Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts
Provides cultural analysis of AI industry figures and power dynamics through the lens of entertainment for general AI-interested audiences.
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A Verge reviewer analyzes Luca Guadagnino's satirical Sam Altman biopic 'Artificial,' which closely follows the real events of OpenAI's power struggles and leadership drama.
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At the New York Film Festival premiere of Artificial, Luca Guadagnino's satirical Sam Altman biopic, the director said onstage that "[when] someone wants to play God, that's very interesting to me." The idea of playing God, and power in general - who has it, who desperately wants it, and who will do anything to get it - is central to the film's narrative, which sticks remarkably close to the factual events surrounding the OpenAI CEO's rise to power with, and brief ouster from, the AI lab. The f