Introduction
Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) is present almost everywhere and helps us daily, for example in self-driving cars, in virtual assistants such as the well-known Siri or Google Home, or even in the film industry. However, when asking some of my close friends, family, and IB students from around the world if they trusted AI, the most common answer was that they did not; but those same people also had trouble correctly defining what is AI. So first of all, we should know what is AI and when was it first introduced. Following the Oxford Dictionary definition of artificial intelligence, it is the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages (208). In other words, artificial intelligence is the ability of a computer system to perf
orm tasks that are usually performed by humans. Contrary to popular belief, AI is not new and was first introduced in 950 as explained by Aggarwal A. (208). Through this first misconception, we already understand that there is a degree of ignorance about artificial intelligence. The fact that there is some ignorance means that there is a lack of communication about what is AI exactly. We can, therefore, question one of the largest media that showed and made use of AI for quite a long time: Hollywood movies. Hollywood movies are seen by people from all around the world meaning that they might have a great influence on these viewers. A study performed in 205 by Pautz M. even suggested that movies act as an influence, particularly towards the young public. And following this, we can ask ourselves: to what extent do Hollywood movies play on the ignorance of people to create an inaccurate picture of AI?