AI in the movies / Paula Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Paula, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

'AI in the Movies' analyses film representations of artificial intelligence, from their first emergence in the 1950s up to 2020. These strong or general artificial intelligences take different forms: some are digital AIs, some robot AIs, some move between material and digital forms. Some are indistinguishable from humans, and some have no material existence at all. Analysis of these representations demonstrates filmmakers eroding the division between human and AI, by presenting character doubles, narrative parallels and eventually, identities in which the biological and artificial overlap and intersect in new hybrid forms. The book identifies the aspects of AI science that fascinate filmmakers and outlines the key themes and tropes in AI film, including parent-child relationships, the female robot, human-AI doubles, parallels and hybrids, and AI death and mortality.

Contents:

List of Figures

Introduction

1 Al in the real world, AI in the movies

2 The 1950s and 1960s

3 The 1970s

4 The 1980s

5 The 1980s

6 The 1990s

7 The 2000s

8 The 2010s

9 The 2010s

Conclusion

Notes

Filmography

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 25, 2026).

ISBN:

9781474448604

1474448607

OCLC:

1428863944