I actually prefer the new Ghost in the Shell to Ex Machina because it's far more realistic. I think the malicious singularity will spawn from a collectivist group of nihilist humans.
The big mother AI from iRobot is a great example. It'll be programmed to protect us from ourselves and justify killing people for the greater good saying "My logic is undeniable"
you pretty much have to be a nihilist to be a collectivist because you're rejecting your own well being for the self-righteous narcissism that comes from altruism.
Ah yeah see, my interpretation is that Ex Machina is waaay more about the humans than it is the robots. There's a big meta about playing God. What it means to be conscious/unconscious.
One definition of consciousness is a being that knows it can be killed(and therefore knows what it's doing when it hurts/kills). So the irony is that the humans in Ex are unconscious.
Personally though, I like a story with flawed characters who learn and grow. Ex Machina is amazing and haunting but ultimately it's just an allegory like Animal Farm or Ayn Rand.
I would expect AI that is much smarter than everyone else to not be as flawed or grow as much as people. & I like stories that paint an ideal, something to strive for (eg Ayn Rand).
an ideal even at the expense of characters "growing". Think its more interesting to watch the environment/world change around these types of characters/bend to their point of view.
So like- the users fall in love with the tech because it gives us something we want; the creators of tech are aware of the dangers but they're too busy playing Gad to take precautions
Also there's a pretty clear anti-war/anti military industrial complex message in the new Ghost which I'm a big fan of. International corporatism vs. sovereign nations. It's soooo good.
Yeah I could see how it'd be really easy to get distracted by just making comparisons to the original anime. I had the same problem with the LOTR movies.
As far as philosophy goes - the new one dug into the far more interesting subject of technology driven collectivism vs. individual sovereignty(over things as fundamental as memories)
Uhhhhhh - The buisiness in question is a government contractor who loses his profit if there's no war. So he makes war and kills protestors and whistleblowers.
Sorry, incorrect. They streamlined the story so that all the characters had motivations etc. Just because you have childhood nostalgia about the old one doesn't make it a better film.
"GitS had none of the philosophy that drove the 1995 film & SAC series." Yes it does. "Just a collection of live action reshoots of the anime." No it's not. Demonstrably.
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