transcendence

[johnnydrinkmeth]

Just caught transcendence at the movies last night.  Thought it was really quite impressive, an original movie that tried to bring a message across without seeming heavy handed in its presentation.  I also thought that the topics of artificial intelligence and technology were reasonably relevant to this game

Has anyone else seen it?  thoughts or comments?

And hopefully needless to say,
thar be spoilers up in them thar hills!

[JoolzVern]

I haven't seen it but I think the site in my sig says what I think of AI which I heard is central to the plot. I thought the movie The Machine was good but still is disturbing in that it's sort of anti-human like the machines are the 'master race'

[johnnydrinkmeth]

Without giving too much away, the move takes a vein similar to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and BladeRunner/do androids dream of electric sheep.  Namely it suggests (although open ended) that it is we humans that determine how the potential of AI will influence the world.

I guess one of the interesting questions that the movie (and the wider genre) brings up is; if you found a functioning AI that had the potential to one day become dangerous, would you feel obliged to destroy it to protect yourself, obliged not to destroy it because it was sentient, or that there was no obligation either way?  And is there any difference between destroying and AI compared to a human?

I also thought it was just really good at putting a message across as a movie.  It was quite original, not a sequel or port from a book or comic (that I'm aware) and it didn't beat you over the head with its message until you cringed.  Totally worth watching if you've got a few hours

[sargas]

I'll check it out, thanks...

[jennystack]

i love the Movie. i don't like the end 

[raphael]

The FBI's attack was so unrealistic. Twas considered a global threat and yet lousy weapons were used against it?! WTF. LOL