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0 pointsnotahacker1mo ago0 comments

There's probably a comedy film with an AGI attempting to take over the world with its advanced grasp of strategy, persuasion and SAT tests whilst a bunch of kids confuse it by asking it fiendish brainteasers about carwashes and the number of rs in blackberry.

(The final scene involves our plucky escapees swimming across a river to escape. The AIbot conjures up a speedboat through sheer powers of deduction, but then just when all seems lost it heads back to find a goat to pick up)

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throwway1231mo ago

There is a Soviet movie, "Teens in the Universe" [0], where teens cause robots' brains to fry by giving them linguistic logical puzzles.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teens_in_the_Universe

simonask1mo ago

This would work if it wasn’t for that lovely little human trait where we tend to find bumbling characters endearing. People would be sad when the AI lost.

notahackerOP1mo ago

Maybe infusing the AI character with the boundless self confidence of its creators will make it less endearing :)

layer81mo ago

What’s wrong with having a bittersweet movie?

simonw1mo ago

In the excellent and underrated The Mitchells vs the Machines there's a running joke with a pug dog that sends the evil robots into a loop because they can't decide if it's a dog, a pig or a loaf of bread.

OneMorePerson1mo ago

This theme reminds me of Blaine the Mono from the Dark Tower series

GeoAtreides1mo ago

There is a Star Trek episode where a fiendish brainteaser was actually considered to genocide an entire (cybernetic, not AI) race. In the end, captain Picard choose not to deploy it.

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