Sci-Fi AI Analogies

Commenters draw parallels between the discussed technology and classic science fiction movies and books featuring supercomputers, rogue AIs, and dystopian futures, such as Colossus, Terminator, HAL, and The Matrix.

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ndsipa_pomu May 7, 2025 View on HN

Sounds a bit like what happens in Colossus: The Forbin Project https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/

lawlessone Aug 10, 2018 View on HN

Makes me think of the positronic brains from Asimovs books.

jug Mar 29, 2016 View on HN

Haha. This reminds me of "Mother" in the Alien movie. Supercomputer, yet retro.

darkstalker Jul 6, 2012 View on HN

It reminds me of scifi movies where computers are made of crystals

alterom Jun 27, 2025 View on HN

Robocop (1987)¹ might provide an insight :D_____¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop

PaulHoule Mar 17, 2025 View on HN

Not sure if it is the same story, but the canonical story like that ishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Projectwhich has one of the best YouTube trailers ever.There is a scene in there where he walks in front of a dot matrix sign with excellent blocking, I've always wanted to make a meme generator that would let you change what's on

jannes Sep 4, 2022 View on HN

Remember the Terminator movie? It’s about an AI that went too far.

theGeatZhopa Nov 20, 2023 View on HN

Watch the series SILO. Limited computer power and knowledge - how & why - may give you some different point of view :)

integricho Oct 31, 2013 View on HN

But wait, all of this has happened before, remember skynet's early days? oh...but that was a movie...

Have revisited 2001 recently. Particularly the scene just before Intermission. Where HAL is reading the lips of the astronauts in the pod. It just really holds up. Apart from the genius editing and sound design. It feels even more a cautionary moment for modern minds on AI. As it must have been to American audiences during the height of the Vietnam War era.Ridley Scott's original Alien and Blade Runner remain immensely watchable 30+ years on. Perhaps even more so. Which makes it high tim