Artificial intelligence is a scorchingly hot topic right now, giving “Afraid” (unfortunately stylized as “AfrAId”) an opportunity to delve into the dangers of a life controlled by a computer entity, and one that’s been training to seem perfectly human to the world around it. Writer/director Chris Weitz (“About a Boy,” “The Golden Compass,” and “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”) has a chance to craft something provocative and relevant (even if the film was shot two years ago) with the material, but this is a Blumhouse production, and they aren’t big on making statements. They want horror, and that’s something that doesn’t fit in “Afraid,” with Weitz fumbling spooky atmosphere and cheap jump scares, suffocating the few critical ideas on AI influence the writing manages to land. There’s the reality of the topic and the haunted house interests of the picture, and viewers are quickly left with a real dud. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com