The story of "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" takes place in the future, a time where global warming has melted the ice caps, raising sea levels and submerging coastal cities around the world. With millions of displaced people having moved inland, coupled with overpopulation, laws are passed requiring parents to compete for one of a few licenses that will allow them to bear a child. The head of Cybertronics, Dr. Professor Hobby William Hurt of "One True Thing" wishes to remedy this by offering childless couples a robotic boy who can truly love. Though his company is a leader in 'mecha' fabrication, particularly 'lover' models that are almost indistinguishable from human beings, creating a truly conscious artificial being that is able to feel emotion has yet to be accomplished. Twenty months later, that dream becomes a reality in the form of David Haley Joel Osment of "The Sixth Sense", a mecha boy whose advanced artificial intelligence algorithms allow him to feel happiness, fear, and love.
A.I. "Artificial Intelligence" touches on a number of issues, from the nature of existence, the responsibility mankind has to the sentient beings that it creates, and the issues that arise when man's technical reach extends beyond his moral grasp.
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