Disney’s Smart House (1999)
A movie for the ages. Who could forget when Ben, a teenage genius, wins a competition where the prize is a Smart House? Some of the processes could be recognized today, as the AI Pat turns the lights on and off and responds to requests akin to today’s Alexa.
All seems well until Ben adjusts her technology to have more maternal instincts to show his divorced dad they don’t need a new mom after he begins dating someone.
What seems like a good idea at first turns disastrous as Pat is actually able to give herself a human form and becomes possessive of the family, eventually locking them in the house.
This film is one of the better examples to show that nothing, not even AI, can fully replicate a human relationship and delves into the harmful consequences when it builds its own thought processes.
