= Transcendence (2014)
{tag=Good film}
{wiki=Transcendence_(2014_film)}
The premise that "we can't make <AGI>, but we know enough about the <human brain> to upload on to a computer" is flawed. Edit: after reading <Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom (2014)>, <Ciro Santilli> was convinced otherwise. What is flawed is of course just the "extracting <connectome> with macroscopic probes part". A <post mortem connectome extraction with microtome> is much more believable. But of course they weren't going to show fake slices of Jonny Depp's brain, are they? Famous actor bodies are sacred! What a huge lost opportunity. On the other hand however, the scale of the first <connectome> extraction would be arguably too huge to be undertaken by a random pair of rogue researchers. The same would also likely apply to any first time human brain connectome. It would much more likely be a huge public effort, much like the <Human Genome Project>.
But this film does have the merit of exploring how an AGI might act to take over the AGI might act to take over the world once created, notably by creating its own physical research laboratory. Though it doesn't feel likely that it could go under the radar for 2 years given the energetic requirements of the research. Even the terrorists find it before the <FBI>!
I also wish they had shown the <dildo> (or more likely, direct stimulation!) computerized Jonny Depp used to use with his wife before he managed to re-synthesized his body. But you know, 18+ would cut too much profits. Ah, what a shame.
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDd49NF583g]
{title=Can You Prove You're Self Aware? in the big lab scene from <Transcendence (2014)>}
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