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The Truth About Killer Robots

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Filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin explores the many ways in which artificial intelligence is taking over people's lives and making them increasingly obsolete.
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Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter 09/12/2018
Addresses a topic of worldwide concern with... lively curiosity. Go to Full Review
Phil Guie Film-Forward.com 03/25/2019
3/5
A smart, if occasionally chilling documentary... Go to Full Review
Danielle Burgos Screen Slate 03/02/2019
Is it too much to ask filmmakers to do a modicum of research on a subject before presenting their case? Go to Full Review
Glenn Garvin Reason Online 12/28/2018
Eventually Killer Robots dissolves into pure silliness. Go to Full Review
Marisa Carpico The Pop Break 12/21/2018
5/10
...The Truth About Killer Robots feels more like the rantings of a recluse in a tinfoil hat than a chilling warning from an informed expert. Go to Full Review
Matthew Roe Film Inquiry 12/01/2018
The film's ambiguousness and excellent expounding of its vivid futurist subject matter make it one of the more essential entries into the discussion over artificial intelligence. Go to Full Review
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02/04/2021 Many reviews focus on how the film presents the technology, and while this is a big part of it, this film is more about social issues that have come up as a result of the technology. How can we make sense of this ever-changing world where people are becoming obsolete? What should we think about technology when it becomes more important than the people it was created to serve? I'll admit some things are a little cringy. The robot narrator is a bit weird, but I also feel like it helps maintain a lighter and more playful tone given that many of the topics are heavy. But overall, I also don't think this film was intended to give an in-depth look at the technology itself nor a detailed view of each issue. Rather it shows a very thought-provoking overview of many contributors. It scratches the surface of just the issues that have come up today and leaves us to think about what's next. If you can take the theatrics with a grain of salt, this film is definitely worth a watch. See more 12/27/2018 If you have never seen anything about robots then this may interest you. Other than that its bland. To get over then blandness the director chose to make the narrator sound like a robot and to have fake facial recognition displays for every person who talks to make it look like it'd a robot doing the film. See more 12/03/2018 This existing phenomena represents a real set of delimaes for humanity as we ponder AI robotizing our whole economy, culture & security. This documentary lays it out clearly & simply. We're in for one hell of a ride that surely won't always be pretty. Few answers. Many Questions. See more 12/02/2018 Watching this movie was bittersweet. I found it absolutely captivating, and at the same time scary as hell to see just how much robots are doing for humans now. See more 11/27/2018 Couldn't make it past the first 10 minutes of this show. It should be titled the truth about people who can't program. These are not horrible autonomous things, these are programmed by people who in the first example were not careful. This is dumb.... See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin explores the many ways in which artificial intelligence is taking over people's lives and making them increasingly obsolete.
Director
Maxim Pozdorovkin
Producer
Joe Bender, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Screenwriter
Maxim Pozdorovkin
Production Co
Third Party Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 27, 2018
Runtime
1h 23m
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