I was pleasantly surprised that Gertie never tried to betray Sam (or Sam). Usually in this type of movie you expect the calm, reassuring computer to "turn evil" at some point, or at least rigidly stick to its corporate programming at the expense of the lowly employees; but Gertie was as good and reliable a friend as a robot in its position could be.
shareGertie, for some reason, had empathy and compassion. Wouldn't that need to be programmed in. And if it was, why?
Wouldn't that need to be programmed in.Maybe not. Maybe an AI might develop levels of empathy and compassion by itself, depending on the interaction it gets.
Gerty's program is stated perfectly in the movie by Gerty. He says "I'm here to help you Sam" and that summarizes all of Gerty's actions. His existence requires him to help Sam. This means one Sam or all Sams, because that's what Gerty does. It's his reason for being.
Call it honorable behavior or an unforeseen program flaw, it is WHY he does what he does. It's simple but also moving in a way as both Gerty and Sam are ultimately just machines being used by their company. You sense an unspoken alliance between them.
Dear Santa, please send me a Tiffany Mynx clone or lovebot this year.
I understand that Sam's welfare was the #1 priority for GERTY, what I don't understand is why the company (like all companies) didn't put the company as #1 priority over Sam. I'd have thought any big company would do so, also why was Sam a priority at all? since he's a clone and not an original human I'd have thought the company would see him as completely expendable and if anything happened to him just "awaken" one of the many reserves.
share"help the company" is a very abstract concept. who knows what's actually good for the company, and how can that possibly be figured out from an outpost on the moon?
sam, on the other hand, is right there. sam is part of the "machinery" running the base, so helping sam does help the company.
Thanks but I already knew that much. I don't think you properly understood my question but that's ok.
shareI so agree. I loved Kevin Spacey's soothing voice by the way. Sometimes I wish he was my dad.
shareI'm not sure this comment has aged well.
shareYep, it aged really bad, especially if met76 is a guy . lol...
I don't mind Spacey's voice but I saw a movie similar to Moon not long ago, it's called 2036 Origin Unknown. The robot voice in this movie was perhaps better. In Moon, Gerty sounds like a human with emotions but in 2036, he sounds more robotic, although, the film is not as good as Moon. I wasn't blown away by Moon or anything like that, it's a solid movie but slightly overrated in my view.
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