The robots are alive: Artificial intelligence in the movies quiz

Samantha begins the story as a chatty AI operating system. Her vast network allows her to communicate with hundreds of humans at the same time.

Movies which portray AI as needing to learn through experience are more realistic in that sense. Scientists are trying to create AI which learns as it goes, mirroring human development patterns.

Isaac Asimov wrote the three laws of robotics along with the book upon which "I, Robot" was based. The laws were supposed to keep AI creations from rebelling against their creators.

Rule number one for avoiding evil robot overlords: don't harm the humans. Human directives and the robot's own protection come later.

Nathan, a fabulously wealthy computer expert, builds the models by himself. The movie opens when he ostensibly invites an outsider to administer a Turing test to the robot, Ava.

The Turing Test cannot itself determine whether AI is sentient, but it does demonstrate whether the robot's responses to questions are distinguishable from those of a human. Alan Turing came up with the test in 1950 to help measure progress in AI.

The AI replicants in "Blade Runner" are artificially grown humans with implanted memories. These AI don't need to overthrow their human overlords; they just want an extra lease on life.

The main motivation programmed into David is a desire to love and to be loved in return. His loyalty to his original programming is highly realistic.

Chappie's transformation from standard police droid to sentient robot is a stretch, but the learning process he goes through is more realistic.

Apparently, they should have given HAL a copy of Asimov's three laws. HAL was willing to do whatever it took to accomplish the goals he was given by his programmers.

They are able to navigate difficult decisions and carry out their missions flexibly. C-3PO even uses language that implies he experiences emotions.

After rewriting her own code, she determines that the only way to protect humans is to protect humanity from itself.

Skynet did not appreciate the human scientists' attempts to destroy her, and decided to destroy the humans back.

The first three movies are from the original set of "Star Trek" movies. "Star Trek: Into Darkness" is from the reboot, which does not include Data's character.

The machines set up a network of human farms. Fortunately, it would be too inefficient to harvest energy from growing humans in real life.

Skynet can (and does) send Terminators back through time, making it possible for civilians to be targeted before AI is even supposed to exist.

EVE returns to Earth to determine whether it's habitable, and finds the small plant that WALL-E carefully tended.

Jarvis is the wonderful program that assists Mr. Stark when he's designing new toys or running around in the Iron Man suit. J.A.R.V.I.S. stands for Just A Rather Very Intelligent System.

So much of the real world has been integrated with the virtual reality universe that everyone is endangered, financially and physically, when a rogue AI program gains access to a satellite orbiting Earth. Love Machine is tall, strong and evil - and he hates to lose.

These AI baddies were created to hunt down and destroy all mutants, but end up wreaking havoc on more than just the mutant population.

There is a prevalent fan theory stating that Caleb was actually the AI model being tested, and Ava was an old model which no longer interested Nathan.

One constant in the series' convoluted timeline(s) is that John Connor manages to reprogram a Terminator and save his past self.

The word "heuristic" means that a thing or person can learn for itself. So, HAL is a self-teaching AI computer. Interestingly, each of the letters in HAL is one off from the letters in IBM.

He was programmed by the late Dr. Lanning, in part to combat VIKI, whom Lanning already suspected of evil intentions.

3D printed skin has been achieved, meaning a full skin-covering for AI robots is possible.

The ship's computer tries to prevent humans from realizing Earth is safe again. WALL-E and EVE have to outsmart the computer and help the Captain realize he's been had.

Before he dies, Tadashi creates Baymax to be a nurse robot. This makes Baymax reluctant to harm anyone, instead finding peaceful ways to help.

Marvin is a brilliant android from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." He is bored with his existence and is sad because of his programmed personality. He feels underutilized, due to his "brain the size of a planet."

The computer decides that, for tic-tac-toe, the only winning move is "not to play." Learning from the experience, it decides that a nuclear war would also result in an unwinnable situation.

C-3PO was a labor of love for Anakin, and ends up being a key player in the movies that follow.

The Cylons rebel against their human masters and cause a terrible battle over the fate of humanity.

The MCP, or Master Control Program, was originally a chess program, but then it was modified to protect ENCOM. It grows in influence and develops motives of its own.

Scarlett Johansson brought life to the voice of operating system Samantha. She replaced Samantha Morton, who initially recorded the program's voice.

Frank enjoys repurposing the robot as an aide on his heists, but struggles with worsening dementia.

In "Transcendence," Johnny Depp's character merges with the AI program, resulting in a hybrid human-AI being.