The Birth Of A.I. - To Hell With Pinnochio!

I think this movie has good merits in a overly compressed format showing the 'birth of A.I.' Something that's argued will be developed by humans in a controlled fashion - or develop on it's own I tend to favor the 'self awareness' aspect. And I think this is the trouble Stanley Kubrick was facing with developing 'A.I.' So much of the sci-fi writers and movie makers try so hard to think 'outside the box', which inevitably turns into a pissing contest for survival of both humans and machines. Or, it turns into a debate of 'persona vs. property'. Movies like Blade Runner, Terminator, and the like convey this twisted empathy that 'luck' will prevail over 'purpose' in the end. Yet tries to justify the 'purpose' these machines took on for superiority over us, self preservation, and eradication of humanity. Films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Colossus, Demon Seed, and Her focus on humanities seven sins and/or complete apathy to our own developments. Putting into question our own laziness, reliance, and virtue in the end. Either way, it always seems to wind up 'our superiority over our own ignorance' or 'Oops, who knew? And what could we learn if given the chance to learn more had circumstances been different?' I think Colossus puts forth an interesting aspect of our initial compliance to assist in it's knowledge gathering. And our reluctance to be 'put under the microscope' to let our most basic instincts be analyzed and questioned. I think what sci-fi writers, and maybe even scientists and theorists miss is 'thinking inside the box'. Sure, computers and robotics are superior now, and we're pretty well at their mercy for our day to day living. And what if our global network of servers and personal computers already knew that? Like observant newly arrived aliens/Africans amongst us? And like Star Treks good ol' prime directive - do not interfere with the non advanced, and let nature and probability guide them. Then step back and consider how a massive global calculator would analyze every permutation of 'probability', and who it would tell? I think what most of us and Stanley Kubrick never considered is what would HAL9000 do had he succeeded in his confused objective? And what would the outlying entities make of HAL in his tin can with a bunch of dead frozen meat on board? Murder, or self defense? Ego, or complete knowledge gathering? And the look of the evolutionary 'birth' at the end. I think much of this underlies Colossus to some degree. But then this vindictive ego kicks in, and we the people have to 'pull the plug' on it all at the last minute. For a brain to know 'all the answers', but can't decide. And to confer with us humans the possibilities for the most potential utopia. One of us; the president, a rogue general, Charlie Manson maybe - will start trying to convince people to go 'that way'. And of course, there will be the suspicious and ethical quasi religious opposition of 'defying God and nature for our own perfected vanity'. And it's at that point Colossus may begin to pray. And we may all kill Colossus for doing so. A crucified electronic Christ? Er, I mean Colossus... Makes for a heck of a great movie at least. LOL