Is AI like the atomic bomb of our era?
It seems like every generation has some sort of technology that defines their era, but if you’re a millennial, it feels like we’ve been a part of such a huge tech boom that we’ve been defined and redefined half a dozen times. From the internet to social media to streaming and now to AI, things keep changing at an increasingly rapid pace.
During this whole time, we’ve seen filmmakers tackle stories involved in the present day, and some tell stories in the past that seem to echo now.
Christopher Nolan has been amidst all of these movements, from his spyware in The Dark Knight that seemed to harken to the Patriot Act to the environmental crisis in Interstellar that delivered a warning about the future of our planet, he’s someone with his finger on the pulse.
Now, his new movie, Oppenheimer, takes us back to the 1940s to look at the invention of the atomic bomb and the fallout from its creation.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
