Ex Machina Movie Analysis

One of the hottest topics that modern science has been focusing on for a long time is the field of artificial intelligence, the study of intelligence in machines or, according to Minsky, “the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men”.(qtd in Copeland 1). Artificial Intelligence has a lot of applications and is used in many areas. “We often don’t notice it but AI is all around us. It is present in computer games, in the cruise control in our cars and the servers that route our email.” (BBC 1). Different goals have been set for the science of Artificial Intelligence, but according to Whitby the most mentioned idea about the goal of AI is provided by the Turing Test. This test is also called the

Carr utilizes the program ELIZA as an example of technology numbing human’s ability to differentiate man and machine. The connection between man and ELIZA goes so far as to cause humans to “imbue ELIZA with human qualities.” What’s easy to miss is that ELIZA was designed to be a therapist, and a key necessity of therapy is a seamless connection between the patient and the therapist. Thus ELIZA’s value as a therapist is established through this example. The imbuing of human qualities allows a deeper connection between man and machine, and actually points to a strength, not a weakness. The fact that man can begin to blur the edge of himself and his creation shows that man is capable of flawlessly integrating his creation in order to better utilize the machine. If man were always conscious of the numbing effect of technology, and thus stayed hesitant to integrate fully with the machine, man would be too worried to properly use the machine. Carr loses sight of this fact as he worries that human’s “wanted” to give ELIZA human qualities. His worry is ill place, as Carr fails to acknowledge the purpose behind

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.

The most prominent example of the concept of a machine being intelligent in the manner of this so

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

In “Ex Machina” Nathan informs Caleb that he will be testing an Artificial Intelligence. He has never faced A.I before, no one has, but the first time he meets Ava he treats her as if she was a machine. He seems completely surprised when she shows the ability to actually think and form her own thoughts and opinions. Just as Murdoch theorizes, instead of accepting the sublime as something that is impossible to fully understand, he is making connections with ideas he already possesses knowledge of, and in the case, Caleb is observing her as an advanced computer. Similarly, in “The Sparrow”, the crew discovers an alien song and begins to make assumptions about their technology, society, and even their emotions.

As a result of not being mind readers, humans have learned, through time, the importance on other subtle, verbal/non-verbal communication/behaviorisms as clues to what another individual may or may not be experiencing. For example, if another being behaves in a certain way, such as saying “I am hungry,” humans have learned that it is more than reasonable to assume he or she is in fact hungry. In all actuality, it is unreasonable to assume that this individual is not hungry and is lying. Furthermore, if a robot or computer behaved so similarly to a human, to the point that it succeeded in passing the Turing Test, then what right does a human have in claiming to know what is or is not going on in this computer’s/robot’s mind? For these reasons, I think that it if a robot or computer could exhibit the required behavior to imply that it has a mind, then humans are in no position to tell state whether that robot or computer does or does not have a mind. Humans cannot even reach an agreement on what the mind actually is, therefore, human’s are not in the position to claim whether or not other beings can have a mind. If another being behaves as if it has a mind, then that is the best possible evidence we can ever have towards proving

From movies like Ex Machina, and WarGames, to Avengers: Age of Ultron, each one accurately depicts what will happen to mankind in the case that Artificial Superintelligence is created; utter destruction and complete decimation. AI is one of the scariest inventions possible, as they get smarter and smarter every time they are improved. Eventually, AI is going to become so intelligent that they will be able to recode themselves in order to become sentient - the ability to feel emotions. To determine if a robot (or AI in this case) is sentient, they must undergo a test known as “The Turing Test”. The Turing Test suggests that if the creation is able to identify an object accurately, then they are sentient - alike a human.

hidden humans. In any given session, there would be six imitation games running in parallel, and one given interrogator would meet all five answering machines and five hidden humans. The authors claim that the judges and hidden humans involved all were selected from a wide variety of backgrounds—both male and female, both adults and teenagers, some who already knew about the Turing test beforehand and others who did not. In this paper, the authors examined the data they had acquired in the tests to study what constitutes good machine performance in Turing’s imitation game.

If artificial intelligence, Hal was able as William Lycan’s artificial intelligence, Harry does; convince you that he is in fact human because of his ability to play the viola, play golf, make love and carry out conversation, then wouldn’t him convincing you of his legitimacy be enough for him to actually be. After all I am making an assumption about Hal based on his behavior and behavior is how I make judgements about the people in my life. One could insist that because Hal was programed he is not a person, however philosopher William Lycan would reply that humans are programed with our genetic structure and our basic capabilities like speaking, showing even more similarities between Hal and Human Beings. One could also argue that people are programmed their entire life. Everytime we learn something new we are being programmed. The difference between Hal and us is that I have control over what I program myself to be capable of where as Hal is at the mercy of his programmers. This leads me to believe that is what would make Hal a definably conscious being is if he had the ability to dictate some of his own programming.

Through this piece of evidence it is established that even though the machines argue logically they cannot argue properly without warming up their brain plates. Their brain plates are not perfect though they call themselves superior to man. Though they are intelligent they will always be dependent on human intelligence because the humans are the ones that created them.

In his paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” Alan Turing sets out to answer the question of whether machines can think in the same humans can by conceptualizing the question in concrete terms. In simple terms, Turing redefines the question by posing whether a machine can replicate the cognition of a human being. Yet, some may object to the notion that Turing’s new question effectively captures the nature of machines’ capacity for thought or consciousness, such as John Searle. In his Chinese room thought experiment, Searle outlines a scenario that implies machines’ apparent replication of human cognition does not yield conscious understanding. While Searle’s Chinese thought experiment demonstrates how a Turing test is not sufficient to establish that a machine can possess consciousness or thought, this argument does not prove that machines are absolutely incapable of consciousness or thought. Rather, given the ongoing uncertainty of the debate regarding the intelligence of machines, there can be no means to confirm or disconfirm the conscious experience of machines as well as the consciousness of humans by extension of that principle.

Rene Descartes’ “Discourse on the Method” focuses on distinguishing the human rationale, apart from animals and robots. Wherein, he does so by explaining how neither animals, nor machines possess the same mental faculties as humans. For Descartes distinguishes the human rationale apart from non-humans, even though he does agree the two closely resemble each other because of their sense organs, and physical functions (Descartes, pp22). Nevertheless, it is because the mechanical lacks a necessary aspect of the mind, which consequently separates them from humans. For in Descartes “Discourse on the Method,” he argues that the noteworthy difference between humans, and the mechanical is that machines are only responding to the world through of their sense organs. Whereas humans possess the significant faculties of reasoning, which allows them to understand external inputs and information obtained from the surrounding environment. This significantly creates a dividing ‘line’, which separates humans from non-humans. For in this paper, I will firstly distinguish the differences between the human and mechanical’s mentality in regards to Descartes “Discourse on the Method”. Secondly, I will theorize a modern AI that could possess the concept of an intellectual mind, and then hypothesize a powerful AI that lacks the ability to understand its intelligence. Lastly, in disagreeing in why there are no such machines that is equivalent to the human mind. For humans don’t possess all the

Substantial studying has been made on the subject and Turing’s overly optimistic point of view, yet, we experience difficulty when trying to combine idea of advancement in technology and what makes us humans: the capability of thinking. Conventionally, we have firmly grasp to the idea that the act of thinking is the official stamp of authenticity which differentiate humans from the rest of beings, and so while trying to decide if a computer can think or not, we are closely scrutinizing the foundation of our nature as beings to its core. But before we dive into the subject matter of why I disagree with Turing, we must inquire about what exactly is thinking. Some have tried to define thinking as having conscious thoughts; but thinking and consciousness are not terminologies that are mutually exchangeable. While thinking is a state of consciousness, consciousness is not thinking. Even as we process information necessary for reasoning, much of our brain activity and processing takes

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