Subservience is the latest take on the threat of AI. What can these films tell us about our future?

There’s something familiar about SK Dale’s latest film, Subservience.Starring horror queen Megan Fox, it resurrects the well-worn trope of the dangers of AI, following in the footsteps of those before it — most notably, M3GAN.Fast facts about SubservienceWhat: Yet another tale about how sentient robots will ruin our lives.Director: SK DaleStarring: Megan Fox, Michele Morrone, Madeline Zima, Matilda Firth.When: Streaming on Apple TV+ now.Likely to make you feel: Simultaneously icky and bored.Nick (Michele Morrone, 365 Days) is at a robot expo in search of assistance on the domestic front, following his wife Maggie’s (Madeleine Zima) admission to hospital where she awaits heart surgery. His eldest child Isla (Matilda Firth) picks out an improbably attractive robot, christening her Alice (Megan Fox) after her favourite book, Alice in Wonderland.Alice slots into the household seamlessly, performing the drudgery of domestic chores with the astounding efficiency only a robot can…