Artificial intelligence is everywhere now, Netflix’s new sci-fi epic atlas know it. Director Brad Peyton (san andreas, Rampage), a film starring Jennifer Lopez as Atlas Shepard, a woman dedicated to eradicating an evil artificial intelligence unit responsible for the deaths of countless humans.
In the distant future, when humanity is on the brink of destruction, Atlas decides to fight fire with fire. Ironically, only artificial intelligence experts like her can give Earth a fighting chance. It’s a bleak setup, but given the overwhelming doom and gloom surrounding artificial intelligence, Atlas ends on a surprisingly optimistic note.
However, atlas‘s ending reflects our own complicated relationship with artificial intelligence. let’s start.
what is atlas about?
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In the distant future, artificial intelligence has become so advanced that they are indistinguishable from real humans. (think blade runner.) A faction led by Harlan (played by Liu Simu), the world’s first artificial intelligence terrorist, is bent on massacring humanity to ensure the supremacy of artificial intelligence. For 28 years after the devastating attack, Harlan has been hiding off the planet. But with his return imminent, all of humanity is in danger.
For Atlas Shepard (Lopez), the impact of AI terrorism is deeply personal. See, her mother created Haran, and he ended up killing her. As a result, Atlas harbors a strong hatred for artificial intelligence, damaging her reputation as a scientist in the field. However, her expertise in artificial intelligence is unmatched. Therefore, when volunteers need to fight against Harlan with the help of neural links with artificial intelligences, artificial intelligences can fully access the brains of human users, Atlas is one of them.
After a deadly attack kills all her colleagues, Atlas is alone on a hostile planet filled with hostile artificial intelligence. Her only ally is her giant mecha suit (called the ARC) named Smith, who has access to her brain and ultimately wins her heart.
What happened atlasThe ending?
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During their quest, Atlas and Smith work together, forming an unlikely bond and ultimately defeating Harlan. Before she finally kills Harlan and exorcises her demons, Harlan delivers a chilling reminder to Atlas: She can only defeat him with the help of another artificial intelligence.
“You’re right,” Atlas agreed. “But Smith is the better you.”
With those last words, Atlas pulled out Harlan’s CPU – in order to study it – ending his life and completing her mission. Unfortunately, Smith suffered too much damage during the fight and was unable to survive. Atlas pours his heart out to the dying Smith, confessing: “The truth is, I don’t actually like anyone. People are always disappointing. But not you. I like you.”
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This marked a huge change for Atlas, as what she and Smith experienced changed her extreme dislike of artificial intelligence. This leads to this emotional exchange:
“Thank you for trusting me,” Smith said.
“Thank you for keeping me safe,” Atlas responded.
Mind you, Smith can’t express emotion, but Atlas certainly can. Tears streamed down her face as she held the casing of the massive machinery Smith was operating. But the sadness could not last long, because just as she completed her mission, a rescue vehicle arrived in time and brought Atlas back to Earth.
In the final scene of the movie, Atlas returns to work with a new ARC mecha suit. Although she was initially very hesitant to use neural connections, this time she connected with the new artificial intelligence without hesitation. Atlas embraces artificial intelligence, leaving her fears behind on the planet where she killed Harlan. Except Atlas has no connection to new artificial intelligence. Unexpectedly, Smith was uploaded to the new ARC, and all of his memories of Atlas were preserved. Atlas begins to cry tears of joy, and as the film ends, the soundtrack is filled with emotion.
In short, it’s crazy. It makes sense that Atlas cares about Smith. They’ve been through hell – you know, landing on an alien planet where everyone wants to kill you – and survived because they trusted each other. But here’s the thing: every thing on the alien planet that’s trying to kill Atlas yes Artificial intelligence. Just because an artificial intelligence saves you doesn’t mean your lifelong hatred of artificial intelligence will disappear.
So, what is atlas Have to say AI?
yes atlas Netflix trying to promote artificial intelligence?
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Just last year, Netflix black mirror A brilliant episode that hit viewers hard “Joan is terrible” Threats to privacy from artificial intelligence are explored. However, Netflix doesn’t seem to be particularly heeding this warning, instead diving headfirst into shows and movies that cast artificial intelligence in a more positive light. yes atlas Testing the Waters How do people react to such positive characterizations of artificial intelligence—that it is an integral part of our lives?
It’s no secret that the entertainment industry has a rocky relationship with artificial intelligence. People are afraid of losing jobs to artificial intelligence, and these concerns seem increasingly justified: secret invasion and Spend the night with the devil Engaged in controversy over the use of artificial intelligence in artwork. Viewers criticize Netflix and director Jenny Popplewell for appearing to use artificial intelligence-generated photos in this true-crime documentary what jennifer did. So in the reality series circle, Netflix recruited an AI player to compete against human players. Although Netflix did not produce atlas, which is distributing it. The streamer is clearly interested in exploring how artificial intelligence can be integrated into its programming, both thematically and behind the scenes.
Movies have long warned us about our relationship with technology. terminator, oblivionand I am a robot These are just a few examples from science fiction movies that explore a world dominated by artificial intelligence that threatens to conquer humanity forever. These films often end in a glorious victory over artificial intelligence, celebrating the will of humanity. When times get tough, we persevere. But the ending is atlas This illustrates something even more worrying – once artificial intelligence becomes integrated into our lives, there’s no stopping it. If you “kill” it, it will come back, and We will ultimately be grateful for it. This sounds like a harbinger of the end times, but atlas It seems that this is a happy ending.
atlas Now streaming on Netflix.
