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Ex Machina (2014): AI Consciousness, Tech Bro Misogyny, & The World's Worst Work Away Day
This week on Tech Film Noir, we're watching Ex Machina (2014), the AI sci-fi thriller where a programmer wins a week with his billionaire boss and discovers that the company away day is, in fact, a psychological experiment involving a potentially sentient robot, surveillance on an industrial scale, and the world's most uncomfortable disco session.
Join Lianne Potter, Jeff Watkins and Simon Painter as they head into Alex Garland's beautifully sterile billionaire Batcave to work out what the hell Ex Machina is actually trying to tell us. Is Ava conscious? Is she manipulating everyone? Does she…
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