AI in the Movies
AI in the Movies analyses film representations of artificial intelligence, from their first emergence in the 1950s up to 2020. These strong or general artificial intelligences take different forms: some are digital AIs, some robot AIs, some move between material and digital forms. Some are indistinguishable from humans, and some have no material existence at all.
Analysis of these representations demonstrates filmmakers eroding the division between human and AI, by presenting character doubles, narrative parallels and eventually, identities in which the biological and artificial overlap and intersect in new hybrid forms.
The book identifies the aspects of AI science that fascinate filmmakers and outlines the key themes and tropes in AI film, including parent-child relationships, the female robot, human-AI doubles, parallels and hybrids, and AI death and mortality.

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AI in the Movies
AI in the Movies analyses film representations of artificial intelligence, from their first emergence in the 1950s up to 2020. These strong or general artificial intelligences take different forms: some are digital AIs, some robot AIs, some move between material and digital forms. Some are indistinguishable from humans, and some have no material existence at all.
Analysis of these representations demonstrates filmmakers eroding the division between human and AI, by presenting character doubles, narrative parallels and eventually, identities in which the biological and artificial overlap and intersect in new hybrid forms.
The book identifies the aspects of AI science that fascinate filmmakers and outlines the key themes and tropes in AI film, including parent-child relationships, the female robot, human-AI doubles, parallels and hybrids, and AI death and mortality.

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AI in the Movies

AI in the Movies

by Paula Murphy
AI in the Movies

AI in the Movies

by Paula Murphy

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Overview

AI in the Movies analyses film representations of artificial intelligence, from their first emergence in the 1950s up to 2020. These strong or general artificial intelligences take different forms: some are digital AIs, some robot AIs, some move between material and digital forms. Some are indistinguishable from humans, and some have no material existence at all.
Analysis of these representations demonstrates filmmakers eroding the division between human and AI, by presenting character doubles, narrative parallels and eventually, identities in which the biological and artificial overlap and intersect in new hybrid forms.
The book identifies the aspects of AI science that fascinate filmmakers and outlines the key themes and tropes in AI film, including parent-child relationships, the female robot, human-AI doubles, parallels and hybrids, and AI death and mortality.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781474448581
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 04/30/2024
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Paula Murphy is Assistant Professor at the School of English in Dublin City University. Her research specialities include film and technology, short film, and contemporary Irish literature and film, and she has published widely in these areas.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

Chapter One: AI in the Real World, AI in the Movies

Chapter Two: The 1950s and 1960s

Chapter Three: The 1970s

Chapter Four: The 1980s

Chapter Five: The 1980s

Chapter Six: The 1990s

Chapter Seven: The 2000s

Chapter Eight: The 2010s

Chapter Nine: The 2010s

Conclusion

Notes

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

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