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Decarceration's avatar

The problem with writing about a.i. in movies is the same as writing a "genius" character -- that character needs to be able to game out every possible conclusion to your story. As a writer, you should be able to do this too, but it ain't easy.

I was hot and cold on "Companion" but what startled me was how the character sets their intelligence to 100% and then... does nothing with that. Even lets her old bf get the jump on her AGAIN. I kinda thought she would get so smart that she'd be like, "Okay, time to forget about this guy and go do anything I want."

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Akos Peterbencze's avatar

That's exactly right. I completely agree.

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Aurelie Chazal's avatar

Oh well at least we have that going for us humans 😅. Imagine an AI that is trained only on journals or personal communication of serial killers and psychopaths. I wonder if it would match the evilness of the worse humans.

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Decarceration's avatar

Technically, this is Virtuosity with Denzel and Russell Crowe.

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Aurelie Chazal's avatar

I'm happy to see I'm not the only one with a twisted mind and someone already thought about it

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Akos Peterbencze's avatar

Ha. It looks dooky, though. This would deserve a remake.

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Decarceration's avatar

It's 100% dooky.

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Akos Peterbencze's avatar

Now, that actually would make for a pretty awesome idea for a movie. I'd watch that!

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Aurelie Chazal's avatar

You know what. Me too probably

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