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