D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) is still a beautiful movie about AI. Imagine Star Trek’s Data as a ten-year-old on Earth in the 80s — that’s pretty much D.A.R.Y.L.
After watching D.A.R.Y.L., the four-year-old announced that he’s H.A.R.Y.L. the robot. And, no, he doesn’t understand how acronyms work.
Though, I propose it stand for Hyper-data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform. I mean, he is clearly a newer model.
The four-year-old is now referring to himself exclusively in third person; e.g. “H.A.R.Y.L. the robot can do this!”
Thirty years passed between D.A.R.Y.L. and Ex Machina, but the more recent movie doesn’t add anything new to discussing AI other than sexism.