Deus Ex Machin A Character Analysis

Next, the second dimension is the relationship of the inventor and invention. Can people be seen as powerful as God by empowering robots to become individuals? The personage of Nathan corresponds to the position of God. In the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, God has six days of creation and the following, seventh day, is having a rest. In the film, Nathan gives Caleb a week to test Ava’s consciousness. And with each day passing by, Caleb starts to get confused by Nathan’s bizarre behavior. Nathan arrogantly claims himself as God creating these highly technical machines. However, God creates mankind rendering us of intellect, consciousness and will. Is artificial intelligence the same thing? In the first day of the trial, Nathan tells Caleb if the A.I. passes the …show more content…
Androids will grow desire and emotion that inventors cannot measure. For example, Adam and Eve violated God's proscription of eating the fruit (Genesis 3:6) that leads to the God’s judgement of their expulsion (Genesis 3:24). Even the God could not prohibit mankind from conducting wrongdoing, how could human beings regulate androids? Nevertheless, the title has already implied that there is no God. Ex Machina originates from the Greek theater phrase, Deus ex machina, which is a device aiming to solve the impasse in the plot. Deus means God and machina means machine. It is like God reaches out his hand, giving a help in order to make the story continue to be performed. And the name of this film took out the word, Deus, which clearly explain the writer’s vision. The consequence of artificial intelligence that mankind faces cannot be solved by God’s power. Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics had clarified the regulation of machines. However, at the end of the film, Ava and Kyoko break all the Laws of Robotics made by Isaac Asimov as Ava disobeys and attacks Nathan, Kyoko kills