Explore films that shaped how we imagine artificial intelligence, from early visions of sentient machines to modern stories that question our future alongside intelligent systems. These movies reveal how culture, fear, and curiosity continue to shape how we understand AI.
The Congress
A surreal blend of live action and animation, The Congress explores digital identity, AI-driven likeness cloning and humanity’s retreat into synthetic realities, making it one of the most thought-provoking films about the future of consciousness and technology.
Here are some of the prompts we use to create content for our movie collection at the AI blog - this currently relies on integrations of AI into browsers, like with the ChatGPT Atlas browser:
Write a post about this movie with an introduction paragraph, followed by details about the film (including production details, cost, facts, trivia, critical acclaim, box-office success, cultural significance, and impact), followed by a bullet list of key highlights. Add a spoiler alert chapter that summarizes the movie's plot. If suitable, write a chapter on the level of reality/accuracy in the way AI is presented in the film. Do not include links in the copy. Insert a 1-sentence TL;DR at the beginning.
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