Sunday, February 15, 2015

Film: Ex Machina Directed by Alex Garland

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/

Really good, minimalist film about a reclusive social media CEO who has been perfecting human like AI in his remote home.

An employee "wins" a trip to go out to his retreat and gets to see his creation.  He is completely amazed and is given the chance to meet the AI and see if they can pass the Turing test.

But it is all downhill from there.  The CEO character has many flaws one of which is wanting to be treated like a "regular" guy, but when he is he then gets upset and angry.

The AI is haunting, and is playing it's own game intent on escape.  One of the really good scenes are the power failures it induces in the building so it can speak to the employee "truthfully" about the CEO and his intentions.

A really good film and thought provoking too.

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