Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts
Again and again, Altman (played by Andrew Garfield) points to the bridge, first to convince his cofounder-to-be Ilya Sutskever (Yura Borisov) of the importance of their vision, then as a way to control the scientist.All of the characters are (at least somewhat) exaggerated, satirized versions of themselves. OpenAI CTO Mira Murati (Monica Barbaro) is depicted as a brilliant but easily swayed outsider. Sutskever is portrayed as the idealistic, naive hero — the ingenious mind behind the lab’s entire existence who can’t stomach lying and is reluctant to accumulate any power.
- ▪Again and again, Altman (played by Andrew Garfield) points to the bridge, first to convince his cofounder-to-be Ilya Sutskever (Yura Borisov) of the importance of their vision, then as a way to control the scientist.All of the characters ar
- ▪OpenAI CTO Mira Murati (Monica Barbaro) is depicted as a brilliant but easily swayed outsider.
- ▪Sutskever is portrayed as the idealistic, naive hero — the ingenious mind behind the lab’s entire existence who can’t stomach lying and is reluctant to accumulate any power.
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