Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Image of Artificial Intelligence in Cinema: Transformations in the 1980s‑2010s

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2023 16 (8)
Authors
Degtyarenko, Ksenia A.; Pchelkina, Darya S.; Shpak, Anna A.; Pimenova, Natalya N.
Contact information
Degtyarenko, Ksenia A.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-6398-0259; Pchelkina, Darya S.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-4154-5862; Shpak, Anna A.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-2948-8762; Pimenova, Natalya N.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-0622-4465
Keywords
image of artificial intelligence; cinema; 1980–1990s; 2000s; 2010s; «Blade Runner»; «Ghost in the Shell»; «Artificial Intelligence»; «Prometheus»; «Alien: Covenant»
Abstract

The article is devoted to the actual topic of the image of artificial intelligence in cinematography as an understanding of the attitude to the introduction of high technologies in human life and as a means of understanding not only artificial intelligence, but also oneself. The historical periods of the 1980s – 1990s, 2000s and 2010s are chosen as representative stages. The methodological basis of the study was also a philosophical, art history and comparative analysis of films. As a material for the study, films that were popular in their time and became classics were chosen: «Blade Runner» (R. Scott, 1981), «Ghost in the Shell» (M. Oshii, 1995), «Artificial Intelligence» (S. Spielberg, 2001), «Prometheus» (R. Scott, 2012), «Alien: Covenant» (R. Scott, 2017). The study shows that the main questions that the cinema of the 1980s‑2010s raises in connection with the image of artificial intelligence can be called the issues of interaction between a person and the android he created, the nature of their relationship, and possible equality. Film representatives demonstrate the relevance of the degree of recognition of the humanity of an anthropomorphic robot, its self-awareness, status in human society, and the ethics of relations between people and machines. The image of artificial intelligence is developing from ideas about it as in many respects equal to a person to its representation as a threat to the position of a person in the world

Pages
1454–1470
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XVMNJF
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/150860

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