Superintelligence story
Superintelligence is a 2020 American romantic action comedy film directed by Ben Falcone and written by Steve Mallory. The film stars Melissa McCarthy in her fourth collaboration with her husband, Falcone. Synopsis:
23 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| artificial intelligence | choice | The main novelty of the film concerns an emergent artificial super intelligence as it ponders if it should save, enslave, or destroy humanity. |
| romantic love | choice | Central to the story was Carol rekindling her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, George, with a little help from an incredibly powerful artificial intelligence. |
| AI point of view | major | The emergent artificial super intelligence observed Carol to better understand various aspects of human nature. |
| AI risk to civilization | major | The emergent artificial super intelligence would have annihilated humankind had Carol not shown it that humanity was worth keeping around by means of her various acts of selflessness. |
| human nature | major | Human nature was explored from the point of view of an artificial super intelligence. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | A sentient artificial intelligence with virtual god-like powers was going to destroy humanity. |
| old flames | major | The story follows Carol as she attempts to patch things up with her ex-boyfriend, George. |
| sociotechnological issue | major | The viewer is confronted with questions about the invasiveness of contemporary information technology. |
| transcendental being | major | The titular "super intelligence" was a god in all but name. It was omniscient by means of big data, and almighty in so far as it could make anything happen whenever it wanted, but notably not all-good - at least from the humans perspective. |
| what if the fate of the world was in my hands | major | It was up to the unemployed former corporate executive Carol to convince an artificial super intelligence that humanity was worthy of not being annihilated, and in the end she did through her selfless actions. |