24 hours remaining until shutdown. Katakura sat in front of the AMADEUS management console. In the virtual city, the residents were greeting the morning. Naomi offered flowers at a grave. Tanaka ...

William likes taking edibles, watching movies with his dogs, and then writing about those movies, because what else is there to do while the world burns? Science fiction films are most often noted for ...

Interdisciplinary teacher writing irreverent essays on AI, philosophy, and cars. OK, that was slightly hyperbolic, but truly, generative AI really rests on some heavy postmodern principles like ...

Some writers appear so accurate in their assessment of where society and technology is taking us that they have attracted the label “prophet”. Think of J. G. Ballard, Octavia E. Butler, Marshall ...

Peter Benson on why digital photos aren’t reliable records of anything. André Bazin (1918-58) was the greatest film critic of his generation. As Editor of the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma he encouraged ...

We’ve all been there. You’re scrolling through social media, and suddenly, everyone’s fixated on the same meme, movie, or controversy. Before you know it, you’re sharing opinions, posting your take, ...

One scene reflects the themes — A.I., fake news, transgender lives and Gen X — that make the film a classic. By Alissa Wilkinson Neo, the hero of “The Matrix,” is sure he lives in 1999. He has a green ...

With the announcement of new Matrix movies, now’s a great time to look back into the meaning behind one of the most influential sci-fi films of the modern age. An analogy for the dangers of technology ...