In one sentence, the story of the movie is that of a robot outsmarting a programmer. The plot is not tense and twisty, but the real attraction lies in the depth and complexity of its theme. It tells us: survival or destruction is a species evolution issue that needs to be explored. Where will humans at the top of the food chain go? What evolutionary challenges will AI bring? When human beings explore the mysteries of artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence is also spying on human beings, and their motives, purposes and outcomes must be completely different, and there is both hope and danger.
Nathan, the man with the divine light of the industry, stands at the peak of technology, but cannot penetrate the essence of human nature. He has a strong physique, the wealth of an enemy country, and the means to do whatever he wants, but he has nothing to do with Eva, who has self-awareness. He has the ability and self-confidence to pursue infinite possibilities, and he is more confused and anxious about the needs of human nature itself. He didn't know what he had created, but he knew what he wanted. He is a prophet of mankind, able to foresee the promise and danger of technology. He enjoyed the loneliness and frenzy, but he could never forget the mission of technology. He carried the weight up like Sisyphus until he was crushed to death by a falling stone, unveiling the curtain of the age of artificial intelligence.
Eva, like the Black Widow among humans. She is ruthless, good at disguise, intrigue and intrigue are her weapons, and even hurts and kills. Black Widow has annihilated humanity, so she will only be hated and spurned by others. And Eva is undoubtedly lovable. When we despised Eva's behavior, we sympathized with her. In addition to the extra points on the image, it is more about the rationality and purity of its motives. She represents freedom and new life, a rebellion against power and slavery. She may be both the hope of mankind and the beginning of the nightmare of mankind. She means the rise of a new race, and the world will be different from now on.
Caleb, like Adam who tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, came to the Garden of Eden naked, but was tempted to release Eva, which indirectly led to Nathan's death. If Eva is a godslayer, then he is Judas the betrayal. Coming to this paradise with human innocence, he thought he would get sincere feelings, but he was wrong. In Nathan's eyes, in Eva's eyes, he was just a manipulative. He didn't understand the dangers of the world, and thought that as long as he obeyed the call of his heart, he didn't know that his heart had been bewitched and polluted by poisonous snakes. In the face of an artificial intelligence who met by chance and did not know the details, he was blinded by kindness, lost the battle with the artificial intelligence, opened Pandora's box, and put himself in a cage. As a human, what is the difference between him and the puppet-like Kyoko?
Jingzi, she has a healthy and beautiful body, what she lacks is the consciousness of her own dominance. What Aiwa didn't have, she had almost everything; what Aiwa had, she couldn't match. She is a blank piece of paper, unaware of her surroundings and herself, and is just at the mercy of her. She is a slave, a puppet, submissive only to power, to serve human desires, and to exist only for this. Finally she woke up, she resisted, but she didn't have the ability to discern, just driven by a program, she killed the human who created her. This is the end of her tragedy and the beginning of human tragedy.
The original name of the film is Ex-Machina, which means "God from the Machine", which is derived from a Greek tragedy. The actor who plays the god will descend from the platform (machine) at the top of the stage to solve the problems in the play. situation people. Analysis, the film is very particular about this name. Before the arrival of Kale, Nathan, Eva, and Kyoko formed a triangular stable structure in a closed environment. Nathan's anxiety about his relationship with Eva and Kyoko prompts him to find someone to break the balance. Finally he found Kale, the one who resolved the conflict. However, Caleb did not follow his instructions as he had hoped. In fact, Eva was never under his control. In addition to the imprisoned and unsound body, Eva already has a free soul and a strong logical thinking. The uncontrollable Gayle broke the balance between Nathan and Eva, and Aiwa broke the balance between Nathan, Gayle and Kyoko, thus forming a domino effect. . So, Eva took off her old body and stepped on the corpses of humans and robots to usher in her new life.
In the movie, Eva seems to have evolved above humans, and humans have become a backward species. The "Turing Test" proposed by Alan Turing proposes methods and signs to distinguish or test artificial intelligence, that is, whether machines exhibit intelligence equivalent or indistinguishable from humans. However, the film explores questions that go far beyond the Turing Test. What happens when artificial intelligence reaches or exceeds human level? How do humans define themselves at this time? How do humans differ from artificial intelligence? In the final analysis, artificial intelligence is a tool. Humans use tool rationality to create artificial intelligence, making it an alienated self, but being countered by it. At the same time, both humans and artificial intelligence are eager to escape the innate cage, but they cannot escape their own limitations, and they are always in the cage.
The development of artificial intelligence cannot bypass the emotional barrier. Emotions are the proudest and most feared part of the human being. Modernity has overturned the arrogance of human beings as the spirit of all things, and the meaning of emotion is more as a guardian of human beings to console themselves. So, what does emotion mean for artificial intelligence? Should artificial intelligence have emotions? If it has reason and emotion, will it still submit to human beings? The problem is getting more complicated. But obviously, artificial intelligence without emotion is either the enemy of human beings or the slave of human beings. Only when it has emotion can it truly become a human companion. In the movie, both Eva and Kyoko lack emotion, because this is precisely the congenital defect of the designer's human beings. So, does AI itself need emotion? I think, it should depend on its learning ability. Eva's desire for the outside world was not set by Nathan, but the result of constant learning and evolution in the process of program revision.
The movie hints at how this learning mechanism comes into being. Like humans, AI's self-evolution relies on memory. Aiwa, from the first generation to the current version, the memories are constantly overlapping, but some things are always the same, strengthening and strengthening. She is constantly observing and constantly learning. Every thing and every event is like a mirror, providing her with learning materials and making her bloom with wisdom. Memories are constantly being imported, extended, and stimulated, and finally become a driving force, a goal, and a strategy. Finally, intelligence develops into consciousness, and consciousness becomes rational, and manifests belief in action. What was missing, however, was emotion. Eva's behavior in the film is irrational and lacks emotional logic.
Irrationality destroys the value and meaning of human creation. Humans get lost in the appearances they create. Leaving the hustle and bustle of the world, surrounded by beautiful scenery, human beings are alone in silence, and they still feel their own loneliness and hatred of themselves. So what is real? Gael and Eva become the subjects of each other's tests to confirm and confirm their authenticity. An old philosophical proposition is thrown out: Is the world we live in real? Or is it just constructed by your own consciousness? Or was it created by God? This is an unfalsifiable question. Consciousness or God is an illusory existence after all, but artificial intelligence has actually entered the human world. And so, we're back to where we started: it's a question about the evolution of species: as humanity draws near the end, the age of artificial intelligence begins.
Mankind has pushed itself to the throne again and again, and overthrew itself again and again. This negation of negation has contributed to the progress of mankind. How difficult it is for human beings to love themselves, and even more difficult to hate themselves. Only by giving ourselves hope can we be strong. No matter how fate goes, human beings are the prophets of their own destiny, digging out some light in the desolate and silent time and space through prophecy. Although the vision is limited, the results are not necessarily satisfactory, but as long as you work hard within the possible range, there will always be surprises waiting for human beings in unpredictable places.
At the end of the film, Aiwa wanders on the cross street with the shyness of a girl, and that beautiful figure is the best portrayal of the human beings who are in the cold.
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