The power of AI and screens

[YouCanCallMeAl]

Creepy idea for sure. But how would we ever know?

I know I'm repeating myself, but the only answer for the individual is to be clear on the difference between belief and knowing, and to ground oneself in what one has personally verified. Screens weren't ever about giving good information. And screens aren't about to become truthful now that it is possible to produce reams of content that caters to the individual and their predilections.

[rachel]

Going back to the film 'Looker':
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I thought when rewatching it there was a jump in the action. I just happened across a deleted scene when looking for a grab about the model falling from the window in answer to this @napoleon.

nolan has lots of hat tips in his films for 911 ,the scene in inception where a chap moves unconscious bodies bodies up in a lift ,whilst the building is crumbling,could be a nod to throwing bodies out of the twin towers on 911

The arm shape might just be so the person falling turns in the air so they land on their back, but it reminded me of this.

Anyway, back to the deleted scene, I first saw this film on video rental, and I do remember worrying about them falling through the glass, so it was part of the original film, but apparently dropped when shown on network television. Interesting. And without it, you could easily miss what the film is actually about.



Fascinating thought, the commercial decision that must have been made to cut the scene from the film before it was allowed to be shown on television. A bit too close to the bone maybe?

[napoleon]

maybe ha definitely
thats some good dialogue ,whilst the suspensful walk across the roof..

great find,

[napoleon]

they talk about the deleted scenes significance
The Technology of Looker!
0:00 Intro
0:25 A Hypnotic Sales Pitch
1:07 Film Imitates Computers
1:24 A Very Enthusiastic Henchwoman!
1:35 Today Computers Imitate Films
2:27 Deep Fakes from 1981
2:55 A Dark Hour For Liberty
3:45 What's for breakfast
4:03 Tracking Eyeballs
4:45 Chip in, please
5:25 Robots!
6:13 Screen time - worse than predicted
6:45 When he says TV, think social media!
7:06 Theatrical Edit Leaves a Plot hole
7:45 Original Scene Order
8:23 Captured by Moustache Man!
9:11 Welcome to my lair Mr. Bond!
9:35 Any of this sound familiar?
10:00 Escape from Reston House
10:40 Conclusion
11:05 Bonus Promotional Record

[dirtybenny]

2D screens giving the illusion of 3D. There is so much subconscious programming in the sigils in the rapid transitions, it is overwhelming. The sounds are also very metallic, machinelike, and grating.

[dirtybenny]

[napoleon]

very entertaining channel with dvdxtras this was a good watch

this is wargames behind the scenes

A compilation of featurettes offering a generous look at the production of the 1983 cyber-thriller, WarGames. Includes clips from the film, behind-the-scenes footage, we have come along way

[rachel]

[rachel]

@napoleon this is interesting, it took a bit for the penny to drop. In Looker the Digital Matrix woman is talking about their models having a 92.7% perfection rating, and the surgery is used to bump them up to 99.4%. But as soon as they start moving, they drop back down to a 92.9% score.



When I'm looking for trickery, what is the easiest way to spot actors wearing "plastic surgery", pretending to be the opposite sex? It is much easier to get a positive confirmation on a moving image than on a photo. Therefore, as the actor moves 'their perfection percentage drops' - they 'can't maintain their score'.

I fancy the percentage numbers quoted in the film are conveying a real type of scoring system in the film industry.

[napoleon]

i fully agree ,numbers are not random ,and our friend wrote and directed it .

Looker is a 1981 American science fiction film written and directed by Michael Crichton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton

oh and this is not an invite to investigate crichton,i am fully in agreement ,with being a massive whistleblowing film ,or a better term "foreplay"