Chappie

Work Title: Chappie
Medium: Film
Episode Title:
Year: 2015
Writer(s): Neill Blomkamp
"Original" Writer: Yes Writer(s): Terri Tatchell
"Original" Writer: No Own work?: No
Summary:

Chappie tells the story of a robot imbued with artificial intelligence who is stolen by two local gangsters who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.

Era/Year of Portrayal: near_future
Distinctive characteristics of the world in portrayal:

People started to adopt A.I. robots for their police forces.
A government of South Africa purchasing police robots from American weapon company.

Technology

  • Name of portrayed presence-evoking technology: Humanoids
  • Description of the technology: Chappie has an A.I with learning abilities in a robotic body. The body is metallic but not very strong yet, and needs battery for operation. Chappie and robots need a "guard key" to re-install and modify their software.
    Chappie's unique A.I was developed by an software engineer but the weapon company does not show any interest, one of the independent gangsters somehow acquire the Chappie and the software engineer and gangster teach Chappie about the world.
    Chappie's A.I. is good enough to learn and develop a device to transform human's consciousness to computer.
    Chappie tend to behave based on the lessons who taught him, later Chappie learns meanings of death and life, and start to behave based on his own judgement.
  • Nature of task or activity: Unlike other police robots that follow instructions of human cops, Chappie sees, listens, and touches as human does. Chappie speaks and express thoughts and emotions through speaking and bodily movements as learned.
  • Performance of the Technology: Technology does work as intended, but humans use it in a wrong way.
  • Description of creator(s): A Middle East software engineer who has interests and talent to develop A.I. He cares Chappie like as he's friends. But he does not have much power in his company.
  • Major goal(s) of creator(s): Curiosity
  • Description of users of technology: Gangster first try to use Chappie for criminal behaviors, but Chappie started to behave based on his own mind when Chappie learned about death.
  • Type(s) of presence experience in the portrayal: social_presence
  • Description of presence experience: Gangsters and the engineer first treated Chappie as a baby, and then they became friends.
  • User awareness of technology during experience: They aware of their conditions all the time
  • Valence of experience: Chappie showed human emotions as he learning from humans
  • Specific responses: They surprises and emotionally attached on Chappie, and their consciousness were transferred to robot bodies to survive from wounds.
Long-term consequences:

They share the importance of life and became friends.

Other:

Coder name: Hocheol Yang
Coder email: Visions@live.com
Coder affiliation: Temple University