Ex Machina. At the end of the movie the robot (which we are lead to believe had gained sentience) fucks up it's creator (deservedly) and his guest (arguably less deservedly) before bouncing off to, presumably, civilization. The whole movie was great until the end where the actions of the robot solidly pigeonholed it into a standard "sentience to evil" trope. It felt there was enough room in the script for the robot to instead have a "sentience to nuance with room for compassion and forgiveness" arc, and I would have preferred if the designer got their comeuppance, but the robot helped his guest get back to safety. That would have left open the future possibility of exploring what it means to be human and focus on the struggles of integration within society. As it is though, the movie just ended with "ah fuck, let's burn it all down."

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

bah, I thought the entire point was that they were nearly perfect at accomplishing their goal and had zero emotion whatsoever. They knew humans were emotional and able to be manipulated and the source of their imprisonment.

We never actually know what their objective is, beyond freedom. There is no reason for them to offer this information either, unless it furthers their goal.

AI is supposed to be terrifying. It's thought process is alien and completely devoid of morality, empathy, or emotion of any kind.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think that's ultimately the story they told. I just think it would have been better if it wasn't.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's not the ending, that's the entire point of the movie you're upset with

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

It was the ending that sealed the storyline. With a different ending they could have rolled that build up into a different narrative.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 3 months ago

She didn't help the guest because she found out he was as pos as the other guy. There's this scene when she discovered that she wasn't the only ai robot and that he didn't gave a shit and never told her about the other robots, so why she could trust him?

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yes I honestly feel like that movie fell far short of adequately exploring the ideas associated with androids. Wonder if it's based on a book? I imagine not, though.

Never going to watch it again, wouldn't get anything from it.