Ultron is Unstoppable

In one of the more inferior Marvel films, artificial intelligence is brought to light as a potential enemy to humans. Avengers: Age of Ultron, introduces a global defense program named "Ultron," which almost brings about the Armageddon. The program that was created was built with artificial intelligence that Tony Stark and Bruce Banner recovered from Loki's scepter. The unintentional consequence is that Ultron develops his own ideas about how to save Earth. In its point of view, humans need to be eliminated. Americans and people, in general, continue to overuse resources. In particular with oil, humans even start wars over it. Ultron, unlike some other contemporary examples of artificial intelligence, never really seems human in the movie. It does, however, question the idea of humanity through its criticisms of the human race. Because of Ultron's immense knowledge, it is capable of scheming against the protagonists of the film and is often one step ahead of the humans.

Ultron quintessentially represents the current pursuit in technology. Throughout American history, improvement has been the goal. In the 1800's, technology was developed with the purpose of improving efficiency and essentially with the goal of achieving a profit. Agricultural equipment and methods were improved, and factories were developed during the Industrial Revolution. In the 1900's with globalization beginning to become more of a factor, America began to concern itself more with being the most powerful nation. This is obvious in the Nuclear Arms Race and, soon after, the Space Race. Now, computers are all the rage, and American entrepreneurs want to further the abilities of their electronic counterparts. The characters in the Avengers show fear towards their immensely-superior friend Ultron, but this does not seem to be the case with Americans today. At least from my point of view, most people are excited about technological developments and want to see the day where their phones can do everything for them (they already can do a lot- maybe even too much.)