Ex Machina Looks At An AI Trying To Get Out of the Box

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In next year's Ex Machina, young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female AI.

W ith a string of science fiction writing credits including, Dredd, Never Let Me Go, Sunshineand 28 Days Later, you are probably familiar with the film work of Alex Garland.

Now Garland is directing his first film, Ex Machina, a thriller about two men testing the intelligence of an AI inside a robotic woman's body.

The men, played by Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson from the Harry Potter movies, both work for a so-called "internet-search giant."

"The challenge is to show you that she is a robot, and then see if you feel she still has consciousness."

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In Ex Machina, Caleb, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first artificial general intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl played by Alicia Vikander.

The challenge, according to Nathan is, "to show you that she is a robot, and then see if you feel she still has consciousness."

Ex Machina be in theaters next year on April 10th.

By 33rd Square

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