The most important science fiction film since 2001: A Space Odyssey. Directed by Joseph Sargent.
An advanced American defense computer named Colossus becomes self-aware and links with its Soviet counterpart. Together, they decide to take control of humanity for its own protection.
The film presents one of cinema’s earliest depictions of AI deciding it knows better than humans. Colossus’s cold logic and absolute power create a chilling vision of benevolent tyranny.
Remarkably prescient, the film anticipated concerns about AI systems making life-or-death decisions and the challenge of controlling superintelligent machines.
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