In A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, David looks like a 12-year-old boy but is really a "mecha," a highly developed robot. He's the creation of Dr. Hobby (William Hurt), who decided to take robots a step further and develop the first robot that can feel love. One of his employees, Henry (Sam Robards), is chosen to be the beta tester. Henry and his wife, Monica (Frances O'Connor), have a son, Martin, who is critically ill. At first, Monica is horrified by the idea of "adopting" a mechanical boy, but her need for love is so overpowering that she initiates the sequence that will bind David irrevocably to her forever. He immediately changes from a pleasant if emotionless toy into a child whose mother is his whole world. He loves, which means that he is needy, jealous, and thinks like a 3-year-old, calling for his mommy and wanting her all to himself. When Martin gets better and returns home, he and David are jealous of one another. When Monica believes that David may be a threat to Martin, she sets him loose in the woods. David is determined to find the Blue Fairy, who can turn him into a real boy, as she did with Pinocchio, because he thinks that will make it possible for Monica to love him.