If I can respond to my own post…after a few more watches of the trailer…
From a “mythology” or at least “reference” POV, I think it’s interesting the kid is a little girl but gives heavy Dalai Lama (Dal-A.I.?) vibes. (It kicks a bit of patriarchy over too, as IRL the Dalai Lama isn’t ever a girl, and as I understand it there’s still quite a bit of sexism when you compare how Buddhist nuns are treated compared to Buddhist monks.)
Clearly the movie is going to explore some religious themes, and not just the abrahamic religions. Obviously, AI in this universe knows it had a creator, in contrast to humans that never truly “know”. And in the opening the main guy talks about heaven and hell, and the kid later talks about it too.
The kid looks like some attempt to do some sci-fi twist on religion and reincarnation. Like, maybe the AIs went kind of Buddhist and the kid is an attempt to reincarnate and seek redemption? Like, they know they’re not good, not going to heaven, so they’re trying to find enlightenment via the other religions?
Are we going to see the main character lose his child–then have her reincarnated as a robo-Buddhist nun?
I’m actually getting MUCH more excited about this movie as I put together the themes. I just think the initial trailer focused too much on semi-generic action, when I’d find comparative religion in a sci-fi setting much more interesting.