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Watch a trailer for 'The Creator,' another film with an AI gone rogue
Engadget ^ | 5/18/23 | Mariella Moon

Posted on 05/18/2023 11:04:46 AM PDT by EBH

Skynet. Ultron. HAL-9000. These are but a few artificial intelligence systems that have gone rogue in films. Whether The Creator can produce a fictional AI that would make a mark on popular culture remains to be seen, but it is another movie that pits humanity against artificial intelligence. Its official website says the movie is about Joshua, an ex-special forces agent recruited to hunt down the Creator. That's the architect behind the advanced AI that was developed to protect humanity only to detonate a nuclear warhead in Los Angeles.

The Creator apparently also developed a weapon with the power to end all war and all of humanity, and Joshua and his team were tasked to destroy it. They then discovered that the world-ending weapon is an AI in the form of a young child. Of course, Joshua couldn't kill it and ended up taking it places and letting it do kid things like playing with other children. Is it evil or not? We don't know at this point. The trailer released by 20th Century Studios, New Regency and Entertainment One only shows the AI as a playful, inquisitive child.

The film was directed and conceptualized by Gareth Edwards, the same director behind Rogue One. John David Washington (Tenet) plays Joshua, the protagonist grieving the disappearance of his wife played by Gemma Chan. Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson and Allison Janney also play roles in the movie, which will arrive in theaters on September 29th.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ai; horror; movie
Saw this trailer pop up in my stream last night.

I like horror movies, this one, this trailer...yeah, I do not think I want to go see this movie. This puts fear in my heart and tears in my eyes.

1 posted on 05/18/2023 11:04:46 AM PDT by EBH
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To: EBH

Gareth Edwards directed the best Star Wars movie since Disney took over. Dude is really good. This new film looks promising.


2 posted on 05/18/2023 11:07:13 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (#notmypedophile)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Timing on the release of this film is perfect.


3 posted on 05/18/2023 11:08:34 AM PDT by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon)
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To: EBH

We should ask the AI what’s the best way to get rid of political corruption in this country, then watch how fast our pols work to shut it down.


4 posted on 05/18/2023 11:12:13 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: EBH

Glenn Beck was discussing some absolutely terrifying things that have already happened, through the use of AI... a woman received a phone call, sounded like her kid, then the phone was taken by her kidnaper, demanding ransom. Another was a young man’s phone call to his grandfather, supposedly from Mexico, where he was in a jam and needed $1000 to get him out of it. The grandfather sent the money. All done through AI. And apparently they only need three seconds of an audio sample of someone’s voice to make these recordings.


5 posted on 05/18/2023 11:14:50 AM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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To: EBH

Man, it looks good. Guess white guys can’t be hero’s anymore can they.


6 posted on 05/18/2023 11:15:49 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Biden whispered "Don't Jump")
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To: EBH

How it different the the old 1970 movie

“colossus: the forbin project” ....

Colossus: The Forbin Project https://g.co/kgs/wuxGNm


7 posted on 05/18/2023 11:16:41 AM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat90000)
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The Forbin Project is the best rogue AI movie ever................kind of dated now though, should be updated with modern CGI...............


8 posted on 05/18/2023 11:18:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: EBH

It sure is nice to see that the hero with the moral backbone to do the right thing is played by a black actor. You just don’t see that often enough these days. [/s]


9 posted on 05/18/2023 11:19:14 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: tophat9000

I really enjoyed that movie.

When you see things like that as a kid, they stay with you.


10 posted on 05/18/2023 11:25:28 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: cld51860

I’m puzzled. Does not everyone with children/grand-kiddos have a “guard word” to stop this kid of fraud?

Sorry for their getting ripped off, but having a guard word is something we here at Bely Acres have doing for two generations....


11 posted on 05/18/2023 12:15:54 PM PDT by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: EBH

Well, gotta say...I liked that the AI nuked L.A..


12 posted on 05/18/2023 12:25:48 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: tophat9000

99% more action in a new one.


13 posted on 05/18/2023 12:32:32 PM PDT by roving (👌⚓)
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To: BigFreakinToad
White guys are too busy building AI and other such systems to help destroy jobs and culture.

Look at present day Elon Musk. His push for all eclectic grid, global sat net, wired tech, etc etc isn't to help us wean ourselves from AI, but to help the AI takeover and integration.

14 posted on 05/18/2023 12:50:57 PM PDT by Theoria
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Yeah, I forgot. We are the destroyers, so yeah, probably a white SUPREMACIST using oppressive non inclusive algorithms and non diversity programming.


15 posted on 05/18/2023 12:58:06 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Biden whispered "Don't Jump")
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To: EBH

And Joshua (Wargames)
And Colossus (The Forbin Project)
And Proteus (Demon Seed)
And Tau (Tau)


16 posted on 05/18/2023 4:04:22 PM PDT by Atlas Wept
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To: Atlas Wept

Or Ellison’s SF story “I have no mouth and I must scream”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream


17 posted on 05/20/2023 6:13:25 AM PDT by skepsel ("A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime", Mark Twain.)
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