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This 4 page report discusses the issue of regulating biotechnology and the social issues associated with concerns that are highlighted in the 2001 movie "Artificial Intelligence: A.I." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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decades. To consider the idea that people can be "genetically enhanced" or that plants, animals, and humans can be perfectly replicated through cloning. It truly has become the "brave new
world" that humanity was warned about and promised. The 2001 movie Artificial Intelligence: A.I. was conceived of by the late Stanley Kubrick who ultimately brought Steven Spielberg into the project
as his collaborator. When Kubrick died in 1999, Spielberg essentially inherited the film. Both critics and the general public had widely divergent opinions of the movie with some saying that
it suffered from trying to meld Kubricks dark view of humanity with Spielbergs special effects and determined sense of wonderment. But what is most interesting is that such a
combination of views can serve as a metaphor for what people have come to believe about the role of ever-advancing technology in the creation of "better" people, machines that think,
and the potential to redirect, even reconfigure nature. The movie causes one to consider the ramifications of bioengineering and other forms of
biotechnology. It sets up a framework for social debate that will clearly have a broad range of positive and negative attributes. What seems to be one of the most important
considerations in such a debate is the matter of who is in control of such developments. It si doubtful than anyone seeing the movie A.I. cannot help but question what
unfettered and unregulated "advancement" can do to the human species. Well-known film critic Roger Ebert asks a key question: "What responsibility does a human have to a robot that genuinely
loves?" the film asks, and the answer is: none. Because the robot does not genuinely love. It genuinely only seems to love" (Chicago Sun Times). "A.I." and the Real World
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