Episode 2: Her, Samantha VS. HAL 9000, Top 5 Artificial Intelligence Films
Come with us if you want to live! We discuss Her, Spike Jonze's new film, breakdown its social commentary, and debate the film's depiction of the technological singularity. It's a computerized battle royal in the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER with Her's Samantha against 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL 9000. We wrap up with our top 5 favorite AI films.
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Show Notes
- 0:00 - 23:35: Her.
- 23:36 - 33:28: INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER - Samantha VS. HAL 9000.
- 33:29 - 1:02:35: Top 5 AI films.
Links
- The New Yorker's Richard Brody Her film review
- Radiolab - Talking to Machines
- What is the uncanny valley?
- Does the uncanny valley still exist?
- The psychology of Her's online relationships (scroll down for Lowen's comment)
- The long-term future of AI (and what we can do about it) TED talk by Daniel Dewey
- Saturday Night Live's parody of Her
Top 5 AI Films
Conrad:
- Blade Runner
- The Terminator + Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- The Iron Giant
- The Matrix
- Metropolis
Ali:
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- Ghost in the Shell
- The Matrix
- The Iron Giant
- A.I.
Honorable Mentions:
- Edward Scissorhands
- TRON
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- D.A.R.Y.L.
- Hellboy 2
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- Alien
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Battlestar Galactica
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Short Circuit
- Space Camp
- Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories
- Transformers (maybe)