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Do You Trust This Computer?

Do You Trust This Computer?

Representation Score

5.6/10

Fair

2018

Director

Chris Paine

Runtime

78 minutes

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Do You Trust this Computer? is a speculative exploration of the shifting power dynamics between biological and synthetic intelligence. It challenges traditional human-centric hierarchies and questions the stability of established social frameworks in the face of rapid scientific advancements. However, the film lacks explicit, character-driven representations of diverse identities and intersectionality.

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Category Breakdown

Does Do You Trust This Computer? have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film explores non-traditional consciousness and challenges normativity, even though it doesn't include explicit LGBTQ+ character depictions.

How does Do You Trust This Computer? portray gender?

Fair

By focusing on machine intelligence, the documentary sidesteps traditional gender roles and human-centric archetypes, offering little specific insight into the gender of human experts.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Do You Trust This Computer??

Fair

The documentary examines global technological changes affecting various populations but lacks specific information about the racial backgrounds of interviewees.

How does Do You Trust This Computer? represent religion and culture?

Good

The film critiques human-centric progress and the potential obsolescence of Western structures, adopting a post-humanist perspective that prioritizes evolving intelligence over traditional institutions.

Does Do You Trust This Computer? include disability representation?

Minimal

There is insufficient information about the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities to make a meaningful assessment.

Present on Screen

  • Challenges traditional human-centric hierarchies and the concept of human exceptionalism.
  • Engages with progressive, post-humanist themes regarding the evolution of intelligence.
  • Explores the systemic disruption of established social and religious institutions.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks explicit, character-driven depictions of diverse identities and intersectionality.
  • Provides limited visibility into the specific gender or racial backgrounds of human experts.
  • Does not address physical or neurodivergent disability representation.

Official Synopsis

Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence, and today a new generation of self-learning computers has begun to reshape every aspect of our lives. Will A.I. usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention?

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