
How Has AI in the Movies Changed over Time? Evil Bill and Ted (Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey).Mixed/Neutral with Superhuman Intelligence: Connecticut housewives (Stepford Wives).Mixed/Neutral with Child-like Intelligence: Hitchhiker’s Guide (Marvin the Paranoid Android).Here’s the breakdown of the robot classifications: Good with Child-like Intelligence: When we looked for trends on how AI is depicted in the movies, we noticed a strong cluster of movie robots that are superhuman and evil and another strong cluster that’s good and child-like. There’s also the full range of temperaments that we classified as good, neutral, and evil. There’s a wide variety in intelligence levels that we classified as child-like, adult, and superhuman. When we charted AI bots based on intelligence level and temperament, we found some interesting patterns in movie depictions of AI. Ranking AI in Movies: The Good, The Bad, and the Buggy Created By: Are AI Villains More Intelligent than AI Heroes?

Find out how some of your favorite robot heroes compare to the most hated, evil robots. In the infographic below, we rank artificial intelligence in the movies. For nearly 100 years, on-screen plots have featured various levels of robot intelligence and the full range of heroes through villains. Robots in the movies aren’t a new phenomenon. Ranking AI in Movies: The Good, The Bad, and the Buggy
