However, Sonny is the best thing in the film, with a subtle motion captured performance hinting at the humanity lurking within, and for a film about robots, it’s probably a good thing its most memorable character is one… A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.). A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. Sonny – I, Robotīrought to artificial life by the brilliant Alan Tudyk, Sonny is the robot at the heart of the Will Smith blockbuster, which really bears no resemblance to the seminal short story collection by Isaac Asimov, other than acknowledging his three laws of robotics (for those who don’t know: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Either way, they’re fascinating, and pretty damn cool. We seem drawn to them, more often that not casting them as our creations gone rogue and seeking to rise up against us, but sometimes as tragic figures wanting to be more like us.
A way to examine our own humanity, and view emotions – or lack of them – from a new perspective, artificial intelligence has been in films for almost as long as we’ve been making them. Who doesn’t love robots? Our metal friends have long been a source of inspiration, wonder and fear for filmmakers and audiences.
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