‘Artificial’ Roasts AI’s Creators—and Sends a Dark Warning About Its Dangers
From their dorky parties to their weird walks, the movie holds OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other stakeholders with contempt, while demonstrating their recklessness.
The film "Artificial," directed by Luca Guadagnino, has sparked controversy due to its unflattering depiction of OpenAI founders and other key figures in the AI boom. The movie portrays Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, as well as other major stakeholders and drivers of the AI revolution as vain, reckless, and insufferably boring. Alex Garfield, who plays Altman, bounces around the screen, mimicking Altman's recent commendation of his own boyish gait.
Russian actor Yuri Borisov portrays Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's cofounder, as a moral conscience who pleads for safeguards and slower development of AI technology.
The film's creators have faced criticism for their portrayal of the AI industry, with some suggesting that the movie may have a competing agenda with OpenAI. The movie's black comedy and surreal approach stand in stark contrast to the steely, polished drama of David Fincher's "The Social Network," which depicted Silicon Valley tech titans as robust titans of industry and architects of the future.
Artificial raises questions about the rapid development and sophistication of AI technology, warning that it could pose a threat to life on Earth as we know it. Former Anthropic AI employee Jacob Coxon has claimed that his former colleagues have described the next few years as the potential "endgame" for humanity. Another Anthropic researcher even suggested that there is a chance AI could "kill all humans" within a decade.
Artificial presents the tensions surrounding AI development as a moral drama, with characters pleading for safety measures and slow-downs in the technology's advancement.
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