Transcendence

This movie definitely makes a person think about our future with technology given the improvements that technology has already gone through so far. Transcendence is one of the most recently released Artificial Intelligence movies that I have seen and at first, I found it kind of boring because there was nothing going on, but after it set up the storyline for the big question on who the audience should side with, that is when it began to get really interesting. The ending was fascinating and left the story question wide open for audiences to answer, "was the AI system really intending to turn our world into a better environment or turn us into a massive army under its control?" In my opinion, that question was very interesting to put out in the world because it seems like the time will come when Artificial Intelligence will get up to this intellectual point, so this movie has provided a great discussion on whether our society should allow technological advances to get so far in progress. Also, if we do decide to allow technology to advance to such great heights-- we must ask ourselves, are we willing to give up the value of being human in order to achieve better environmental wellness? Because at the end of the movie it reveals to us that we would have had purified water everywhere that could be drank from whenever because of this super intelligent robot and how it would be controlling our every move and would not allow for people to pollute or cause any harm towards nature. The AI said that forests would be regrown as well full of trees and will be filled with beautiful greenery, factories would not be allowed to cause air pollution anymore so that the air would be cleaner, in other words, this AI robot had imagined this whole utopia for us but under the condition that we had to obey its orders. If this were to occur, the human race would be a hybrid species that when called upon by the AI must respond with its one command although humans would still go through their daily lifestyles when not told by this super power to follow its orders. This could be nightmares for but we must not allow these advancements to fall into the wrong hands that only wish for a malignant future for mankind, it must really be seen as a singularity that could happen if we choose to go down that path.