I like this movie very much. It starts with "I, Robot" + "10 Cloverfield Lane", which is not a very novel setting. But the key turning points are laid out just right. There are 30 cents special effects everywhere and it is not easy to explain everything that should be said.
First summarize the plot.
After the extinction of mankind, the computer assembled a humanoid robot, which used embryos to breed a little girl. The child and the robot grew up in the refuge and had a very lonely childhood. The robot told her that there was radiation outside and that there were no animals or plants in the entire shelter. Finally a mouse got in. The little girl wanted to be a pet, but was burned to death by the robot in front of her.
"There is only one person left in the world" setting always makes me feel uncomfortable and claustrophobic. Endured the past.
The little girl grows up slowly, her name in the movie is "daughter" and she has no name. The robot's name is "Mother".
Suddenly an injured woman appeared, and the little girl let her in. Her existence proves that there is no radiation outside. Here begins the classic "Who's Lying" section. Although this section is not novel, it is never tired of it.
The woman said that the current apocalypse is caused by robots, and they have slaughtered humans. She and a group of people hid in a secret base. When they came out looking for food, they were chased by robots. She was injured and fled here.
Hidden, the woman was still found by the robot. The robot told the "daughter" that the gunshot wounds of the outsider were hit by other humans. The humans killed each other outside because they used robotic weapons and the outsiders did not trust all robots. If the "daughter" wants to help them, they must ask for the location of the base.
"Daughter" is very interested in other humans and wants to go to the base. At this time, the robot asked her to choose an embryo to grow into the next human being. The lonely "daughter" had a baby brother, and she had a lot of affection for this brother.
After some investigation, the "daughter" discovered that the robot "mother" was lying and that she was not the first "daughter". At least one little girl had been killed by the robot before. It seems that robots are indeed the enemy of mankind. So she took the woman to escape, and the two managed to run outside. It was indeed an apocalyptic scene, but it did not radiate.
As soon as the robot was proved to be evil, the woman showed her true colors. The stories she told about the "base" were all made up. In fact, it was very dark and ugly. The woman ran out a few years ago and now lives alone. "Daughter" didn't see any other human beings, and there seemed to be no one else on the surface, very disappointed. What makes her sad is that the base is not a paradise, and the social life of human beings is not happy.
"Daughter" left without saying goodbye and returned to the robot, trying to steal her brother. As a result, it was surrounded by robots. "Daughter" knows that she can't run, and then she probably wants to fight to the death. But the "mother" told her that her purpose is to allow humanity to continue. The last wave of human beings was about to destroy itself. For the sacred mission of "protecting humans", a super AI calculated the best plan: kill all the people who are alive now, cultivate a group of new humans from the embryo, and re-occupy the earth.
Therefore, the robots that slaughtered humans and reclaimed wasteland share the same consciousness with the "mother", and all were made by it alone.
At this time, the "daughter" understood what her ultimate test was, and said that she would hand her brother over to her. The robot "mother" made the "daughter" raise the gun, and the "daughter" killed it. End of the play.
So what is the "ultimate test" here? We know the following facts:
1. It is useless to kill the "mother" body. The consciousness of AI is shared by all robots on the earth. After "daughters" nurture many humans, human society will be controlled by robots for at least 200 years.
2. The mother said: "If you want to see me again..." The daughter cried and said, "No." So at least the robot will no longer talk to humans in the form of an ideology. Although it is more appropriate to "control" mankind behind the scenes, it is more appropriate to say that it is "surveillance", which is to confirm that mankind will no longer do self-destructive things, such as a major nuclear war. If this happens, AI will jump out and restart again; if humans keep loving each other, AI will never speak again.
3. The settings of robot wars are basically divided into two categories: robots have self-awareness, and robots only obey program settings. This movie is the latter. This type also includes Moses in "The Wandering Earth", Gerty in "The Moon", Muther in "Alien" and so on. And the kind of movies where robots are self-aware, basically the whole movie is about whether robots or artificial humans are really self-aware. For example, Data in "Interstellar", the ancestor evil robot HAL 9000 and so on.
4. Because the "mother" robot has no self-awareness, it has no feelings for individual humans, and has an obligation to the human as a whole. This obligation is the initial setting. Such an excellent AI can just count and know that this "mother" with no emotions can easily nurture problematic humans, so it sets itself a task to "cultivating Nuwa" instead of "cultivating humans." The Nüwa project has a high fault tolerance rate, and you can repeat the experiment until it succeeds.
5. The outsider woman was released after the AI raised a child. And keep it not to kill, in order to use in the final test. So what role did she play? Can her lifestyle lure her "daughter" to run away? Whether you live in a base or live alone, life is horrible, and life is better than death. Her role is actually to bring the truth.
6. The truth is that the robot is broken. They killed all human beings, using all kinds of methods, starving many people to death, and killing babies, and the remaining human beings fled around, and their lives were very miserable.
7. If you don't let your "daughter" know the truth, tell her that human beings have destroyed the environment and become extinct. Of course you can. And it is more in line with the interests of robots. Therefore, the choice of "mother" should be based on the setting of "always be honest with mankind". Either tell Nüwa all at the beginning, and Nüwa will pass on the truth, or anyone in the future will have to ask it. In short, the truth cannot be concealed.
8. How would ordinary people, or protagonists in regular Hollywood movies, react to this kind of thing? Hehe, I will fight it. He picked up the gun and pointed it at the computer, and then the mystery was triumphed. Find the computer bug, the victory of the mystery. Or "Lao Tzu is not immune to this bird's breath", use a gun to throw all human embryos, human beings will not continue, we will die. "The Cabin in the Woods" goes this way, which is pretty cool.
If you think about it rationally, when robot wars occur, humans have very little chance of winning. Many movies have taught us before, such as "The Matrix" and "Terminator". But what's so fun about this? Making movies generally focuses on human resistance. Mankind knows that it is impossible to do it. In the end, whether the machine smashes the gods or the enemy releases the water, the fight is a victory, and the movie is good.
But rationally speaking, this is impossible. It is impossible for the "daughter" to defeat AI alone, or to raise hundreds of thousands of people to defeat AI, or two or three generations to endure humiliation and defeat AI.
And it has no thoughts and feelings, what's the point of revenge? After defeating it, mankind has gained the freedom of self-destruction. What's the point? What's the point of dropping your mobile phone because of the slow internet speed?
So there is no revenge? Can you endure it after being so atmospheric? Is it okay to be monitored by AI all the time? Just succumb to the fate that the computer arranges for you?
"Mothers" have always taught "daughters" to look at the whole, look at the overall situation, and consider the interests of the majority of people... This "big picture" means that no matter what happens, mankind must continue.
The "daughter" should put aside the suffering of the previous generation of humans, put aside the robot's deception to her, and put aside the attachment to other humans, the yearning for the previous generation of human civilization, and the expectation of having a boyfriend or general partner. , Put them aside. Be a mother.
Raised many, many children, they will be shocked by the crime committed by the robot, and then continue to live and multiply very peacefully. They will rely on enemy robots to farm, learn science, and create a new human culture, as if the last civilization never existed.
The ultimate test for "daughter" is to see if she is painfully and competently fulfilling the mission assigned to her by the computer after knowing all the truth. It is hard to say whether this is considered a "historical mission", after all, "history" itself has also been obliterated.
"Daughter"'s answer is: "I am Mother."
This can be regarded as a summary of all the robot wars plots. Anyway, we couldn't fight, everyone obeyed the arrangement and firmly believed that the first programmer had coded the three laws of robotics into the program.
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