Sentences with phrase «robot ava»

She is also recognised in the supporting actress category for sci - fi thriller Ex Machina, in which she plays humanoid robot Ava.

His brilliant but overbearing host has chosen Caleb to be the human component in the Turing test, designed to determine whether the robot Ava (Alicia Vikander) is truly sentient — but as the test progresses, Caleb begins to wonder if he himself isn't part of a larger game between creator and creation.

In Ex Machina, a young programmer named Caleb finds himself falling for the humanoid robot Ava.

Not exact matches

It's too much to talk about all that here, so I will limit my discussion to how Ava, the robot, seduces and basically destroys Caleb, who was chosen by Nathan, his employer, to interact with her to see if she passes the Turing test, which examines if a machine has consciousness and is indistinguishable from a human.

Don't count on much more than that from Ava, a forthcoming armless «robot» from iRobot (the Roomba folks) that replaces the laptop head with an iPad head.

Summary: A young programmer (Caleb) wins a trip to visit a computer genius's (Nathan) compound where he will get to administer a Turing test (designed to test whether a machine is capable of humanlike intelligence) to a potentially sentient robot (Ava).

As for Alicia Vikander as Ava, she's on a whole other level, and I can't even imagine how difficult it must've been to perform as a sentient robot without actually being a robot.

Ex Machina is built around three characters: Caleb, a talented computer programmer played by Domhnall Gleeson; Nathan, the brilliant owner of the search engine software company he works for played by Oscar Isaac; and Nathan's creation Ava, an artificially intelligent robot female played by Alicia Vikander.

Ex Machina is about a man who brings in a young programming genius to test his latest creation, a robot named Ava that has artificial intelligence so advanced it might be able to fool anyone.

Caleb has been chosen to evaluate and test Ava, an alluring robot artificial intelligence who proves to be more sophisticated and deceptive than either guy imagines.

The test sounds absurd because Caleb goes into the test knowing that Ava is a robot.

Ava is a female robot, designed with complex artificial intelligence.

To complicate matters, the robot is an alluring female - gendered machine named Ava (Alicia Vikander).

Ex Machina Director: Alex Garland Running time: 110 minutes Certificate: R A young computer programmer is picked to spend time with his company's reclusive CEO, played by Oscar Isaac, who reveals a humanoid robot called Ava who may have her own agenda.

But it's the scenes between Gleeson's nice - guy Caleb and Vikander's cold and naïve Ava that make «Ex Machina» work as well as it does, striking such a great rapport that it completely sells the idea of a man falling in love with a robot, no matter how ridiculous that may sound.

What separates «Ex Machina» from all those other movies about the potential dangers of sentient A.I., however, is the addition of Gleeson's character to the equation, because it uses Caleb's humanity / moral compass against the audience to make you sympathetic towards Ava even though virtually every film about robots has taught us not to trust them.

There are only four main characters in the film, and two of them are robots: Swedish actress Alicia Vikander's imprisoned, eerily alluring Ava is the focus.

There, Nathan asks Caleb to help him test his new A.I. (artificial intelligence) system, a beautiful girl robot called Ava (Alicia Vikander).

Although Caleb is excited just to have the opportunity to meet and hang out with the tech genius, Nathan has other plans: namely, to enlist Caleb's assistance in conducting a Turing test on his newest creation, an incredibly lifelike robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander), in order to determine whether the artificial intelligence can pass as human.

The camerawork, sound and setting all heighten the film's intensity, as well as the intensity of the situation that Caleb finds himself in once he's confronted with Ava, the humanoid robot that Nathan has created.

In the film Gleeson and Isaac play a couple of tech geniuses (nerds) who perform experiments on the world's first true A.I., an adorable robot girl named Ava (Vikander).

Caleb rightfully protests that a Turing test is supposed to be about whether or not an artificial intelligence can pass for human and Ava has already been revealed as a robot.

Taken to a remote and highly secure spot, Nathan reveals that he has brought Caleb there to help him test his robot, Ava (Alicia Vikander), to see if she passes for human.

Indeed, Caleb's uber - rich, genius boss, Nathan (played by Oscar Isaac, in what may be the best performance of the year to date), did design a humanoid robot with all of the traits that Caleb most desires through the secret collection of data from Caleb's computers, cell phones, etc. (there was a special emphasis put upon Caleb's «porn profile» when it came to designing the robot, Ava's, face).

Caleb has been selected to administer a «Turing test» on Ava (Alicia Vikander), a robot with a covered torso, bare midriff, and wires visible beneath her arms and legs.

Of course, Ava isn't just an robot, but possibly the first AI that can pass for human.

In the film, a programmer played by Domhnall Gleeson enters a complex relationship with a robot named Ava, played by Alicia Vikander.

The film's built around one question — does Ava, a robot designed by Isaac's Nathan Bateman but brought to life on screen by Alicia Vikander, possess true artificial intelligence?

Ava owes something to cinematic robots as far back as Maria from «Metropolis,» but stands as a distinct creation, switching on a dime from childlike pathos to femme fatale seductress to manic pixie dream girl.

The creation is an artificially - intelligent robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander), whose mind is as sharp as they come but whose body resembles both a robot and a human.

Nathan has created a highly advanced robot that he has code - named Ava, and would like Caleb to test its intelligence and self - awareness.

He hand picks Domhnall Gleeson's puppy - dog code - jockey Caleb to join him in this off - map locale to execute the «Turing Test» on a humanoid robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander) in order to determine whether she has achieved any level of human sentience.

They are probably the ones who designed the above version of the Ex Machina poster, with Ava in the «turn to the camera while showing off your perfect robot ass» pose.

But when Caleb arrives, he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava (A Royal Affair «s Alicia Vikander).

And yet, Ava remains little more than a sex robot, never displaying the advancement of this AI brain because the narrative never allows her to move beyond using her sexuality for power, like a femme fatale.

Ava needs... well, does a robot really need anything?

The being in question happens to be a robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander), a fibreglass creation with a beautiful female face whose very existence seems too good to be true.

However, a silver lining looks to be in the offing, as evidenced by Alex Garland's fantastic Ex Machina and it's female heroine, Ava (Alicia Vikander), a character who deconstructs the mentality of the «sexy» female robot by seeking independence and a consciousness outside of the identity her male creator has given her.

Oddly enough, where Ava is assumed to be childlike, Brad Bird's own female robot, Athena (Raffey Cassidy) from Tomorrowland, actually is a child, a trait that leads to a wealth of complications, including what many have termed a «creepy» relationship with George Clooney's Frank.

In January, audiences thrilled to Alex Garland's sleek, slippery sci - fi provocation Ex Machina, starring Vikander as Ava, the disarmingly sentient feminised robot who turns the tables on her male minders.

Ex Machina: In this simplistic - sounding but ultimately profound look at technology, a young programmer (Domhnall Gleeson) is sent to study the humanity of a robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander).

And while Vikander will blow you away with her portrayal of an artificially intelligent robot named Ava, it's Isaac who has the most memorable scene.

The robot, which has been named AVA, will actually be on the market and available to the developers who are interested, at an as yet unknown date this year.

The AVA robot works by grafting an Android tablet onto a mobile style of robot body that looks a lot like a pillar with a wide wheelbase.