Is Baymax The Most Realistic AI Character Ever?
Some characters look more like mascots designed to sell toys and merchandise than actual 3-dimensional personalities, but looks can be deceiving. Sometimes the adorable, lovable, marketable face of a franchise actually stands above the rest of the project as a groundbreaking example of a writing topic so many get wrong.
Sci-fi is rife with characters who are one version or another of artificial intelligence. Robots, holographic assistants, programmable artificial beings, and so on. These characters can often feel somewhat stock or fade into the background, overshadowed by the more colorful sapient cast. Baymax is a rare example of an AI character who is the most beloved of his group, thanks to some truly inspired character writing.
Big Hero 6's Baymax Returns In His Own Disney Plus Series
Far from the original Marvel Comics iteration, Baymax is a robotic nurse and first responder designed to assess and treat any maladies. He was invented by technical prodigy Tadashi Hamada with the idealistic goal of helping anyone in need. His body is massive, a compact metal frame covered in an inflatable vinyl material. His balloon-like appearance and charming neutral facial expression were designed with non-threatening care in mind. Baymax is programmed to ask his patient to rate their pain, apply the appropriate treatment, ensure they are satisfied with their care, then return to his charging case. Though Baymax is one of the emotional hearts of the narrative, and though he might be the most caring character in modern media, Baymax is inarguably a programmed being.
Baymax finds himself joining the eponymous superhero team as a form of therapy for his patient. After Baymax's creator's untimely death, Tadashi's brother Hiro is racked with
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