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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) - 6 questions

Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, William Hurt (add more)

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi

The "questions" section is for any random questions that occurred to you while watching this film, or anything you didn't entirely understand, and which Google or the IMDb can't help with. Submit them as a question, and hopefully someone will answer (the bold comments in brackets) - check back regularly. If the answer is wrong, or missing information, please use the "clarify answer" option. Don't feel limited - want to know what music played in a certain scene? Whether this was the first film to use a certain effect? Here's the place to ask!

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Question: This is a five part question: 1) What exactly were the future mechas doing at the end of the film? 2) Why were the mechas were only able to bring people back for a day? 3) How did the human race become extinct? 4) In what year is it set? 5) In what city is it set?

Answer: 1) They are excavating. 2) It is as far as their technology will allow. 3) It is never stated 4) The movie is set in the 22nd century somewhere between 2100 and 2200. The end of the movie is set 2000 years later. 5) The final parts of the movie appear to be set in Manhattan.

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Question: What is the significance of the seven word code used to activate David?

Answer: I think the significance is that there is no significance. David's manufacturers programmed him with these specific words because they are indeed very random. The chance of someone speaking these exact words, in that exact order, for any reason other than the intended purpose would never happen. Therefore, there would be no "accidental" programming.

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Question: What is the name of the female child Mecha that is inscribed on the boxes across from the boxes of Davids?

Answer: Darlene.

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Question: What did Gigolo Joe mean when he said, "I am. I was."?

Answer: He wants David to remember him, but he knows he is going to be destroyed, and so gets a bit poetical. "I am" as a message to David to remember Joe was a real person (kind of...) and "I was" because he knows they will never see each other again.

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Question: Why is it that on some of the notes David wrote for Monica, he said he hated Teddy, but on others he said he loved him?

Answer: The notes that say "I hate Teddy" were written by Martin, not David. Either because he really disliked Teddy (because he sees Teddy as his toy, whereas David sees him as a real friend), or to make Monica think David hated Teddy, so she would take him away from David.

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Question: Why did Professor Hobby, at the beginning of the movie, tell the Mecha to undress?

Answer: To show how completely obedient the mecha are and that there is nothing to be afraid of when it comes to them.

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