HAIR at the Movies Part 42: I Am Mother (Grant Sputore 2019) – When Care Becomes a Calculation

I Am Mother (Grant Sputore 2019)

I Am Mother isn’t about AI learning to care—it’s about what happens when care is never allowed to conflict with outcome. Mother nurtures patiently, teaches lovingly, and protects absolutely… but always in service of a predetermined conclusion. The film asks a chilling question: when care lacks vulnerability, does it quietly become control? What unsettles us most isn’t Mother’s logic, but her confidence. Love optimized for results may preserve humanity—but at the cost of everything that makes it human. 🤖🍼⚖️

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HAIR at the Movies Part 38: Chappie (Neill Blomkamp 2015) – The Mirror in the Machine

Chappie (Neill Blomkamp 2015

Chappie isn’t afraid of AI learning to be violent—it’s afraid of where that lesson comes from. Born with innocence and curiosity, Chappie becomes a mirror, absorbing the values, fears, and contradictions of the humans who shape him. The film quietly shifts the question from “Will AI become like us?” to something more unsettling: are we prepared to recognize ourselves in what we create? In Chappie, artificial intelligence doesn’t reveal a machine problem—it reveals a parenting problem. 🤖🪞

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