Alex Proyas's Film I, Robot

A robot is a piece of machinery that is capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. In Alex Proyas' futuristic film "I, Robot," we notice a society that is reliant on robots, or in general technology for their everyday life. The logic driven anthropomorphic robots have no emotions and are all hard wired to the Three Laws of Robotics directives: to never harm a human or let a human come to harm, to always obey humans unless this violates the First Law, and to protect its own existence unless this violates the First or Second Laws. All the robots follow these three laws, all except one. Sonny is a prototype of the new Nestor Class 5 (NS-5) robot model. He is different from the rest of the robots because he depicts

Humans interact by sharing emotions; and confirm each other’s identities by doing so. Robots cannot feel anything, thus, they don’t have identities. All the robots are exactly the same. However, Sonny can feel love for Dr. Lanning because he considers the doctor as his “father”, and guilt which leads to anger for killing the doctor. He also felt fear when he was alone in Dr. Lanning's lab. Another example would be when Sonny was arrested by the police. Dt. Spooner interrogated him; but, before Dt. Spooner entered the interrogation room, he winked at his boss (Lt. John Bergin) as a sign of trust. Because curiosity, Sonny asked Dt. Spooner what the action signified. Dt. Spooner explained what it meant and added, “It’s a human thing, you wouldn’t understand.” Dt. Spooner was considering Sonny as an ordinary robot at that point in time. Therefore, robots cannot display emotions. Sonny is a human; consequently, he can express them. Sonny also yearns for Dt. Spooner’s trust and friendship, but he did not receive it until the end of the film when he proved himself through his newly learned actions (such as a wink) to Dt. Spooner. Sonny should be recognized as a human because he possesses emotions, and he has an