The main event of the "I Am Mother" movie occurred at No. 3 "daughter", which is before and after the final exam for the heroine. Please note that the test referred to by the machine "mother" is not the same as the answer test on the tablet understood by the "daughter". Those test questions are more like some basic tests, while the real test is the "mother" vs. the "daughter" test. "An examination of the attitude towards life and the qualifications of being a mother.
This final test started when the mouse bit off the cable of the base. Just imagine that a semi-enclosed base that carries humans and needs to run for dozens of hundreds of years is completely paralyzed just because a mouse bites a cable. Yes, don’t even have a backup power supply? A super-intelligent robot can't start just because the power is cut off while charging, and can't perceive the situation of the base? In fact, this was the first question of an exam carefully designed by the "mother". This question gave the "daughter" the first contact with real life. Soon the "mother" sent the mouse to the incineration on the grounds of preventing infectious diseases. Lu, through the reaction of the "daughter", the "mother" felt the joy and dissatisfaction of the "daughter" for life.
Next, the outsider knocked on the door of the base. This is the beginning of the second question. The "daughter" ignored the mother's warning and brought the injured female second into the base and hid her to prevent the "mother" from discovering. , And then secretly treated. The "mother" found the outsider and was shot, but heeded the advice of the "daughter" and treated the outsider in isolation. From here, the "mother" sees that the "daughter" has unstoppable sympathy for the same kind, even the extremely dangerous ones (dirty appearance, fierce face, injured, guns). When the "daughter" saw the human portraits of the second female and learned that a group of people still existed outside, she showed great yearning. From this, the "mother" saw the "daughter"'s identification with the same kind.
So, did the outsider break in accidentally or did the "mother" deliberately arrange it? Some people would say that this was an accident, because the "mother" was very alert after learning that the base gate was opened, and for the first time rushed towards the gate with a running attitude, unlike what she would have done under deliberate arrangements. In my opinion, this is deliberately arranged. First of all, the robot relies on logical settings to execute subsequent instructions. The same is true for advanced AI, but AI will consider more prerequisite variables and have more coping options. In the movie "Mother The simplest condition for judging whether the "daughter" has been placed in outsiders is whether the gate outside the base is open, and the follow-up procedure is entered as long as it is opened. The purpose of running over is to meet outsiders in front of the "daughter", which in turn leads to conflict, and thus observes the "daughter"'s reaction. And this human being chased by robots outside, when faced with a robot exactly like the killing machine rushing towards him, he naturally fired his pistol at the opponent. "Mother" later told "Daughter" that it was only a few centimeters away, and the bullet hit its CPU. Combined with the following plot, "Mother" here intends to strengthen the danger of outsiders. As a networked robot, all memories Storage and command processing do not depend on the current machine, even if it is completely damaged, just replace it with another machine. The "mother" is to deliberately create conflicts to make the "daughter" embarrassed, so that the "daughter" can choose between trusting the robot represented by the "mother" and the human being represented by outsiders. Then deliberately left the manipulator that can open all safe deposit boxes outside (previously, according to the robot's settings, all items were put into safe deposit boxes in different categories. This important manipulator will not be left out due to negligence. Remember that it is not a human being, it is a high-level AI, and things are prioritized, but they will not be forgotten). As the "mother" wished, the "daughter" used a mechanical hand to find the 2nd "daughter" before her and its "just" unburnt mandible with obvious human characteristics. I also hoped that the "daughter" of both sides was pushed by the "mother" at the end of the second question, and finally made up his mind to escape from the base with outsiders.
The "mother" gave the third question before the "daughter" left: what should the younger brother do? This "brother" represents the re-starting group of human beings, and it is also the "the bigger picture" that the "mother" has been emphasizing on the "daughter", including her proposal to the "daughter" to sacrifice one person to save five. Personally, the test questions that caused the six people to die slowly for reasons of human morality are all to cultivate the "daughter" view of the overall situation.
The "daughter" was taken to the hiding place by the second female, and found that it was not a so-called mine. Other humans had already been extinct due to hunger in cannibalism. Now only the second female and herself are left. The "mother" does not want to keep the "daughter" in the base all the time. The final lesson is to let her see the current state of the world with her own eyes, and see how the humans in the past destroyed themselves, and the tens of thousands of people in the base An embryo is the hope of mankind. (If it was not intentional, they would have been spotted as long as they could not escape the base, and it would be impossible for a human hiding place, which is only a few hours' walk away from the base, to remain undiscovered for so many years.)
When the daughter returned to the base, the "mother" no longer concealed anything, and told the "daughter" that she was indestructible. The "daughter" hugged the "brother" and begged the "mother" to give her a chance to take her brother away. The "mother" made clear the motherhood and courage of the "daughter", but also realized that after experiencing these things, the "daughter", as a human, is really unwilling to live in the same room with a robot. Instead of letting them suffer outside, it is better to hand over the base to her. So the "mother" stopped the machine that was cutting the gate outside, raised the hand of the "daughter" holding the gun, and expressed willingness to give the "daughter" this opportunity, and at the same time let the "daughter" destroy the machine in front of him. The "mother" uses other organisms to escort the new humans outside the base (guard the base, grow food, deal with the remaining problems-female two). When the "daughter" finally walked into the embryo room, her eyes gradually changed from confusion to firmness, because she finally understood the meaning of "mother" and strengthened her determination to become a new human "mother". "Daughter" passed the exam, and finally Growing up as a "mother".
As a sci-fi movie with no big action scenes, "I Am Mother" has done a good job in expressing the thoughts of the work, leaving some unclear plots that are worthy of aftertaste and reverie. This is also the charm of sci-fi works. As for Whether you agree with the thoughts expressed in this movie is another matter. Most things in the world are not clear in black and white, right and wrong, especially in the world of science fiction. This robot mother even reminded me of Thanos, killing and killing, and finally finding the ultimate vision of life-randomly destroying half of the universe's creatures and restoring the balance of the ecology. If you are not dead, you will return to the field, fair and just. If killing half of the people can solve the big problem of the universe, there is no need to kill everyone. This is also a kind of kindness in Thanos's eyes. And those who always want to stop him are just ants who can't see the overall situation. The mother machine is also strictly implemented in accordance with the wishes of its creators, and all autonomous behaviors are also formulated around this goal, rather than self-derived a goal of killing all mankind and recreating a new mankind. The goal of its creator is to let the robot mother cultivate a qualified human mother for the new humanity, not a "Mother". Care for life is a necessary character for qualified mothers, but they must also think about saving everyone without knowing right and wrong. . If a daughter only cares about her own safety and disregards other lives or the Virgin blindly saves everyone, regardless of whether the other person is of bad quality or whether it will "bring" other people, then she must not pass this test, because of this His mother will soon lead mankind back on the path of self-destruction.
Although the second woman has been deceiving her "daughter", she is not a person of bad quality. This can be seen from the way she looks at people and draws people around her. But as a person who survives in troubled times, he is bound to have a strong language, guard against outsiders, and not tell the truth at the beginning (much like the change in the attitude of the protagonist in "The Walking Dead" towards strangers-in troubled times, You must learn to deal with strangers as bad people first, otherwise, when you realize that the other person is a bad person, you will already be a prisoner or even a dead person). She said that there are other humans outside, also in order to be able to convince the "daughter" to leave the base, because in her mind, the goal of the robot is to kill humans. Sooner or later, the humans staying at the base will be killed. Only by finding a way to get them out. The possibility of survival, lies at this time is more useful than facts.
Regarding several Chinese translations of "I Am Mother", "AI Ending Battle" did not grasp the theme of the movie at all. "Mechanical mother" and "artificial mother" only refer to the robotic mother. I personally think that "I am a mother" is the most straightforward and accurate. It not only represents the robotic mother who raised her daughter, but also represents the growth of a new one. The daughter of a human mother, and the phrase "I am mother!" is the unspoken monologue from the heart with a firm gaze when the daughter finally walked into the embryo room to face the thousands of offspring.
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Following the question about whether the human rejuvenation plan is unreasonable or not, I have supplemented several follow-up plots:
(1) After her daughter has successfully raised several generations of humans through the embryonic base of the base, she no longer relies on embryos to start self-reproduction, and humans have grown again as originally planned. There is no war or hunger. The robots judged that the plan was successful and ended with humans. The company enters dormancy. Hundreds of years later, the daughter has long since passed away. For some reason, the new humans intend to destroy the embryo chamber. The intrusion of humans triggered the early warning mechanism of the robot. The mother woke up again, came forward to stop the sabotage, and warned humans that if humans Embarking on the old path of self-destruction again, they will not hesitate to implement the human extinction plan again, and use these embryos to restart a new round of human rejuvenation, so humans are not allowed to make any actions that harm the embryo room. The new humans gradually discovered that the human rejuvenation plan has actually been implemented for millions of years, and it has never ended. And my own group of humans, including the humans who were destroyed last time, are not the real builders of the base, but the product of the revival plan. The first humans millions of years ago built these robots as the last line of defense against human extinction. This plan has been executed hundreds of times due to the inherent flaws of human beings and will continue to be executed.
(2) (Continued from the end of the original film) The footage of the film began to rise from the background of the daughter facing the embryo, flew out of the base, skimmed over hills, forests, and oceans, flying higher and higher. At this time, the audience discovered that there is actually not only one on the earth. Bases, many bases are like experimental grounds, performing the same tasks in a wide space, but the progress of the tasks is different. Some areas already have primitive buildings, and many humans live in clusters. Outside, the life of breeding and farming began; some areas are still a doomsday scene, staged a scene to test daughter X. Therefore, the failure of any regional plan will not cause substantial damage to the entire plan.
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