The Trust in Artificial Intelligence: a global study (Gillespie et al., 2023) reflects a bias in the perception of AI among Baby Boomers and Generation X with respect to Millennials and Generation Z. What is the reason for this intergenerational gap? Socio-cultural and contextual elements play a role, as well as the transferof values that shape the collective Western imaginary to the new generations through the audiovisual media. This cinematographic imagery is characterized, in part, by scientific determinism and capital arguments related to AI such as the rebellion of machines, otherness and the construction of apocalyptic dystopias. Methodology: Combining the inductive hermeneutic method with film discourse analysis, common patterns are identified in the different socio-cultural narratives. The corpus has been concretized in the 20 highest rated films (IMDB, July 2023) with presence of AI and its application to robotics inanimated cinema aimed at children's audiences. Results: The results position animated films for children and young people far from posthumanism and the themes of human vs. machine or the myth of Prometheus.Likewise, the figure of the intelligent robot in children's films assumes the role of friend, mentor or hero.Discussion and Conclusions: Therefore, Generation Z imageries are not characterized by an AI that poses a danger, nor the end of the human species or its replacement, but symbolize hope, heroism or companionship.These are elements that, according to the discussion of the results, have contributed to widening the gap between generations with respect to the cultural imaginary about AI applied to robotics.