Does 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Predict the Future of Artificial Intelligence?

Avengers: Age of Ultron is soft science fiction and happy to be so. Between the god of thunder flying around in a cape, Scarlet Witch's magical mind control and telekinesis powers, and the giant green rage monster who can only be soothed by the touch of a beautiful woman, this is a fun summer action blockbuster from beginning to end. With that said, Marvel has not shied away from using fun summer action blockbusters as a means to explore ethical questions that society is already dealing with – or those that it might have to face in the future. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo have said that during the development of Captain America: The Winter Soldier they heard about President Barack Obama's "kill list" of known terrorists, and it highlighted for them just how morally grey issues of security and freedom had become. "Cap is a representative of the Greatest Generation. The war, the conflict they were involved in, was very black and white,'" Joe Russo explained.