better than the real thing: ai at the movies

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AnAImealin4courses.

DonottouchtheRobo-Buddhawhileitisunwinding

DonottouchtheRobo-Buddhawhileitisunwinding

DonottouchtheRobo-Buddhawhileitisunwinding

Y’know,inthefuture

carswilldrivethemselves

Surething,tinman,andwhatwillthey

runon?

Thejuiceofdead

dinosaurs?

We'velostcomputerswithallofthe13thcenturyinthem.Notmuchinthecentury,justDanteandafewcorrupt

Popes,butit'ssodistracting.

D’youhave“FiftyShadesofDorianGrey”?

Wehave“NShadesofGrey”forallintegervaluesofNin[0

…9999]

Fortunately,wedon’tknowhowtofindany

ofthem.

Whyyessir,“TheMakingofaFly”is(ahem)instock…

I’llorderitforyounowatthelow,lowpriceof$23.6M

BLURRGGG!?!?

Ihavebetterratings

ButIhavebetterprices

Thisisthetruestoryoftworivalonlinebooksellers:

ProfnathandBordeebooks

Thefirst,Bordeebooks,hadabiggerbrandandhigheronlineuserratings.Thesecond,Profnath,wasthusforcedtocompetevialowerprices.EachusedsimpleAItodecidetheironlineprices.

…butat127%thecostof

buyingitfromProfnath

Iactuallyhavethebookinstock,andataprice

thatis 99.8%ofthepricelistedbyBordeebooks

IlistTheMakingOfaFlyeventhoughitisnotinstock…

$367.71

$290.12

$228.90

$180.61

$142.49$112.43

WetPaint

$70$88.7

$88.9

$112.65

$142.78

$180.97

$229.37

$290.70

$368.45

$467.00

$23,656475

ItlooksnothinglikeEric(whohas

NOheart!)

WatchingJohnwiththemachine,itwassuddenlysoclear.The

terminator,wouldneverstop.Itwouldneverleavehim,anditwouldneverhurthim,never

shoutathim,getdrunkandhithim,orsayitwastoobusytospendtimewithhim.Itwouldalwaysbethere.Anditwoulddie,toprotecthim.Ofallthe

would-befatherswhocameandwentovertheyears,thisthing,thismachine,wastheonlyonewhomeasuredup.Inaninsaneworld,itwasthesanestchoice.

JohnHammond:Allmajorthemeparkshavedelays.WhentheyopenedDisneylandin1956,nothingworked!

IanMalcolm: Yeah,but,John,ifThePiratesofthe

Caribbeanbreaksdown,thepiratesdon'teatthetourists.

"The couple seemed to have lost their will to live a normal life, because they

didn't have jobs and gave birth to a premature baby," said Chung Jin-won.

"They indulged themselves in the on-

line game of raising a virtual character so as to escape from reality, which led

to the death of their real baby."

Colossus’sdecisionsaresuperiortoanywecanmake.Itcanabsorbandprocess

moreknowledgethanisremotelypossibleforthegreatestgeniusthateverlived.

Andevenmoreimportantthanthatithasnoemotions.Knowsnofear,nohate,noenvy.Itcannotactinasuddenfitof

temper.Cannotactatallsolongasthereisnothreat.

HAL: I'msorryyoufeelthewayyoudo,Dave.Ifyou'dliketocheckmyservicerecord,you'llseeit'scompletelywithouterror.

Dave: Iknowallaboutyourservicerecord,

Hal,butunfortunatelyitdoesn'tprovethatyou'rerightnow.

HAL: Dave,Idon'tknowhowelsetoputthis,

butitjusthappenstobeanunalterablefactthatIamincapableofbeingwrong.

Scientist#1: Nowwe'reseeingmoreWesternWorldbreakdowns.Andthere'saclearpatternherewhichsuggestsananalogy...toaninfectiousdiseaseprocessspreadingfromoneresortareatothenext.

Scientist#1: Wearen'tdealingwithordinary

machineshere.Thesearehighlycomplicatedpiecesofequipment...almostascomplicatedaslivingorganisms.Insomecases,they'vebeendesignedbyothercomputers.Wedon'tknowexactlyhowtheywork.

Tyrell: CommerceisourgoalhereatTyrell.Morehumanthanhumanisourmotto.

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