| Abstract [eng] |
This master thesis analyses two modern science fiction films focused on artificial intelligence in a female body: Alex Garland's Ex Machina (2014), and Spike Jonze's Her (2013). The work aims to deconstruct how artificial intelligence gets assembled into a female body in order to provide perspective on the inherent characteristical differences between human, and robot. To achieve this goal, the first part of the thesis defines artificial intelligence, clarifies key theoretical concepts within the field, and introduces how artificial intelligence gets portrayed in other science fiction films. The second section of the work focuses exclusively on the science fiction films Ex Machina and Her, both of which are analysed using the A. J. Greimas method of semiotic analysis. The analysis compares both films so as to highlight innate differences that clarify the construct of AI in a female body – from humanoid, to operating systems – so as to also shed better light on AI‘s implied relationship with human, which can be both adversarial or collaborative. |
