Is 'Annihilation' actually the ultimate AI movie?
curious_vii · x · 2026-08-20
The author argues that while Ex Machina is explicitly about AI, Alex Garland's 'Annihilation' better illustrates the nature of AGI and ASI as deeply alien and 'other'.
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