The Human To Robot Connection. In The Movie “Ex Machina”

The Human to Robot Connection In the movie â€Å"Ex Machina† the director Alex Garland communicates with viewers that robots and humans can have relationships. Throughout the film the way robot, Ava, is portrayed is human like and she is able to build relationships with people. Alex Garland uses the way the camera is placed or way things are filmed to put emphasis on these interactions. The scholarly sources I used to compare the science fiction and real life examples are, Can Robots Manifest Personality?: An Empirical Test of Personality Recognition, Social Responses, by Kwan Min Lee and Social Presence in Human–Robot Interaction and Looking Forward to a â€Å"Robotic Society†? Notions of Future Human-Robot Relationships by Astrid Weiss. Scholarly†¦show more content†¦The house they are staying in is a research facility to study robots such as Ava and how they develop artificial intelligence. There are times in the film when the power will shut off and a backup generator will power on lights. When the power goes off the cameras also shut off and they are un able to monitor Ava’s activity during this time. This shows the dependency on technology and how the humans are using it. In the scholarly article â€Å"Looking Forward to a Robotic Society†, table 2 shows data about robot acceptance (Weiss). People commonly voted that robots are part of their everyday lives, that robots make their everyday tasks easier, and that robots increase productivity. â€Å"In science fiction we see robots that talk, that dream†¦But in reality they are just complex toys for engineers, some interesting research† (Weiss). This article shows the significance of human and robot relationships. Ava being able to express human characteristics and personality traits allows her to be able to connect with humans in a special way. In the scholarly article â€Å"Can Robots Manifest Personality† the theme of robot interaction by per sonality is significant. From the article, â€Å"Personality is an essential feature for creating socially interactive robots† and â€Å"These robots are called socially interactive robots or simply social robots because they can autonomously interact with