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Artificial Intelligence: AI
UNITED STATES · 2001

Artificial Intelligence: AI

Steven Spielberg
artificial intelligence parental love childhood innocence human-robot relationships existential belonging
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Synopsis

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

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