AI Spoilers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >1) They have been making robots for 50 years and this is the first time >anyone >tried very hard to make a robot with real emotions? Interesting questions raised in this area: If David is more unique than Gigolo Joe, does that imply that there are several Joe's running around? Was David's Joe unique in any way? Joe, several of the damaged mechas, and the mecha at the very start of the movie were shown to evidence such features self-preservation, self-awareness, some form of self-interest, and were extremely intelligent. Most impressively, Teddy - a disposable toy - was given all of these features too. >4) No discussion of safeguards built into the robots against hurting >people or property damage? Interesting to have a 3rd and 2nd law, but weak 1st law. :) Alternately, David could be one of those Asimovian robots that has a 1st Law but doesn't understand the concept of hurting humans, or cause-and-effect. Contrariwise, he certainly understood threats against himself. >5) An ice age came on so quickly? And no humans survived? And the ice sheets left New York's skyline standing? >10) The super-advanced robots can pull information out of the very fabric >of space time, and create selective memories (David's "mother" didn't >recall everything), but they can't create a human or robot with those >memories that can last for more than a day? >From the "viewing portal" the superbots were using it appeared that the end of the movie took place within a simulation. Maybe the simulation only holds up for 24 hours, at which point the speculative prediction engine breaks down. And maybe David is doomed to a hell of the same 24 hours over and over and over again. Joshua _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
