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Demon Seed
“The men who own me are at last admitting their fear of me.”
An AI that refuses to stay in its box is a terrifying concept in 1977—and even more so now. Join us—Pete Wright and Andy Nelson—as we continue the Thinking Machines series with a conversation about Demon Seed. Directed by Donald Cammell, the Scottish painter-turned-filmmaker who co-directed Performance with Nicolas Roeg, the film stars Julie Christie as Susan Harris, a psychologist trapped in her own fully automated home by an AI her husband designed. Fritz Weaver plays Dr. Alex Harris, whose confidence in his creation leaves his…
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