AI expert rates 9 AI scenes in movies and TV

The artificial intelligence researcher Sasha Luccioni rates AI depictions in movies and TV shows.

She discusses AI-powered flight as seen in "Iron Man," starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Paul Bettany. She explains how AI voice duplication really works in "Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning," starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, and Rebecca Ferguson. She ponders AI's potential for self-awareness as seen in "Ex Machina," starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander; and Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." She breaks down the ways AI is used in crime fighting in Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report," starring Tom Cruise and Colin Farrell. She explains how AI can detect objects and people in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. She describes the limits of chatbots in "Her," starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, and Chris Pratt. Finally, she assesses how artificial intelligence is used in weapons and drones as seen in "Spider-Man: Homecoming," starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jake Gyllenhaal; and "Westworld," starring Thandiwe Newton, Evan Rachel Wood, and Aaron Paul.

Sasha Luccioni is an AI researcher at Hugging Face, a global startup that works on responsible AI. She has given a TED Talk on the surprising dangers of AI.