The film which should really be called 11 Angry Men, involves a single juror in a murder case, trying to convince the other 11 members that the evidence and witnesses (and jurors) are showing various forms of bias and human failings. It features some fantastic acting on all sides, and is a wonderful watch.
Recently,I read this book on how minds change, which rather undermines the premise of the film. The author investigates cases of indivuduals changing extreme views (on conspiracy theories, or vaccines or even the Westbro Baptist Church) and it seems that arguments by other people are not the triggers or levers at all (sure they matter, but post hoc, when an individual has already for internal or social reasons decided that some view they held was untenable, and now seek for something to replace the dissonant space).
This reminds me of my kids who all voluntarily became catholics, but at quite a young age (around time of confirmation) all independently lapsed, explaining that the "whole thing made no sense at all" - there was no pressure from parents or peer group - just internal realisation. However, there is awreness of the problems in the various peer pressure groups, within bubble and outside, and that growing awareness can be part of the change - there's a lot of educational, psychological and neuro- science now that gives some insights into those processes, even up to evolutionary reasons why we humans (and primates in general) might have ended up this way.
This made me think about real AGI and robots - what would a re-enaction of the movie be like if it was about twelve (or even 11+1) Angry Robots? (n.b. no connection here with the excellent SF publisher, angry robot!)...
How would intelligent artificial beings be persuaded by themselves, or others, to change their mind (whatever mind is)?
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