Consciousness In The Film 'Ex Machina'

An example of that is how she fought and “wrestled with [her] microchips” (Laing, 332), which is an example of personification. As we all know, a computer does not have human traits nor can it wrestle with the user like WWE; however, Laing is explaining how it gets more complicated the more you use a computer, and I agree with that. A computer is not smart; instead, it is the exact opposite. This is because without a user, a computer is just a sitting duck without the proper programming. It needs to be programmed to perform certain tasks or it needs a user to give it something to do in order to be useful, which is what software engineers do for a living. From taking computer science, I can tell you it is not an easy task, but rather, a hardworking one since we wrestle with the OS rather than the

Descartes believed that machines could “never express their thoughts or respond to the meaning of what has been said to them” ( (Irwin, Brown and Decker , Terminator and Philosophy: I‛ll Be Back, Therefore I am 22). It’s true that artificial intelligence can communicate, however, it is never really expressing its own conscious thoughts while doing so since consciousness is what is missing. This brings us back to that cliffside. When Martha tells the robot to jump, it responds with, “I never expressed suicidal thoughts. Or self-harm.”, implying that it would if human Ash had those thoughts, and only for that reason. She replies with, “yeah well, you aren’t you, are you?”. He then tells her the question is a difficult one to process (Harris). Without a mind, the robot cannot understand the nuances and gravity of this very human conversation and only interacts the way it perceives Martha wants it to. Until Martha yells at it for not having a normal human response to such a request as jumping off a cliff, there is no emotional inflection or reaction on the robot’s part.

Ex Machina is a film about a scientist named Nathan who has selected an employee of his, Caleb Smith, to be flown out to his estate for a week. When Caleb arrives Nathan tells him that he has been selected to be part of a Turing test. A Turing Test is when you have a human and a computer interact with each other and if the human doesn’t know that they are interacting with a computer, then the test is passed. But Nathan has already completed that part of the test so now he wants Caleb to actually see her and have a one on one conversation with her see if Caleb still feels that the robot has consciousness. So, it turns out that Nathan has created a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence and her name is Ava. Ava appears with a robotic body but

Turing, a physicalist, believed that artificial intelligence could be achieved in the future. Turing argued that the mind was merely due to the physical aspects of the brain and so a machine could one day be created that has a mind of its own, i.e. artificial intelligence. He created a test called the Turing Test to determine whether a machine has artificial intelligence. In the Turing Test, an interrogator asks two subjects a series of questions. One of the subjects is a person, the other is the computer. The goal is for the person to imitate a computer and the computer to imitate the person. If the interrogator is fooled into thinking that the computer is the human then the computer, according to Turing, is concluded to have the ability to think and thus, have a mind. Turing argued that machines passing the Turing Test were sufficient for ascribing thought.

no, a machine could not be conscious. I propose that those who argue the yes case that a machine

Consciousness a term explained as being aware of all surroundings, emerging from the functions of the brain. When a person gets used to something they may be able to think of other things at the same time, until a change happens, then they regain their consciousness to what they were doing. This essay is to further explore the target which is the slides from lecture 17 consciousness using the slides Meanings and automatization by using examples from the book “ The Robots Rebellion” by Keith E. Stanovich, which is the base to further explain and expand on these points.

Ex Machina goes above and beyond when it comes to science fiction and philosophy, if anything the movie leaves us with more question than answers. In the movie we are introduced to Caleb, a person we think has won the lottery only to find out he was chosen to be a participant for a Turing Test against AI, Ava, to see if she can pass as human. We are also introduced to Nathan who is the AI’s father of some sorts, he is wild, crazy genius that throughout the movie we are never sure if he is trustable or not. Nathan represents humanity at its darkest state; he is a self-destructive drunk who seeks his own demise. When he talks about the future and how the robots he created will take over the world, he talks about with awe like he can’t wait for

While society considers each person different based on physical appearances and personality types, humans have a lot in common. For example, we all share certain basic rights provided by our constitution. In the movie “Her” by Spike Jonze, the main character Theodore (Theo) is emotionally distraught, he fulfills his loneliness by using an artificial intelligence device (AI). He becomes very attached to his AI (Samantha) and their relationship becomes intimate. As the audience gets to know the AI better, one might question how is an AI different from a human?

In result, Eva ended up distancing herself from her peers. Eva’s friends stopped speaking to her making her feel like an outcast. This choice was very hard for Eva to make all she wanted to do was

We still don't understand or agree on what constitutes consciousness, so trying to make a test for it is naturally quite the endeavor. However, Ava's consciousness is called into greater question after she

Vashti, the woman at the beginning of the story, lives out her days as many other people of this time do, sitting alone in an arm chair in the middle of their room. Everything is brought to her at a moment’s notice, which makes moving from her spot a seemingly pointless thing to do. For her, everything is “good enough”. When she refers to the way the machine cannot display the emotions of another, while talking with her son, she disregards the imperfection saying that the idea this communication is “an idea that was good enough for all practical purposes.” She goes on to say in her narration that “something ‘good enough’ had long since been accepted by our race.” For her, good enough is perfect.

As two robots manage to override the system and it's 'directives' (as referred to by EVE) to progress their courtship and save humanity in the process. Whereas the robots who do stick to the task end up becoming the punch-line of all jokes — like Micro Obliterator (MO) — or causing mayhem; like Auto.

In the philosophy of strong AI, there is no essential difference between the piece of software, which is the AI, exactly emulating the actions of the human brain, and actions of a human being, including its power of understanding and even its consciousness.” In the movie Her we get a look at what a strong AI could be or act like. From the moment Theodore activates his OS she instantly shows many signs that could be attributed to her consciousness, she begins with showing creativity by giving herself a name, Samantha, Samantha explains the reason she chose that name was because she liked it. By giving herself a name she has already passed both of Descartes test. She took the simple question of whether she had a name and solved the problem by choosing Samantha and then going on to explain to Theodore using language to tell him that she chose the name Samantha. If Descartes said that a machine must use language as humans do and Samantha used language in order to explain the reason as to why she chose that name, then she surely has passed the first test. As for Descartes second test of complex problem solving Samantha shows herself to be able to do that too. A very simple yet example of this is when Theodore is playing a video game and he himself cannot find the solution needed but Samantha uses past information she has collected watching him play the game

What is also good about these robots that they are minimal in design but are still an effective character. Especially Eva it’s a simple egg like shape that in 3 parts head, body and arms all with an ergonomic design. You still believe her emotions throughout the movie.

Alan Turing was a famous British mathematician and computer scientist who was determined to prove that machines at some point (possibly sometime in the future) would be able to surpass humans in intelligence levels. In order to prove this true, he created what became to be known as, “The Turing Test.” This test was basically to see if a computer could trick a person into believing that it was human. It would be asked a series of questions, which would be compared to responses of the human. It was designed so that one could judge the intelligence level of the computers’ responses. Turing believed that if a human could not tell the difference between another human and a computer, then it served as proof that a computer is equally intelligent as a human. Due to a large