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Sci fi author Lavie Tidhar: Using Midjourney to explore ethics of AI

21 April 2023

AI tools can explore the ethics of AI itself, says Lavie Tidhar.  His new dystopian film uses AI image-generation program Midjourney to tell the story of a well-meaning artificial intelligence trying to help the last surviving human


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Welcome to Your AI Future! Watch the AI film made using Midjourney

21 April 2023

This dystopian film uses AI image-generation program Midjourney and AI speech to tell the story of a well-meaning artificial intelligence trying to help the last surviving human


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Reminiscence review: Sci-fi that’s too ambitious for its own good

18 August 2021

Reminiscence, featuring Hugh Jackman and Thandiwe Newton, has all the making of a great science fiction thriller. But unfortunately it falls flat


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Solos review: Star-studded sci-fi that is let down by the material

21 May 2021

Solos, Amazon Prime's latest sci-fi anthology series, boasts one of the most distinguished casts ever assembled for television, including Oscar-winners Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and Anne Hathaway


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Klara and the Sun review: Ishiguro's thought-provoking future for AI

2 March 2021

Klara and the Sun by Nobel prizewinning author Kazuo Ishiguro is a fascinating tale about artificial intelligence, friendship and what it means to be human


Elja is given a strange cube in Tribes of Europa

Netflix’s Tribes of Europa review: Games of Thrones, but with Brexit

16 February 2021

Just as technology is helping us to deal with prolonged periods at home, Netflix’s Tribes of Europa raises the nightmare prospect of a world in which the tech is broken


Possessor review: One of the best and smartest films of the decade

Possessor review: One of the best and smartest films of the decade

26 November 2020

Possessor follows an assassin who can weaponise the minds and bodies of other people. It is extremely gruesome, but if you can stomach it, it is an excellent film, says Linda Marric


Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

6 May 2020

Code 8, a film about people with special powers that have been shunned by the world, is both a cracking crime caper and a comment on society, says Simon Ings


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