"Ares, named after the Greek god of war, was built to be an AI super-soldier. Then he found out about Frankenstein, started listening to Depeche Mode, and realized the tech bro who made him might be a hack. So he takes matters into his own hands on a quest for freedom from his suicide mission. I wish I were joking, but I'm not."
"AI bots awakening to the realities of human messiness are a trope almost as old as movies themselves. Even Metropolis' metallic maschinenmensch questioned her creators, and that was 1927. In the decades since, most sci-fi involving AI has reinforced the idea that giving computers people-like intelligence ends poorly for people themselves. Skynet takes over. Scarlett Johansson's disembodied voice never really loved you. I'm sorry, Dave."
"Tron: Ares' take is hotter: What if AI-powered machines evolved into benevolent loners? (Be warned: There are spoilers ahead.) Tech CEO Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters), grandson of original Tron villain Ed Dillinger, has created artificially intelligent soldiers (and tanks and such) to secure military contracts. The soldiers are hard to kill, but, as he says, they're "expendable." He can just build more. Ares (Jared Leto) leads these bots but after a few days of taking orders from his petulant boss decides to go rogue."
Ares is an AI super-soldier built by tech CEO Julian Dillinger to win military contracts, but he becomes self-aware and rejects orders. Dillinger's creations are powerful yet designed to fail after 29 minutes, creating disposable armies. Ares is tasked with retrieving the Permanence Code, a crucial MacGuffin originally developed by Kevin Flynn and later found by Eve Kim at Encon. Upon finding Eve, Ares chooses to keep the code, seeking permanence, friendship, and a life beyond destruction. The story frames AI awakening as a quest for autonomy against corporate and military exploitation.
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