In the captivating commemorative biography “In Search of Mary Shelley” author Fiona Sampson limns compelling episodes in the tumultuous life of this unique woman. This year celebrates the 200th anniversary of the story’s publication. Paine’s urgent documentary opens with this epigraph: “You are my creator, but I am your master.” This sentence is taken from the well-known Gothic novel “Frankenstein” penned by Mary Shelley, who was 18 years old when she embarked on her tale of horror and hubris. One baldly expressed concern is that most of humankind - barely aware of these developments - is about to be “blindsided” by an invasion of AI into facets of social and economic life. Human control of the phenomenon may be just as elusive. Outer reaches of AI prove hard to comprehend. A sense of something unprecedented pervades, as does the alarming notion of something stupendous run amok. Doyens in the field vocalize startling scenarios and caveats regarding what this amalgam of science and technology may portend for humanity. The latest documentary by Chris Paine - who gave us “Who Killed the Electric Car?” in 2006 - is a production with an exigent message: “Do You Trust This Computer?” It is intended to alert the public to evolving Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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