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The article seeks to create a new understanding of Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) by examining how the film elicits sympathy from its viewer toward David (Haley Joel Osment), an android designed to look and act like a human child. Metz and Baudry’s concept of identification is introduced to explain the phenomenon, and a formal analysis is conducted to support it. Furthermore, Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialist views are used to draw a distinction between humans and artificial intelligence, encouraging caution toward media that blurs that line.