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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hollywood has a bad record on depicting AIs.
Usually humans are it's enemy or food or whatever makes it very likely to kill
everything. It's like any singularity event would necessarily be
distopic.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There's perhaps one movie (which I can remember)
where AI is at least interesting. and it's *not* 2001. If you remember the very
first Star Trek movie, You'll remember that V'Ger thing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It looks very much like a product of a
civilisation that has come through a singularity. And in the end of the movie,
someone is actually uploaded into the AI.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 16, 2006 11:41
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [extropy-chat] Fictional
Singularity Movie</DIV>
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<DIV>Hey y'all,</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm wondering when the first "blockbuster" Singularity movie will emerge
out of Hollywood. I have no doubt that it will happen eventually. If a film
isn't already underway, this might be a good opportunity for someone in the
pro-Singularity camp to make a positive contribution to Singularity awareness.
The masses want to be entertained if they are to be expected to learn
anything. I think Ray Kurzweil would be a good candidate for writing the
screenplay (if he was interested) for several reasons: expertise, name
recognition, balanced analyses, and a double major including creative writing.
And I think the Wachowski brothers would make good Directors for it. (They are
famous for "The Matrix" of course). To guard against the
possibility that a film would only add to the "fiction" interpretation of
the Singularity meme, the film could begin with an brief written
explanation to the effect that: although the film itself is
fictional, the Singularity is a "real" projected event that is
anticipated by many experts in various fields. (Or something like that). A
good, thought provoking film, might get a lot of people talking who
otherwise might not learn of the Singularity for quite some time.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best Wishes,</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeffrey Herrlich <BR><BR></DIV>
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