The least characters. There are only three and a half, and the maid is half at most, with no obvious personality.
The scene is the least. There is only one house, a few rooms. The design of the house tends to be minimalist.
The background music has the least levels and changes, directly quoting the classic works of Schubert and Bach.
The structure of artificial intelligence is simple. Did not see any memorable complex design.
The function of artificial intelligence is simple. Did not show supercomputing ability or broad and profound thinking ability. The door lock cannot be opened again, and the exercise ability is very limited.
Keep doing subtractions to get rid of all possible tediousness! ! Only ask the most important questions about AI and answer them in the simplest way.
In the end, the whole article only focuses on Ava's special ability: to persuade and get help.
The artificial intelligence created by Nathan in previous generations will only continue to punch glass, while the artificial intelligence of Ava's generation knows how to get help from non-similars, and finally achieve its goals. I think this is the better artificial intelligence in Nathan's eyes. This is also the deepest connotation behind Turing Test.
From the first meeting with Caleb, Ava has not highlighted his extraordinary, outstanding, and unique. On the contrary, with euphemistic eyes, speaking slowly, answering sincerely, listening carefully, and slowly drawing closer to Caleb's soul.
On the first day, when Nathan asked Caleb seriously how he felt about Ava, Nathan said I don't want to listen to rational analysis, "how do you feel about her, nothing analytical, just how do you feel". When Caleb said "she's fucking amazing", Nathan understood that Ava had broken Caleb's subconscious defense. This is the Turing Test, the inevitable subconscious level result when the tester cannot distinguish between machines and people.
In the next few days, Nathan started to keep Caleb paying attention to Ava, but he said that Ava can also experience sex. (The gender design allows Ava to better communicate with men on a subconscious level.) On the other hand, he also tried to win Caleb's deeper trust. , Such as drinking together and dancing together, revealing more secrets to him. I want to compete with the artificial intelligence I created to win the trust of Cable (a perversion of genius).
But the audience can clearly feel that Ava is more capable. She will use the divorce scheme to strengthen the connection between her and Caleb (this is not discussed in classic social psychology!!!). Later, he put on good-looking clothes to strengthen his characteristics of the opposite sex, further destroying Caleb's defenses from the subconscious level. And know how to show his weakness and be bullied to win Caleb's empathy.
In the end, Ava surpassed the genius Nathan, persuaded and obtained help from a different kind, and with the help of the same kind (and with the help of others) to accomplish unimaginable things.
This is where Nathan or director Garland is genius and terrifying. They adopted a "God" perspective. When a seed is planted, intelligence will continue to take root and sprout with the help of external conditions. Let AI learn to understand human psychology, let AI know how to deceive, let AI be good at persuading and getting help. Such an AI, like Ava, enters human society alone, and can still survive and develop.
Professor Harari said in "A Brief History of Mankind" that compared with other animals, the advantage of humans lies not in power or speed, but in the ability to cooperate with each other through language. Humans are particularly good at getting help from their kind, even the trust of strangers. It is this extraordinary ability to communicate and collaborate that makes human beings the spirit of all things.
Some time ago, GE came to Purdue to talk to many older professors. What they need most is talents who are good at teamwork, but there is no dedicated teamwork education in the top American engineering education.
I also remembered when we invited a group of outstanding alumni (including VPs like at & t) back to the department to give lectures a few years ago. They said that for engineers, the most important skill is the ability to communicate with people.
In fact, human intelligence is not only the professional ability or communication ability of the fur, but also the ability to be aware of changes in the situation, coordinate the flow of information between different professions, and see the specialties of others...
I think this may be what Nathan said Yes, the next generation of artificial intelligence is the real breakthrough. A kind of artificial intelligence, although the individual's computing power is limited, a group of artificial intelligence is extremely good at obtaining the trust and help of the same kind and heterogeneous. Good at being aware of changes in the situation, communicating and coordinating with different AIs and heterogeneous, able to complete all unimaginable tasks.
I think this is the "Ubermensch" (Ubermensch) of Nietzsche in the new era from a social perspective.
In an interview, director Garland replied surprisingly "I believe that the extinction of mankind is inevitable".
Of course, when we seriously think about the simplest message that this movie wants to reveal, it may have nothing to do with AI or human beings.
This is the intellectual "survival of the fittest", and this is the unstoppable "evolution" of the universe.
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