However, I'm not sure Ex-Machina is trying or pretending to be scientifically accurate. Perhaps it's just a fable in modern clothes, rehearsing an archetypical

However, I'm not sure Ex-Machina is trying or pretending to be scientifically accurate. Perhaps it's just a fable in modern clothes, rehearsing an archetypical myth (the Golem) as well as providing an intuitive grasp on the ethical problems posed by strong artificial intelligence and on the "Ai in the box" mental experiment. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_box ).