A researcher of artificial intelligence analyzes Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey For accurate AI depictions. The 1968 Stanley Kubrick film starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester and Daniel Richter was based on a short story by sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. The movie follows Dr. Dave Bowman (Dullea) and other astronauts as they embark on a mysterious mission. As time goes on, their ship’s computer system, HAL, begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior. Sasha Luccioni is an AI researcher at Hugging Face, a global startup working on responsible AI. In a recent video for InsideLuccioni rated Kubrick’s 1968…
Author: Kelsey Goeres
VFX artists analyze Jumanjis lion scene, complementing the 1995 effects. The Joe Johnston film starring Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Bradley Pierce and Jonathan Hyde is about a magical board game that comes to life, unleashing a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Dunst). Although the original film debuted in 1995, the animation is considered highly impressive. In a fresh Corridor crew Video, VFX artists Sam Gorski, Wren Weichman and Jordan Allen take a look Jumanjis iconic lion scene. Weichman pointed out that the film came out at an interesting time, because 1995 was a…
Steven Spielberg and Jeff Goldblum made a key change in Jurassic Park Which turned Ian Malcolm into a hero. With Goldblum, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Richard Attenborough and Ariana Richards, Jurassic Park Follows paleontologists Alan Grant (Neil) and Eli Sattler (Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Goldblum) as they tour a new island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. The park’s owner, billionaire John Hammond (Attenborough), assures the group that the park is safe, but they quickly learn otherwise. In a recent video for Vanity FairGoldblum talks about a Jurassic Park scene he and Spielberg changed”In the 11th…
A fighter pilot analyzes the use of the “heavy deck” in Top Gun: Maverick. The 2022 film with Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer and Glenn Powell refers to the training tool during flying exercises. The hard deck is what flying instructors define as the ground in every exercise. If a pilot dips below the established hard deck in an exercise, it essentially means that they crash into the ground. In real life, the pilot would be dead, and in an exercise, the pilot gets scolded. Dave Berke was a fighter pilot in the Marine Corps for 23 years. Throughout…
An artificial intelligence researcher analyzes HBO’s Westworld For accurate AI depictions. The four-season series, based on Michael Crichton’s film of the same name, began exploring a futuristic amusement park for wealthy patrons to live out their deepest good versus evil fantasies through artificial consciousness. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris and James Marsden, the show garnered rave reviews in its first two seasons for its sci-fi ensembles and performances, although seasons 3 and 4 saw only generally positive reviews, being part of the reason for Westworld Season 5’s cancellation. In a recent video for InsideSasha Luccioni rated Westworld…
How to lose a guy in 10 daysStarring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, is on Netflix’s top ten 21 years after its debut in theaters in 2003. Directed by Donald Petrie, the movie follows advice columnist Andy Anderson (Hudson) as she works on a piece about getting a Man to leave in 10 days. The man in question is executive Ben Berry (McConaughey), who just bet his coworkers that he can get any woman to fall in love with him in 10 days. Despite their opposite goals, the two can’t help but get attached. How to lose a guy in…
An AI researcher reports Steven Spielberg Minority Report For its AI accuracy. Starring Tom Cruise, Samantha Morton, Kathryn Morris and Colin Farrell, the 2002 film is based on a story by the famous science fiction writer Philip K. Dick about a police unit that uses psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crimes. Only for their chief to go on the run when he is accused of committing a crime he has not yet committed. Minority Report Proved to be a critical and commercial hit, and is considered one of Cruise and Spielberg’s best movies. Sasha…