What Happened to A.I. Artificial Intelligence?
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When Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence came out in 2001, the term A.I. was so unfamiliar to the public that they had to define what it was right there in the title. How the times have changed! Nowadays, the term A.I. is on the tips of everyone’s tongues, with a mixture of excitement and unease about how the massive leap in technology seen in apps like Chat GPT and more will change the world around us. It's a huge sticking point in the ongoing SAG/AFTRA/WGA strikes.
Now is a great time to look back at Steven Spielberg’s prescient fable about a robot child named David (Haley Joel Osment) who is adopted by a bereaved family, only to eventually be discarded and forced to roam the future with another robot companion, Jude Law’s Gigolo Joe. The movie was Steven Spielberg’s tribute to one of his most significant influences, Stanley Kubrick, who died a few years before this was made. Kubrick initially intended to direct the film in the seventies and eighties, only for the it to get caught up in development hell due to the era’s limited technology. He eventually passed the reigns to Spielberg, intending to collaborate with him. The finished film adheres pretty closely to the original treatment commissioned and developed by Kubrick, but it is Spielbergian in a lot of ways too. In this super-sized edition of WTF Happened to this Movie, we dig into the movie’s lengthy development, making and eventual release and how it fares in a world where suddenly the movie’s concept isn’t as fanciful as it once was.
What do you think of Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence? Let us know in the comments.
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AI is an absolutely brilliant movie. Has more heart than all the Disney remakes of the last decade put together. Its a masterpiece.
@morsmagne
10 ай бұрын
I disagree - AI is a very modern film in that the ‘hero’ doesn’t get to go on the hero’s journey. It’s a ‘and then and then and then’ plot!
@stephenmccagg
9 ай бұрын
Points... laughs...
@ailuosi7241
9 ай бұрын
the parents were the dumbest fuking people. the first part of this movie annoyed me to no end
@MrJC1
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely, when I first saw it in completely blew my mind. It's only flaw is its greatest strength as a work of art. It is thoroughly depressing, while somehow being enlightening. I have watched it when not being in a good place mentally and it was a miserable experience all round and I had to turn it off. My point to this is, anyone who has watched it and perhaps found it long winded, and depressing... it is, but it is great art and I suppose that it should be. But if this ever happened to anyone out there on first viewing and it took you out of the vibe, maybe one day give this movie another go because it can be absolutely amazing. Just... brilliant.
@morsmagne
8 ай бұрын
@@MrJC1 Life's too short for anything depressing - it's a total waste of time. Only fill your mind with positive things that are going to benefit you and other people. This is how you keep in a positive frame of mind and build up reserves and resiliance. For example, 'One Piece' on Netflix is positive and is surprisingly deep - it has lots of positive truths on how to approach life. It's got a lot more to offer than the film AI that's for sure!
I really had no idea what this movie was going to be about until I saw it, which was the worst timing ever, I saw this movie a couple weeks after my mother passed away. That ending 😭, once was more than enough.
One of Steven Spielberg's dark and most depressing movies ever made.
@RC19786
10 ай бұрын
And a total waste of time
@destronia123
10 ай бұрын
The human race going extinct could be seen as a good thing by every other life form on Earth. ;)
@Thespeedrap
10 ай бұрын
What about Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan?
@destronia123
10 ай бұрын
@@Thespeedrap The human race didn't completely die out in those 2 movies.
@Thespeedrap
10 ай бұрын
@@destronia123 true but they weren't perfect neither.
This movie has aged like a fine wine. I actually find it even more moving today than when it first came out. It's haunting; it stays with you in the same way "The Shining" has left such a lasting impact on many of us. Goes to show that sometimes a film comes out at "the wrong time" in history. The fact that it has been reappraised and discovered by a whole new audience speaks volumes...However, on the other hand the way it's kind of predicting the path we are going down is...Unsettling! To say the least!
@dogewood5499
3 күн бұрын
It’s one of those films set a century into the future, yet feels like it’s something from Antiquity. Like Rome a few decades right before it fell. It’s mesmerizing in a timeless way to me personally.
I still have the plush talking version of teddy they released along with the movie and it still works after all these years
@socksal
10 ай бұрын
babe, that thing is studying you
@markstuart9545
2 ай бұрын
Holy god! I’ve wanted one of these for 20 years!!!
It was nice of Stephen Spielberg to finish the movie for Stanley Kubrick after his passing.😊
@I_WANT_MY_SLAW
10 ай бұрын
The movie kinda sucks though. It's not one of Spielberg's or Kubrick's greats.
@silentandcliche
10 ай бұрын
@@I_WANT_MY_SLAWI agree. I think this was sadly a classic case of the concept being better than the execution. There's a black mirror episode that does this concept better and posed more interesting questions imo.
@tommyclegget3335
10 ай бұрын
@@silentandclichewhich episode? I love black mirror but have yet to watch all of them
@mightisright
10 ай бұрын
@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW Yep. It has great scenes in it, but the whole movie is very unsatisfying. I was annoyed by the Pinocchio thing throughout, and I hoped it would build to some great conclusion. But then the Robin Williams scene came...
@dogewood5499
3 күн бұрын
@@silentandclicheBlack Mirror is swill.
It's a shame that Haley Joel Osment isn't in as many projects nowadays, but he seems to be doing well for himself, popping up in various projects.
@d-chudasama
10 ай бұрын
He was in the boys
@rebeccagibbs4128
10 ай бұрын
im glad he left the limelight as a younger actor and didnt have to endure the cruel celebrity culture of the 2000s, personally
@Daichi82
10 ай бұрын
Well, he has been Sora in the Kingdom Hearts videogames for the last 20 years.
@I_WANT_MY_SLAW
10 ай бұрын
The dude became a multimillionaire at 10. He can basically do whatever he wants now.
@delrey874
10 ай бұрын
He was in Kominsky Method and Boys.
It's funny that David's quest is pretty much to find Google.
67 days? I can't imagine how many years this movie would have taken to shoot if Kubrick did it. They probably would have had to recast David and start all over again because Haley would have noticeably aged from the newest footage shot compared to the earliest footage.
@mightisright
10 ай бұрын
There was a rumor a long time ago that Kubrick was shooting a movie with a boy, doing a couple scenes a year and that the whole movie would span decades. Sort of like Boyhood.
@torquetheprisoner
10 ай бұрын
600 takes for a character just to say hello to another character 🤨
@JoshuaCastillo6309
9 ай бұрын
He'd age 10 years in a shot where he's walking through a doorway alone.
Jack Angel who voiced Teddy, would go onto voice another ‘smart toy’ named ‘Wonkers’ in the videogame ‘Dreamfall’ (2006). He passed in 2021.
This is such a fascinating film. And I think highly underrated. It's a two-part structure like a lot of Kubrick films where there basically could be more than one ending. On top of that, half of the film is obviously an homage to Kubrick while the rest is straight up Spielberg. I think it's a fascinating combination that is worthy of viewing.
@marcusfridh8489
10 ай бұрын
This movie allways gives me some kind of 2001- a space Odyssey wibes
i remember being very moved and disturbed by this film when it came out. I didnt understand the hate it got, personally. It left me with a deep impression which is more than could be said for other popular films of the time.
@repatch43
10 ай бұрын
The hate is simple: it's just an unending amount of sadness for the main character. The whole movie you're hoping the kid gets SOME sort of break, and by the end, he barely does, ever. I respect this movie, I know what they were going for, and I think they accomplished it. But I hate the movie, it's just too sad for me.
@richardcurley1129
10 ай бұрын
That is why I love the story. When the shrouds are removed, the truth shines bright. Mankind is mean and spiteful ( flesh market ) . Then the reality of everyone's true being. For in the end, we all shall pass on alone. None can take that walk with us.
@john_macclane_mtl1139
10 ай бұрын
Same here.
@kairilewis24
10 ай бұрын
I feel the same way. I was young when this came out. Went to the movies to see it. Moving and disturding is the perfect description. I around 10 years old and I remember crying so much watching it. I literally can only watch this like once every ten years. Really made me take a good long at humanity.
@jkephart4624
10 ай бұрын
@@repatch43 Is sometimes that's How life is. I liked that I didn't have a warm hearted happy endit was different than anything else I've seen at the time I was also like 10 years old when I've seen it so it f***** me up I remember watching a success over and over again at that time but I probably didn't rewatch AI until I was like 18
Hollywood needs filmmakers like Spielberg more than ever
@jybrokenhearted
10 ай бұрын
Just keep him away from boys😂😂😂😂
@Zombiesnyder13
10 ай бұрын
@@jybrokenhearted where these accusations are coming from?
@sebastiend.5335
10 ай бұрын
@@jybrokenheartedSouth Park reference? ;) Nice
@destronia123
10 ай бұрын
Spielberg is just meh, these days -- competent, but not very innovative anymore.
@Thespeedrap
10 ай бұрын
As well as Coppola Scorsese and Kubrick.
It has been 20 years since I have watched this. The end is some of the saddest things ever. I have a 12 year old now. I wonder how I would feel now. Magnitudes worse I would imagine.
I was 10 years old when this movie came out and it's always been one of my favourites, even back when I couldn't fully appreciate the subject matter and subtext to the story itself. Fantastic analysis of the film~
AI is one of my favorite films. Thank you so much for the behind-the-scenes glimpses.
The concept of AI wasnt wildly known back then so it makes sense that they would spell it out.
OMG. I still remember watching this film when I was 8. My parents were watching it on TV late night and didn't know I was awake the whole time. Now I know the title. Gonna give it a watch again. 😂
Watching this movie today at my movie theater job. We have been playing every kubrick movie and so far ive seen fullmetal jacket and clockwork orange. And man freaking insane movies.
I love the story of A Jorgensen from Ministry walking up to Spielberg on this set, saying he was really upset about being in the movie. He was told "A.I." was supposed to be German gay porn movie called "Anal Intruders", not some stupid flick about a kid and a robot. Spielberg looked shocked and his crew was scrambling to do damagecontrol, to which Jorgensen said "Hey Steve ... I'm only kidding". No one can replace Uncle Al 🤣
@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516
10 ай бұрын
Agreed. Ministry IMHO created goth.
@UncleKeith567
10 ай бұрын
@@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516 Not Goth, but I'll give him Industrial.
@dogewood5499
6 ай бұрын
@@UncleKeith567the Cult and Sisters of Mercy created Goth: Depeche Mode commercialized it. Ministry and Skinny Puppy created Industrial: Nine Inch Nails commercialized it.
@UncleKeith567
6 ай бұрын
@@dogewood5499 The Ministry part of that is just what I said. As for the Gothic sound, for me Bauhaus, Joy Division and Siouxsie and The Banshees are the OG artists. I'm not one to classify DM as Goth in any (fast) fashion of the word, but I have no trouble that you do.
That was your best one yet, and you’re epilogue was a really well-articulated surprise. Great job, guys!
I want to also add that I loved how Steven kept the Twin Towers in the movie - despite what happened later on in the year 2001! I also liked how they were still standing both before and after the big freeze!
The AI cleansing sequence was very creepy. Jude Law and the Teddy Bear were my favorite characters. The ending was a little sappy, but fine.
@thorn262
10 ай бұрын
You are confusing 'sappy' with Tragic.
@bettyp5669
10 ай бұрын
Sappy?? wow
@etherealtb6021
10 ай бұрын
@@thorn262And ironic.
@deathsheadknight2137
6 ай бұрын
@@thorn262 "Maudlin" is the ideal term for Spielberg drama films.
I never understood the trashing of this movie when it came out. The ending is perfect - people missed the irony of it all. I think this is one of Spielberg's best films!
Wow, this was SUCH an important film to me. (and still is) Coincidentally, in the same year, I discovered both this film, AND Tezuka's Astro Boy, as well as Tezuka & Rintaro's 'Metropolis'! And YES; I noticed the similarities right away. It's absolutely AMAZING just how many other films, comics, and books this movie connects to in one way or another. 'Bicentennial Man', (and yes, I noticed the similarity to THAT as well) 'Metropolis', Philip K. Dick, Issac Asimov, Ridley Scott, Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy, Pinnochio, the list goes on. (and yes, it STILL makes me cry.) I'm so glad to finally know I'm not alone in loving this film! Thank you so much!
I loved Teddy so much! I didn’t care about David at the end. I cried for Teddy and imagined that he went happily with the aliens and established a planet of Teddy’s like the Ewoks.
@DisobedientSpaceWhale
9 ай бұрын
They're highly advanced AI, not aliens
And yes Blue Fairy was voiced by Meryl Streep making it the only time she did science fiction.....would have been worth a mention btw
@applescruff1969
28 күн бұрын
That's so odd. It's such a minor role, you'd think they would've hired someone lesser known for it. It's even weirder that it's the only Sci-Fi movie she's ever done. Guess she's not a fan. Lol.
The ending was freaking creepy, but I guess they had to give the boy what he wanted somehow.
I watch this movie as a kid on VHS but I didn't know any English back then, it was seems like a fun movie but after watching it again as an adult, man this movie makes me depress af
This movie is an all time favorite.
The bear and Ministry cameo are A+
0:17 Jesus, I've seen this movie a number of times and never noticed that teardrop.
@applescruff1969
28 күн бұрын
That's a...weird detail, to say the least.
"What IS the deal with the Flesh Fair? Robots don't have flesh and this place isn't fair" Seinfeldbot 4000
@DisobedientSpaceWhale
9 ай бұрын
That's gold
@karnerblue7658
17 күн бұрын
😂
The ending of A.I is so sad eventhough you knew its only a movie but it seems so real 😢
One movie I saw once in theaters and didn't see for a very long time after. I remember dreaming the ending sequence days after / weeks after. I finally found the courage to see t again 6 years after it's release. Still disturbed me!
I’m going to have to rewatch Ai now. This is a great video. Very interesting to discover the films development and I’m curious to see how the film echos today’s fears on Ai.
I haven't seen this movie since it came out, but I remember to think this movie should have ended earlier, would have made a stronger ending. Have to rewatch it.
Who didnt want a TEDDY of their own😎👍
Teddy was the smartest, most perfected artificial intelligence in the movie. It's weird that way.
I like this move and I hope ppl can rewatch this if they seen this before to change their opinion on it
"When Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence came out in 2001, the term A.I. was so unfamiliar to the public" uhm no. it was the subject of many a movie and sci-fi shows (mostly in outer limits) of the 90s.
Fantastic video 👌❤️ Astonishing editing work too!
I loved the movie so much felt like ai when it ended after my visit at the theater i was still in shock, it was well made!
Thanks for this video. Really well done.
So glad you did a review on this movie. Thanks!
The story is tragic but not the ending. Finally someone loved him as he deserved and he could finally feel love and at peace.
@LaFayette2024
10 ай бұрын
I hate when people say Monica doesn't love David. She does.
@DrDiscourse
10 ай бұрын
@@LaFayette2024 she does. That's why she "sets him free".
I remember reading about Kubrick's A.I. in a genre magazine in the early 90's. Little did I know then that I would end up being an extra on A.I. for the Flesh Fair scene. It took three viewings to realize I made it into the film albeit for only a split second after the bean bags started flying. I have a freeze frame of it. I do remember Spielberg had us all sing the song "There's No Business Like Show Business" which was cut from the film. Great experience and awesome to watch Spielberg (and Stan Winston) at work.
@karnerblue7658
17 күн бұрын
I didn’t care for the movie, but that’s really cool you had that experience. 🙂
Love this movie and The Bicentennial Man with Robin Williams.
Just rewatched it after many years. Its very sad
One of my favourite pieces of music comes from the album to this film. I was composed by John Williams and is called "The Reunion", track 12. It is hauntingly beautiful. This is my favourite movie because of it's great storytelling and entertainment. The scene where David (Haley Joel Osment), is abandoned in the forest by his mum, is truly heartbreaking. Haley outdid himself.
Dayum. This is one of this channel's higher quality videos. Way to step it up
@JoBloOriginals
10 ай бұрын
Thanks! The writer Jake Dee and editor Cesar Gabriel are top notch.
thanks for this about one of my favorite Movies!!
daaaaang i got so excited but the voice is different, you guys rotate out your voice artists like they are equal, but some are way better than others, i usually love these wtf's
This movie actually came out the day I was born. I didn't actually know that until a few years ago, but once I figured that out I knew I had to see it for that novelty alone. I ended up actually quite enjoying it.
@LaFayette2024
2 ай бұрын
June 29th?
@weatheronthe8s895
2 ай бұрын
@@LaFayette2024 yep, in 2001.
Prescience @0:40 is pronounced ‘pre-siens’
I've seen that movie only once and never watching it again It's like the 1998 What dreams may come Both those movies make you feel ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE, the utter hammered shit your soul has been crushed into by these movies ....I cant
I miss when movies actually cared and put so much into production.. now everything is just greenscreen and dull 😑
Kubrick wrote the script similar to a Spielberg Film as he was directing it, Spielberg in turn wrote in Kubrick elements as an homage to him.
AI has become a sleeper classic
It was a good movie, I like that it doesn't have any sequels.
@Thespeedrap
10 ай бұрын
True I wish studios felt the same way you do.
This film really gets you pondering the future of technology in the relationship that we will have with it.
Heck yeah, nightmare fuel in the thumbnail I’ve seen clips of this movie, but never seen it all the way through. In light of recent world events, I must complete it. Kubrick’s ‘last’ film, spiritually anyway
I remember seeing this movie on tv years ago, unfortunately I don't really remember much except for the bittersweet ending.
I love this movie…but I cried so much watching it…I just can’t bring myself to watch it again. Joel Osment was so good, he just got to me…it’s a really good and heartbreaking movie.
That still tickles me. HAI, one forward, spells, I.B.M.
I rewatched this recently and I would’ve unplugged David and chucked him on the scrap heap after day one. What an annoying kid
@karnerblue7658
17 күн бұрын
I thought this movie looked kind of interesting when I started seeing trailers for it in 2001. Just watched it for the first time about 2 years ago; didn’t care for it at all. lol I just feel like they tried WAY too hard to make it emotional and heartbreaking. 🙄
This is my favourite movie of all time and I’ve watched it countless times.
Such a great movie but also depressing.
Brilliant stuff
Isn’t it interesting that David was lauded as an unprecedented construct capable of love and “following one’s dreams”, etc., yet ultimately, was bound to his obsessive pre-programmed protocol that surrounded his imprinting on Monica, his “mother”. It bound him and made him almost seem less than Human behaviorally (or a Human that was sick in the head at best). It was all of the other obsolete Mechas that showed true compassion, love, and the ability to think, question, and behave well and far beyond their original programmed parameters and function: consider Teddy and Joe for example; they understood the concept of love and the “Human Spirit” much more than David in their dialogue alone. They both loved and protected David more than anybody else. I always remember that lady in the stands at the Flesh Fair that exclaimed as fact that “Mecha don’t plead for their lives!”. Yet, before David showed up on stage, you had the Gardener and Chris Rock Mechas bargaining for continued existence any way they could just short of breaking Asimov’s Laws of Robotics. They wanted to live in harmony with Humanity. They did not want to die.
My friend was an extra on this flick, sure he was a shadow, but still an extra nonetheless
incredibly film, so moving
Fantastic video! A.I. is a masterpiece. I saw it in the theater when it was first released and initially thought it should've ended with David at the foot of the Blue Fairy statue, but subsequent viewings showed me the brilliance and silent heartbreak of the last act. One thing that infuriates me, and has nothing to do with the movie, is that people to this day still think the beings at the end are aliens. They're not; they're super advanced robots.
@tronam
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, it still surprises me to hear that since it’s both foreshadowed and pretty clearly spelled out in the film that they’re the future of AI excavating their past.
I actually liked this movie, but I still wish we could have seen what Stanley Kubrick would have done
Erm- That is not a ‘band of feral children’ in Yeat’s poem- It says so in the quote you used!
Great video, thank you! One small thing, it's "rouge" like the color, not "rogue."
@midcenturymoldy
10 ай бұрын
Yep. At 25:45 “Rouge City Police” can clearly be seen.
I thought the animatronic teddy bear was the best part of the film, since I liked all the scenes with him in it the most
@Thespeedrap
10 ай бұрын
For some reason he was the Jimminy cricket of the story given it was based on Pinocchio.
I love this film. It’s stuck with me for 20 years
I don't dare to see this movie again....
Rob Ager made some great videos about this movie and their messages. 👍
@thebipolarbear1
10 ай бұрын
Rob makes awesome Kubrick videos indeed
@ericfurst6091
10 ай бұрын
@@thebipolarbear1 probably the best in the business
@Thespeedrap
10 ай бұрын
I'm surprised Rob Ager don't write a book about Kubrick and his films.
@ericfurst6091
10 ай бұрын
@@Thespeedrap in his websites, he sells PDF's for his analyses incl. about Kubrick.
I really like this movie but it always seemed that the movie was rushed into finishing it. For example, Monica's son has been in an induced coma for years then just after she imprints herself into David he's suddenly cured. Bit of a coincidence don't you think? After that the movie speeds up between scenes like they are racing towards the end of the story as fast as they can. It all seemed to be telling less of a story into finishing the project. Like the dead hooker scene. There was nothing to explain that as well as David deciding to fall off the building knowing that he would in all likelyhood die. At the end, we don't see the world collapse into a barron permafrost but only what is left. Although I still really enjoy the film, it just seems to be incomplete to me.
Still one of my favourite films of all time.
I still need to watch the movie. Only seen it in small bits
Thank you for making this video. A.I. is my favourite movie of all time and I was pleasantly surprised to learn something new about it :)
love this movie !!.....wild !!!!!
"Take responsibility for the things we make on the planet and for the things we take out" 👀
This is my favourite movie and I've watched it many times sorta reminded me of the old school anime's that dealt with such themes.
Where did you get those kubrick playing chess and him in that green jacket sitting writing footage?
@estamalescroto520
10 ай бұрын
@Geovrz That footage comes from a documentary released in 2001 called "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures". The youtube channel of Warner Bros uploaded it a couple of years ago. :)
Does Spielberg’s A.I hold up over 20 years later? Let us know in the comments! And if you like this episode of WTF, check out more episodes in the playlist: kzread.info/head/PLrMX9ct-uNyOKfDG0WrRd6fQsB21MzorZ
@FirstnameLastname-ob1bp
10 ай бұрын
You should do a video on Bicentennial Man.
Quality film. People just hate on Spielberg like he's not a fuckin auteur because he makes shit that's successful and because they need to suck off Scorsese. Already been proven Kubrick was gonna have that same ending.
@user-mq4xp1gq3q
10 ай бұрын
It was a hodge podge of good ideas poorly put together, just like ready player one.
One of my favourites. Such a beautiful movie.
And I DEFINITELY consider it to be a proper sister-film to 'Bicentennial Man', 'Bladerunner', 'Screamers', and 2002's 'Metropolis'! (an underrated classic in it's own right) Fun-fact; There are (admittedly unfounded) rumors that one of 'Bladerunner''s "spinners" makes a cameo somewhere in the backround of this movie, leading fans of said films to consider it part of a shared "Spielberg-verse"! But that's just me nerding-out. =)
To go against the grain. This is the 1 movie I got about 3/4 of the way through in the cinema and had to get up and leave. I was so bored and when the aliens got involved I was done. I may watch it again to see if it changes my mind.
@DisobedientSpaceWhale
9 ай бұрын
They're highly evolved AI, not aliens
@Daniel-qi3pf
2 ай бұрын
Maybe you are more of transformers marvel super heros movie guy
@karnerblue7658
17 күн бұрын
I saw it once about 2 years ago. Did not like it at all. They tried way too hard to make a heartbreaking, emotional film.
Very good question!
One of my favorite films.
Thank you for mentioning ministry in the interview 🙏 I never knew that Stanley was actually a fan of theirs and actually called up Al jourgensen!👌 in interviews AL talked about on that set he was trolling Steven Spielberg by telling him that he bought ai stood for "anal intercourse"...apparently it left Spielberg speechless.. and he didn't respond 🤣👌
The title has made googling the film in 2024 very difficult.
I loved this movie because the main character never really had a happy ending 😂 and that's my current life 😂
What a beautifully tragic movie.
I remember watching this movie as a kid and being scared of it