I posted this in the shoutbox, but thought I would post it here too, for posterity -
While watching some YouTube AI videos, it dawned upon me that the 1981 movie "Looker" was not a science fiction movie, it was a prophecy of the days we live in now. It's more than just the AI videos and the realism they have attained, it is also the consumption culture and "influencerr" mindset, and all of the baggage those drag along with them. It. Was. Prophecy.
(The link above goes to the video at Archive.org, where you can download it or stream it online)
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While watching some YouTube AI videos, it dawned upon me that the 1981 movie "Looker" was not a science fiction movie, it was a prophecy of the days we live in now. It's more than just the AI videos and the realism they have attained, it is also the consumption culture and "influencerr" mindset, and all of the baggage those drag along with them. It. Was. Prophecy.
(The link above goes to the video at Archive.org, where you can download it or stream it online)
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake