To test just how clever Cleverbot really is, director Chris R. Wilson created a short film, co-written by the celebrated artificial intelligence platform and acted out by real humans. According to Wilson, he’d set up scenes for Cleverbot, then allow it to fill in the characters’ dialogue. The resulting film is as zany as should be expected for such an undertaking, with ridiculous character names surreal one-liners, and a surprising number of pop culture references. The best lines involve Will Smith and a reference to a Geto Boys song. If you’d like to see how the sausage was made, Wilson put the entire Cleverbot transcript on Youtube.
At first glance, Andrew Bujalski's Computer Chess looks like a documentary filmed in the early '80s. Then, you realize... This could be this year's best new film. See chess software programmers spend several days in a crappy hotel. There's a Swiss-style chess tournament: "We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed…
It's only a matter of time before Hollywood makes the Edward Snowden movie; people have been comparing the instantly notorious NSA leaker to Jason Bourne since the story initially broke. And while we don't have that big-budget blockbuster quite yet (Who would play Snowden? My money's on Tobey Maguire), there is this…
Computer Chess (2013) Andrew Bujalski mumblecored again, into an '80s tournament between the newest chess-playing computer terminals. Hotel o' Geeks. ADVENTURES! "Have you ever taken LSD?" Smart, so smart. Surrealism. Or is it? If you like chess, programming or thinking, see this film. If you like film, see this film.…
