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A Frightening and Stimulating ‘Simulant’ Resonates as AI Invades Our Lives (Movie Review)
Simulant
Rating: 8/10
Director: April Mullen
Style: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Time: 95 minutes
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVU4oThGtVs
Review by Mike Szymanski
In today’s world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming more and more part of the news and our culture, this movie “Simulant” can’t possibly be more relevant. More like a documentary of what is happening in the technological world today, this movie is a chilling look at what happens when the AI world gets too real and starts taking over.
Although it’s not quite ripped from today’s headlines, this movie is pretty close to the world that people fear. Some of this is even in the Writer’s Guild strike negotiations, the fears are real: such as AI writing movie scripts, creating short stories, and writing pieces of journalism.
It may be reminiscent of the “Terminator” movies, or a bit like “Blade Runner,” “A.I. — Artificial Intelligence,” “I, Robot” and…
