Right And Wrong In The Movie 'Ex Machina'

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As a community the definitions of right and wrong vary, forming a broken base for the creation of AI’s. The difference of safety while these machines are being developed is on a very thin line of being created by the wrong person, gaining the wrong moral, social, and mental motives. Programming an AI to understand right and wrong is going to produce a problematic result. Take the movie Ex Machina as an example. Athouth Nathan thought he had perfected the programming on Ava, teaching her the difference between right and wrong. Throughout the movie Ava shows concern about the dangers and dishonesty of Nathan. She is able to manipulate Caleb, escaping her “box” with the help of him. Although she was reportedly taught good from bad, she still made