Are androids such as David in AI meant to grow up?

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It just now occurred to me after watching the film many times whether the intention was for people to purchase a perpetual child (which some people would want) or a robot that eventually somehow became an adult (what if he is the David in Prometheus??) which seems less likely or finally, a robot that you kept around until you got tired of it but never got any older. I am pretty sure this was not addressed at all. At the same time, they show his creator to be a humane person who would probably not intend for his creations to be discarded.

Valorum · Accepted Answer

David and his ilk are ageless. That's one of the main attractions.

HOBBY: Ours will be a perfect child caught in a freeze-frame -
always loving, never ill, never changing. With all the
childless couples yearning in vain for a license, our little
mecha would not only open an entirely new market, it will
fill a great human need.

Note that David cannot just be discarded or resold. If the decision is made not to keep him after imprinting, a contract has been signed that he needs to be returned to the factory to be "destroyed".

Henry: Because of this, after imprinting, no mecha child can be resold. If an adoptive parent should ever decide not to keep the child, they must return it to Cybertronics for destruction.

Are androids such as David in AI meant to grow up?

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