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Netflix’s latest action movie, , takes on one of the more pressing and existential issues of our time: artificial intelligence. The film, which stars Jennifer Lopez, follows a data analyst with a deep mistrust for AI who discovers that it may be the only way to take down a super soldier who is hell-bent on destroying humanity. Although AI and movies about it feel more relevant than ever, this is hardly the first time that AI has been featured prominently in this kind of story.

Long before we had the kind of real-world AI that we see today, we had movies that tackled the question head-on. We’ve selected three movies that expertly tackle the subject. One of the most stunning blockbusters of recent years, is set in a future in which humanity has gone to war with artificial intelligence, and the AI is winning.



The film follows one ex-special forces agent who has been tasked with finding someone called The Creator, who has developed a weapon that will destroy humanity and end the war. When he discovers that the weapon is actually an AI child, he reevaluates everything he believed he knew about the war and the mission he was tasked with completing. is beautiful to look at, and gets every penny out of its relatively small budget.

The Creator Set in a future where AI can be implanted into your body as a healing mechanism, tells the story of a man who is viciously attacked, and then uses his new AI-given abilities to seek revenge. The twists and turns of are best experienced unspo.

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