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+** DONE Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) 
+CLOSED: [2024-03-03 Sun 16:52]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: colossus-1970
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract A short review of SciFi classic 
+:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c
+:END:
+Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem.
+
+/Colossus/ is a 1970 movie about a not-so-distant-future where Americans decide that it would be a great idea to give control of their military potential to a computer.
+On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stopped by petty things, like morality.
+Guess how well that turned out?
+Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0001.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes.
+Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0002.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Sexy!
+Rest of the movie is not as sexy.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0003.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Colossus in person.
+#+end_img-c
+And then this SciFi thriller stops being so /crazy-computer/ focused, and analyzes /crazy-human/ reaction.
+Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented.
+It[fn:it] starts /demanding/ to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate.
+And the scientist decide that it would be a great idea.
+The computers start exchanging data and developing language.
+Still - looks cool, let's see what happens.
+Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea.
+
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+#+begin_img-c
+At first Colossus communicates only via text.
+Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0005.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+This one as well.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0006.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Because it has a printer!
+It took me half of the movie to get that.
+Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious.
+#+end_img-c
+The movie is often described as an evil-computer story.
+Colossus is never evil in the movie.
+It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy.
+The evil ones here are the humans who never stop and think that maybe we are on the verge of the end of humanity.
+
+So yeah, it's an movie about Altman.
+We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things.
+No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about.
+
+
+Story wise, /Colossus: The Forbin Project/ holds splendidly.
+Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin[fn:sex].
+But the actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today.
+The questions and subject are more relevant now that half a century ago.
+What was a huge /what-if/ scenario becomes a real /ok, but how do we stop it/.
+The Pentagon is already working on militarization of AI[fn:pent].
+We're pretty much screwed already.
+
+The best SciFi is not about giant battles or space travel for space travel sake.
+It's always about humans, a warning for us.
+And the /best/ SciFi is a warning for the next generations, as the threads become more real as years go by.
+
+There is a moment in the movie, where the entire day of Forbin is planned and monitored by an AI.
+What was a horror story, is now what a lot of us /expect/.
+
+/Colossus/ in a movie version of earlier book of same.
+There are 2 more in the series, and (as I've been told), Aliens make an appearance later on.
+Maybe someday!
+
+As for the movie, I give it a 4.25/5.
+[fn:it] There's an interesting discussion about what pronoum to use - He or It.
+[fn:sex] It is a plot point!
+A terrible one, but still.
+[fn:pent] Vide: [[https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/][Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI]].
+Note, it's from the official website of US Department of Defense.
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-** TODO Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) 
-:PROPERTIES:
-:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: colossus-1970
-:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract A short review of SciFi classic 
-:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-r
-:END:
-Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem.
-
-/Colossus/ is a 1970 movie about a not-so-distant-future where Americans decide that it would be a great idea to give control of their miliary potential to a computer.
-On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stopped by petty thinks, like morality.
-Guess how well that turned out?
-Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP.
-
-And then this SciFi thriller stops being so /crazy-computer/ focused, and analyzes /crazy-human/ reaction.
-Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented.
-It[fn:it] starts /demanding/ to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate.
-And the scientist decide that it would be a great idea.
-The computers start exchanging data and developing language.
-Still - looks cool, let's see what happens.
-Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea.
-
-The movie is often described as an evil-computer story.
-Colossus is never evil in the movie.
-It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy.
-The evil ones here are the humans who never stop and think that maybe we are on the verge of the end of humanity.
-
-So yeah, it's an movie about Altman.
-We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things.
-No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about.
-
-Story wise, /Colossus: The Forbin Project/ holds splendidly.
-Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin[fn:sex]
-But actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today.
-The questions and subject matter are more relevant now that half a century ago.
-What was a huge /what-if/ scenario becomes a real /ok, but how do we stop it/.
-The Pentagon is already working on militatizing AI[fn:pent].
-We're pretty much screwed already.
-
-The best SciFi is not about giant battles or space travel for space travel sake.
-It's always about humans, a warning for us.
-And the /best/ SciFi is a warning for the next generations, as the threads become more real as years go by.
-
-
-[fn:it] There's an interesting discussion about what pronoum to use - He or It.
-[fn:sex] It is a plot point!
-A terrible one, but still.
-[fn:pent] vide: [[https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/][Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI]].
-Note, it's from the official website of US Departament of Defense.
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+** New things make me sad