stevebronco
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...to a really lame 1-liner.
I wanted to like this movie, being a fan of both stars' since their breakout films. So I paid attention through the whole thing, watching for subtle clues that would pay off later as the plot thickened. And it did thicken. Characters evolved in predictable and unpredictable ways; the plot twisted around engaging dialogue, and even uncomfortable silences. So as some back-stories expanded from peripheral characters, I still had high hopes. Right up to the gratuitous sex scene that was so poorly choreographed that it wasn't that gratuitous. So by the time the fake climax rolled around, it was obvious that it wasn't the point of the film. The whole thing felt like the longest & most-boring joke ever for a pointless punch line. It's too bad the real actresses didn't pay more attention to the film's actress' method of choosing scripts.
I wanted to like this movie, being a fan of both stars' since their breakout films. So I paid attention through the whole thing, watching for subtle clues that would pay off later as the plot thickened. And it did thicken. Characters evolved in predictable and unpredictable ways; the plot twisted around engaging dialogue, and even uncomfortable silences. So as some back-stories expanded from peripheral characters, I still had high hopes. Right up to the gratuitous sex scene that was so poorly choreographed that it wasn't that gratuitous. So by the time the fake climax rolled around, it was obvious that it wasn't the point of the film. The whole thing felt like the longest & most-boring joke ever for a pointless punch line. It's too bad the real actresses didn't pay more attention to the film's actress' method of choosing scripts.
Obviously, this 1-hour documentary can't cover every aspect of AI from every perspective with every nuance expertly explained, so IDK why so many other reviewers seem to bash it for not doing those things. It's only an hour, and it does a good job of touching on many of the issues & perspectives. Do we need AI? Of course. Will there be abuse? Of course. Is that already happening? Of course. Will it get worse? Of course. Will anyone try to slow that process down?
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That's what I see as the real point of this documentary, and in that light, it does an excellent job of presenting the arguments for slowing down right beside the arguments for speeding up. That's why I think some reviewers were confused, or thought that the documentary was confused/confusing. It doesn't make an argument, and then answer that argument - it raises the issue to be debated & dealt with in a way that the average viewer can follow & (hopefully) appreciate.
Because EVERY example shown of AI being used, and the few examples shown of it being ABused, were dangerously easy for any government, corporation, faction, religion, glee club, or introvert next door to accomplish with no special training or equipment.
The military applications are the LEAST-worrying.
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That's what I see as the real point of this documentary, and in that light, it does an excellent job of presenting the arguments for slowing down right beside the arguments for speeding up. That's why I think some reviewers were confused, or thought that the documentary was confused/confusing. It doesn't make an argument, and then answer that argument - it raises the issue to be debated & dealt with in a way that the average viewer can follow & (hopefully) appreciate.
Because EVERY example shown of AI being used, and the few examples shown of it being ABused, were dangerously easy for any government, corporation, faction, religion, glee club, or introvert next door to accomplish with no special training or equipment.
The military applications are the LEAST-worrying.