Post #4343649
2026-08-03 02:59 UTC
What happens when the machines succeed & can deliver our wildest dreams? The cautionary tale of Forbidden Planet.
Worth a rewatch.
#SciFi #AI #theTempest #id #PopCulture #hubris
Forbidden Planet hit cinemas in 1956. Its warnings about AI should terrify us https://theconversation.com/forbidden-planet-hit-cinemas-in-1956-its-warnings-about-ai-should-terrify-us-288391?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How%20the%20census%20helps%20you%20flush%20your%20toilet%20-%203894839668&utm_content=How%20the%20census%20helps%20you%20flush%20your%20toilet%20-%203894839668+CID_c20d985f2306892ac11ad5778f403d51&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Forbidden%20Planet%20hit%20cinemas%20in%201956%20Its%20warnings%20about%20AI%20should%20terrify%20us
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@MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone 2026-08-03 03:21
@26pglt@mastodon.au also worth a (re)read; EM Forster's fabulously prescient novella, The Machine Stops
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@temporal_spider@masto.ai 2026-08-03 05:58
@26pglt@mastodon.au I've already got way too many things terrifying me.