Three Films That Reshaped My Understanding of AI

Aug 8, 2024

Besides Black Mirror, there are three movies released in 2023 have profoundly impacted my core values and beliefs about AI.

Oppenheimer

You drop the bombs, and it falls on the just and the unjust. I don't wish the culmination of three centuries of physics to be a weapon of mass destruction.

This line is the conversation between Oppenheimer and the chief science officer struck a chord with me. This echoes the idea that the impact of AI depends on its user, not the tool itself.

Oppenheimer(2023)

Barbie

To me, it’s a film about how a robot becomes human.

Barbie, a character who has long been stuck in repetitive daily tasks and scenes, starts to act differently without knowing why, even daring to mention the taboo word: death. Eventually, the feelings she's given allow her to experience rich emotions as she goes through various events, which I see as the key difference between AI and humans.

Barbie(2023)

The Creator

"Set them free"

The line that deeply moved me. Whether human or AI, when you can break free from labels, you can escape from the cage of confinement and gain freedom. The movie's vision of how to coexist harmoniously with AI or robots is also my vision.

The Creator(2023)