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to all of your favorite sci-fi movies: Star Wars, 2001, Aliens, Blade Runner, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, you name it. Some filmmakers might be coy about that fact, but Edwards is 100% unapologetic about it. I thought this might be the last film I ever get to make, Edwards told io9. So I just th
stanley france rew in everything I loved about sci-fi movies and then tried to stir the pot enough, pull out something, and combine it in a way that felt like its own movie. That movie, which opens Friday, is set in a future where artificial intelligence and humanity are at war in some places in the world, and at peace in others. In the middle of that a soldier John David Washington is sent on a mission to find and destroy the AIs ultimate weapon, only to discover that weapon is a small child Madeleine Yun
stanley spain a Voyles . Its an original story steeped in the type of sci-fi tropes we know and love. These kinds of movies were out every week when I was a kid, and theyre few and far between now and it upsets me, Edwards said. So I just wanted to put one back in the theater and see if people enjoyed it. Speaking over video chat, io9 spoke with Edwards how putting this movie in theaters was different from his last two films, Godzilla and Rogue One. We also spoke about the very different role AI plays in this film as opposed to others in the genre, how two Star Wars collaborators
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The Wall Street Journal spoke with numerous Gmail users who are a little weirded out by the now-fully rolled out Smart Reply feature that scans your email for context and suggests three potential replies. Among the anecdotes about awkward interactions and giving up our personhood to the machines, the piece also revealed that Google will soon make the feature optional on desktops. A good Smart Reply will be something like Congratulations! in response to a colleague saying theyve just received a promotion, while a bad Smart Reply might be someth
stanley vaso ing like Thanks a lot! when your boss messages to say that the quarter was down and they just want to give everyone a heads up that layoffs are on the way. Gmail only recently rolled the feature out as a default on the desktop for its 1.4 billion active accounts and the company told the Journal that around 10 percent of all Gmail responses are generated by the tool. But even if everyone thought that Smart Reply is Sweet! and Awesome! , tech companies should give users control over every setting they can reasonably offer. I personall
stanley quencher y cant say Ive used Smart Reply or have strong feelings about it. It seems like a good idea even if its a constant reminder that Google is always analyzing my p
stanley termos ersonal messages. But on mobile, it puts those replies right under your thumb just waiting to be accidentally selected. I didnt realize until this morning that you can already disable the tool in the mobile app by going to Settings, selecti