journey to locate a former blade racer, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who has been missing for 30 years.

The Matrix

The Matrix is a 1999 sci-fi adventure movie starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano. The Wachowskis wrote and directed the film. The Matrix portrays a bleak future in which mankind is unknowingly stuck within a virtual reality, the Matrix, created by smart machines to distract humans while using their bodies as a source of energy.

Robocop

It is said that Robocop is a movie that completely unmasks AI's ethics. This is because Robocop is an amalgamation of AI and nature, which indicates that ethics and morals should not be mechanical or automated. Our inherent humanity also has to be part of the process that will follow or have implications. This relates to the risks of military weaponization of AI (lethal autonomous weapon systems) and why AI use rules must be developed to deter misuse of AI.

Westworld

Westworld is a film about how to use AI to entertain us and allow us to live out our fantasies. This reminds us of the thin line where technology and morals compete and makes us doubt ourselves.

Metropolis

A highly stylized dystopian town where a glamorous and cultured utopia resides above a desolate underworld inhabited by mistreated workers is portrayed in this popular German science-fiction film. When the privileged young Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) learns the bleak scene underneath the settlement, he attempts to help the workers. He befriends Maria (Brigitte Helm), a defiant tutor, but this puts him at odds with his authoritative father, which leads to greater tension.

I Am Mother

A robot built to repopulate Earth raises a teenage child. When a visitor enters with disturbing news, their relationship is checked.