Artificial Intelligence and Bicentennial Man

As Artificial Intelligence and Robotics became a scientific breakthrough, it became the subject of a few movies too. Two movies are very famous for filming it in a wonderful way. One is "Artificial Intelligence" by Steven Spielberg and and "Bicentennial Man"



Artificial Intelligence :



Directed by Steven Spielberg, in the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting raise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching to the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve him. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David(Haley Joel Osment), an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically. A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, with David being the "fake" boy who desperately wants to become "real".





Bicentennial Man :



A family purchases a state-of-the-art robot named Andrew (Robin Williams) to do housework. When the family realizes that the robot is doing creative, out of the ordinary things, they encourage it in its work. As the years pass, Andrew acquires more human personality traits and decides to seek out to become more human. He then takes a multiple year journey to find others like him. Soon, his mission turns into a 200 year adventure filled with hardships and love as he tries to be accepted as a human being.