After a couple of interview sessions with Ava, Caleb finds himself falling for this artificial intelligence. Nathan is less enamored with Ava. To him, Ava is a scientific experiment. She is a something that can be improved upon. Nathan lets Caleb know that he is likely to pull the plug on Ava at some point, taking what he has learned and improving upon it.
I think this movie focuses on two human desires: love and survival. Has Nathan created an advanced enough A.I. who can feel love and has the desire to survive. I think Alex Garland's (director/writer) answer is no to one and yes to the other.
This movie also has a very intense look into the triangle relationship between Caleb, Nathan and Ava. Caleb finds himself falling in love with Ava. Nathan views Ava as his experiment. Ava believes she is alive. Is one playing the other? Is one or more characters simply evil? By the end of the movie, I think we can conclude that Caleb is simply a pawn, a naive one at that. Nathan perhaps blinded by his passion to create has passed that line between scientific explorer and murderer. Ava though initially sympathetic is one that must be viewed skeptically at the end: did her creator forget one or more important elements of being human: a sense of moral behavior and empathy?
My one complaint: the whole scene where Caleb suspects that maybe he is an A.I. He cuts open his arm and with all the blood spilling out one has to think that maybe he cut an artery versus a vain. How did he possibly survive such a deep cut?
Over-all, this is a thought invoking movie that can lead to some deep introspection and conversations.
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