M3GAN doesn't quite deliver in its promise but there's enough here for some fun B grade movie thrills. Apparently there's a gorier, more violent cut that was toned down to give the film its PG13 rating in the US (M in Australia). That version was probably better but there's enough here to entertain as long as you have a finely tuned capacity to suspend incredulity. The design of M3GAN is excellent and some of the set pieces are visually impressive. That little dance she does in the hallway has a Wednesday Adams-level cool factor.
It will probably add to the current overestimation and consequent hysteria over the capacities of Artificial Intelligence. The rate at which the technical challenges are overcome to create a sentient robot that develops homicidal tendencies is quite ludicrous. All three of Asimov's laws of robotics are rapidly broken without the scientists (who do all this in their spare time) ever seeming to have taken them into account. That little bully on the school picnic totally got what was coming to him, but I wouldn't worry that M3GAN-like companions are likely to become the next Tamagotchi any time soon.
It will probably add to the current overestimation and consequent hysteria over the capacities of Artificial Intelligence. The rate at which the technical challenges are overcome to create a sentient robot that develops homicidal tendencies is quite ludicrous. All three of Asimov's laws of robotics are rapidly broken without the scientists (who do all this in their spare time) ever seeming to have taken them into account. That little bully on the school picnic totally got what was coming to him, but I wouldn't worry that M3GAN-like companions are likely to become the next Tamagotchi any time soon.