SXSW Q&A with Cast and Crew of 'Ex Machina' Page #6

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on a molecular level,

but keep its form when required.

Holding for memories.

Shifting for thoughts.

This is your hardware?

Wetware.

And the, uh, software?

Well, I'm sure you can guess.

Blue Book.

Here's the weird thing

about search engines.

It was like

striking oil in a world that hadn't

invented internal combustion.

Too much raw material.

Nobody knew what to do with it.

You see, my competitors,

they were fixated

on sucking it up

and monetizing via shopping

and social media.

They thought that

search engines were

a map of what

people were thinking.

But actually they were a map

of how people were thinking.

Impulse.

Response.

Fluid.

Imperfect.

Patterned.

Chaotic.

I drew the picture

of something specific.

As you asked.

You said it would be interesting

to see what I would draw.

Is it interesting?

Yes. It is.

You've never been

outside this building?

No.

You've never walked outside?

I've never been outside

the room I am in now.

Where would you go

if you did go outside?

I'm not sure.

There are so many options.

Maybe a busy pedestrian and

traffic intersection in a city.

A traffic intersection?

Is that a bad idea?

No. Uh...

It wasn't what I was expecting.

A traffic intersection

would provide a concentrated

but shifting view of human life.

People watching.

Yes.

Mmm.

We could go together.

It's a date.

There's something else

I wanted to show you.

Okay.

You might think it's stupid.

I don't think I will.

Whatever it is.

Then close your eyes.

Okay.

Now open your eyes.

How do I look?

You look

good.

This is what I'd wear

on our date.

Right. First a traffic

intersection.

Then maybe a show.

I'd like us to go on a date.

Yeah. Yeah.

It would be fun.

Are you attracted to me?

What?

Are you attracted to me?

You give me indications

that you are.

I do?

Yes.

How?

Micro expressions.

Micro expressions.

The way your eyes

fix on my eyes and lips.

The way you hold my gaze

or don't.

Do you think about me

when we aren't together?

Sometimes at night,

I'm wondering if you're

watching me on the cameras.

And I hope you are.

Now your micro expressions

are telegraphing discomfort.

I am not sure

you'd call them micro.

I don't want to make

you feel uncomfortable.

I got a question.

- Okay.

- Why did you give her sexuality?

An AI doesn't need a gender.

She could have been a gray box.

Hmm. Actually,

I don't think that's true.

Can you give an example

of consciousness,

at any level, human or animal,

that exists without

a sexual dimension?

They have sexuality as an

evolutionary reproductive need.

What imperative

does a gray box have

to interact

with another gray box?

Can consciousness exist

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