The Right Question (I, Robot)

Stay stuck asking questions that get you nowhere, or ask the right questions.

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[leavinglamancha]

As I take time revisiting the videos I uploaded as part of my teaching career, this has been the one that not only became my most viewed, but has been the first piece of media I began every class with, no matter what subject matter I was teaching. Why? Because "truth" is not in getting the right answer, but in asking the right questions. The right questions are those that progress us forward in our journeys and lives rather than keeping us stagnant. There is SO much more I have taught on this matter, and would love to do so on a wider level than just in the school setting.
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[eliteofthe]

It's amazing, I love how not just spooner but also the audience is being lead on. The amount of mystery that the doctor leaves you in is perfect, it's not just spooner who's uncovering the truth it's us as the audience as well. Great movie!

[johnjones]

you have to ask the right questions... man this movie set me up to be successful in life.

[Johnrich]

So, I JUST noticed this: "Everything that follows is a result of what you see here." The first time this is said, it's in front of the tablets of the 3 laws. You SEE Lanning AND you SEE the 3 laws.

[jonathanlee]

I miss the days when even average blockbuster fare was this good.

[bartoszdulas]

I, Robot does not get enough credit for how great movie it is.
Yes it is your typical "cop that doesn't trust technology and fights woth rogue AI" but it has a nice to look at CGI, great acting especially on part of Alan Tudyk's voice performance and is still a great detective story.
I love it ever since I first saw almkst 20 years ago and love to rewatch as often as I can. Every rewatch gives some new easter eggs or a little blink-it-you-miss-it detail that I believe it may be my favourite sci-fi movie ever.

[tycphotography]

Me: She's toxic bro. Cant you see what she's doing to you!?
Will: I'm sorry, my responses are limited. You must ask the right question.
Me: Why did you slap Chris Rock?
Will: That, is the right question. Program terminated.

[bulldogsforeva]

Writer of S4 True Detective must absolutely love this video

[ayagodes]

This movie affected me for so many years, because it has some level of psychology that everytime I watched it I unlocked or saw something I didn't see before.
Yes this movie is about robots and about stuff that don't really exist, but it's also about integration and association.
If you ever went to therapy for long enough you probably felt exactly like Will Smith felt with this hologram.

[Mandalorian_Goblinslayer]

“Is there a problem with the three laws?”

[CBMOA]

In Hansel and Greta’s stories, the stones were the beginning of making a trail to get home, bread crumbs were lost after leaving a trail to get home

[mickeykale]

They talked about prompt engineering way ahead of time

[vernardfields]

We're 1 year from this being a thing. All the elements are here.

[Sheenifier]

I never noticed this until now, but I really like the doctor's glasses. It won't think they'd be comfortable, but they dont have hinges. They just stick to his temples

[jessicaguarin]

With the advancement of AI, I think it is very possible that in the year 2035 we will all have virtual clones just like in the movie. A hyper-realistic avatar to answer calls or interact with other people when I am busy. An avatar that looks just like me, has my same personality, my same tone of voice and also says "i'm sorry, my responses are limited". 😬🤯

[rairyu]

To think this movie is 20 years old! Where the heck does the time go?

[okamireader]

It's just like an NPC giving the player a quest! Especially the "I'm sorry, my responses are limited. You must ask the right question" is akin to the limited dialogue an NPC can communicate, and the different responses resulting in different answers, a dialogue tree, where different answers can lead o different branches of communication between the player and the NPC

Later, when Spooner spoke to Lanning's messenger again, he asked different questions, resulting in more answers and different dialogue, leading to the same conclusion: "That, detective, is the right question. Program terminated."

[RNeMgmt]

AI is so crazy now… definitely gotta ask the right questions to chatgpt 😂

[revengefrommars]

I was fighting with prompt engineering for Anthropic's Claude 2 AI when I remembered this scene.

[misc]

To find the right answer, first you must ask the right question