He’s evolved enough to follow his own directives. No longer is he just following orders from Weyland-Utani. In Prometheus, he is the Ash stand-in, the humanoid AI who can run the ship while everyone’s in cryo-sleep. David in Prometheus/Alien: CovenantĬontinuing in the milky footsteps of Ash is the even-more terrifying David, played by an eerie Michael Fassbender. Even in 1979, Scott showed us the incredible possibilities of artificial intelligence, as well as imbuing us with a sense of mistrust of the emerging technology. But, as the film progresses and the ship ends up engaging in a rescue mission, Ash’s directives come to light. His abilities aren’t apparent until pointed out and he’s supposed to be there as purely crew support. He’s the first of many examples on this list of AI given a fully human form as he blends in with the rest of Nostromo’s crew. Ian Holm’s turn as Ash in Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien is the pinnacle of the terrors of artificial intelligence.
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