Ex Machina

Mel Brook's film ,Young Frankenstein, is a comedic throwback and famous parody to Univeral's Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939), and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942). (quote from interview generally describing movie experience).

In the essay, “Is Google Making us Stupid” Nicolas uses imagery to persuade his audience that

Nicholas Carr, posed the question, “Is Google making us stupid”, and asks his readers to give it some thought. The article made suggestions such as the internet changing the way the mind works and that the internet has negative consequences on the human brain. Carr wants everyone to be cautious of the internet because of the many different ways it has affected and will continue to affect the way we think. When I think about this article, I can see the many different tactics Carr used, such as fact vs fiction, cause and effect, and the clearly stated argument.

“We’ve given our children everything that they have wanted. Is this our reward-- secrecy and disobedience?”(Bradbury). In the futuristic short story, “The Veldt,” written by the the well-know author, Ray Bradbury, two parents, George and Lydia have purchased a house with artificial intelligence; as a result, it has done everything for them and their kids, Peter and Wendy. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is known as any work brought forth by technology-- including machines, computers, etc.— and is becoming more relied on by the human race. According to Or Shani, the CEO of Adgorithms— the first company to develop and use AI for marketing— dates signs of AI back to Ancient Greece; however, for a long period of time, it was overlooked and not valued much (Shani). As we

Explain Lynch's concept of "Google-knowing”. Also, does he think it is an advance for society? (a good thing?)

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

Victor starts to sew body parts together and creates a monster and names him Frankenstein, an 8 foot tall monster that is able to learn. Throughout the film Victor mistreats the Monster and Victor acted like he was god, and Frankenstein became too strong and knowledgeable and tried to kill Victor, prior to that Victor wanted Frankenstein to be a slave for him.

The horror/ comedy film The Bride of Frankenstein Directed by James Whale, was released in April, 1935. The film is about a very lonely, misunderstood monster that was originally created by the character Henry, trying to find his place in the world. Frankenstein is constantly being rejected throughout society and in the end lashes out due to neglect and causes complete chaos.

Frankenstein 1931, is a film adaptation of the M.Shelley book. At the beginning of the movie, we can see how Henry Frankenstein, and his servant Fritz bring out the dead bodies from graves, which he want to use them, to resurrect monster. In the next scene, we see Victor and Elizabeth Moritz who talk with each other, worrying about Henry. Moving on, to the dark tower, in which Henry and Fritz performs ungodly act and revive the monster. The monster gets out of control, killing Fritz and fleeing to the nearest place, where it makes gruesome acts. The next scene show us the brutality of the monster who murders an innocent child drowning it, in the river and interrupting the Henry weeding, after all of this, wild rush is trying to hunt the monster.

Set in the year 1988, Paper Girls is the Sci-Fi story of four young newspaper delivery girls whose sleepy suburb of Cleveland, Ohio is invaded by otherworldly beings. The girls soon find themselves wrapped up in the chaotic war that spans the fabric of time and space itself. Paper Girls was created by Brian K. Vaughan who is well known for his other series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, and Saga. The writing of the girls is fun, charming, and relatable. Brian brings a lot of personality to each of the girls and gives them character flaws that are believable and you would expect a twelve year old girl to have. In fact, before I realized who the author was, I was surprised to learn that the author was male. He’s created such well rounded characters

Garland’s Ex Machina and Jonze's Her are both films that explore the invention of artificial intelligence. While they both address issues related to AI, they go about exploring and analyzing it differently. Her was released in 2013, and Ex Machina in 2015, each using modern filming techniques and technology. While they have many similarities, they also differ in multiple ways. The build of the robots themselves contributes to the variations in the plot in major ways, as does the environment, and the questions posed.

Full Metal Jacket and Watership Down explain how military influence natural reactions to environmental changes. As individuals we learn to adapt to our surroundings in order to survive and procreate. Charles Darwin explained that the environment doesn’t favor everyone and certain species adapt and survive, others aren’t so lucky, which may cause a specie to become extinct. Adaptation comes with trial and error, watching others make the mistakes and in turn learning how to stay alive. For instance, rabbits moving from burrow to burrow to survive or soldiers going barracks to barracks to fight in the war.

In 1818 Mary Shelley wrote a horrific novel titled Frankenstein. It was such a hit back then, that it is still people still republish and make shows and movies from the book. Frankenstein, is about a young man, Victor Frankenstein, who is obsessed with science and trying to find the secret to life. While he is away at college, he thinks he has found it and begins putting a person together using various body parts. As soon as the person has life, Victor realizes his creation is a monster and immediately regrets the monster he has brought to life. He goes several years with hearing nothing from the monster and then finds it killed his youngest brother. On his return home, he decides he will track the monster down. It does not go so well though.

Nathan had planned a back-up in case of an emergency. A less complicated machine than Ava, but still very useful if the AI was to rebel against Nathan. In the most dramatic case, where Nathan would die and Ava escape the complex, the Termination plan was to be executed immediately. This plan was depending on one robot, X-73 and his mission was quite simple: destroy every proof of the Ex-Machina Project, including the Ava itself, and burn the scientific complex to the ground. X-73 was practically like Ava: an machine in a humanoid shape with an artificial intelligence. But this robot wasn’t made to pass the Turing test, it was made for more physical reasons.

The name Nathan in Hebrew means “to give” and this can be seen as “to give life to”, or “the giver of life” which would be a good way to characterize Nathan because he is creating new life in the form of artificial intelligent people. Nathan is asked by Caleb in the film “Why did you make Ava?” and Nathan’s response was “Why wouldn’t you if you could?”. This is important to the film because it shows Nathan’s power as an inventor to create whatever he wants, and creating Ava was a means to show off his ability. This can be related to the Bible in which we may ask “Why did God create us?”. But the difference is that God did not create us to show off his abilities, he created us to love and do his work on earth. Nathan created Ava simply because he could do so, not out of love or motivation to create a better world. Nathan starts to view himself as a higher power as the film goes along and he says to Caleb, “You know, I wrote down that other line you came up with. The one about how if I've invented a machine with consciousness, I'm not a man, I'm a God”. As the film goes along Nathan starts to consider himself a God, without Caleb or Ava thinking of him like that, and in ancient scripture and throughout history when someone viewed themselves as a God it foreshadowed a bad ending for them. The audience starts to see Nathan change as the experiment continues on and start to treat Caleb as his pet or less of a