Both Be right back and Ex Machina had a surprise ending I wasn't expecting. However it was Ava that was the true A.I. as compared to the Android Ash. Ash, only followed instruction and learned how to follow them better as time progressed. I would compare his learning process to the memory of google search. When you look up something often, google automatically fills in the blank for you with the most recent topics you typed in. our how you open a new tab and see the previous websites you were on. I wouldn't say that Google itself, in the absence of human programmers, is A.I. Ava did the same thing at one point, but it was more more fluid in the learning process that almost catches you off guard as she is asking Caleb about his world. I don't believe technology should get to this point.We constantly questioned what would robots do with they were able to be like us, and the answer that the movie presents is whatever humans do. I simply cannot see us allowing something we create to have the power to be unpredictable like us with more features than the average human to further their advances, whatever they may be. If anything, Android Ash was the safest of the two in that it wasn't a threat in anyway. Ultimately, he was obedient to his operator. even to the point of staying in the attic. i don't believe we know what we (human race) want when it comes to robots. If we even want anything at all. It seems that we are building more advanced technology because we can. The woman in Be Right Back thought she wanted the android, but in the end realized that the dead cannot be risen via robotics.
I agree, there definitely isn't a need for robots. It is more of a need for constant innovation out of fear of becoming stagnant.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed the differences between Ava and Ash 2.0.(I want to focus on Ash in this comment) Although at first Ash 2.0 seemed to be a form of AI, we later discovered that it only added information from what was made available to it online or through Martha. I do not believe that Ash 2.0 was true AI because it had no end goals. It was only there to be commanded and to act as Ash would. The decisions that it seemed to make were, in all actuality, decisions that Ash had already made. Due to the problem of the other mind, Ash 2.0 could never act EXACTLY as Ash did. It did not have access to Ash's brain. Ash 2.0 could not see the world as Ash did, only how Ash wanted the world to see him. I agree that the progress that we make in robotics is partially due to our need for constant achievement, but I also think that we, as humans, tend to be lazy, and that we like to create things that make life simpler in the long run.
ReplyDeleteThe problem I see with your argument is when you say we shouldn't allow robots to be unpredictable like humans are. Robotics is still an unknown field, and accidents can happen. What if someone were to create a robot that had certain unpredictable qualities like Ava? Penicillin was invented by mistake when a scientist was trying to create a different drug. Who's to say that a robot with unpredictable tendencies couldn't be invented by mistake while trying to create something different? I understand your point, and to an extent I agree, but I keep thinking of our earlier conversations when we said we still don't entirely understand ourselves as humans, and therefore cannot perfectly replicate humanity in a robot. If we don't completely understand robotics, how can we be sure that we won't create a robot like Ava as long as we continue to explore the field?
ReplyDeleteRobots will become more A.I. as time goes by. However, I do not think we should get to the point of Ava just yet. Until we can fully understand and come to terms with robots and android technology we should not create something that we cannot control. If we don't understand our creations, they can become uncontrollable, just like a rebellious child. Once they have a certain degree of independence, we need to increase our control over them.
ReplyDeleteI think the biggest difference between Ash2.0 and Ava was that Ash2.0 had to be taught hoe to react to certain things, but something about Ava felt like she had her own responses, like she was acting, at her core, like a human.
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