Anyone seen that ‘her’ film yet, the one with Joaquin Phoenix in the lead and directed by Spike Jonze? It’s a film about a guy falling in love with an AI. Is it any good?
Edit: to summarize, Robin Hanson thinks it works very well as a Pixar-ish whimsical sentimental movie, but not as a realistic interpretation of how a world with that kind of AI would work, despite getting a couple of things right. Other posters, having seen other Spike Jonze projects, and knowing the lead actor’s antecedents, suspect the film might be a bit of a prank.
Well he’s beng a rather aloof and unhelpful friend right now; I’ve done site searches for ‘Joaquin Phoenix’ and ‘Spike Jonze’ and neither turned up anything. If you know it has been discussed here several times, could you be so kind as to direct me to them? ‘Samantha’ is likewise useless, mostly because we have a user who has ‘Samantha’ for a handle, and because it’s a rather generic name. As for ‘her’, I didn’t even bother.
Anyone seen that ‘her’ film yet, the one with Joaquin Phoenix in the lead and directed by Spike Jonze? It’s a film about a guy falling in love with an AI. Is it any good?
Edit: to summarize, Robin Hanson thinks it works very well as a Pixar-ish whimsical sentimental movie, but not as a realistic interpretation of how a world with that kind of AI would work, despite getting a couple of things right. Other posters, having seen other Spike Jonze projects, and knowing the lead actor’s antecedents, suspect the film might be a bit of a prank.
I feel even more interested in watching it now.
FWIW, I liked it a lot! Your summary is good.
Been discussed here several times. GIYF.
Well he’s beng a rather aloof and unhelpful friend right now; I’ve done site searches for ‘Joaquin Phoenix’ and ‘Spike Jonze’ and neither turned up anything. If you know it has been discussed here several times, could you be so kind as to direct me to them? ‘Samantha’ is likewise useless, mostly because we have a user who has ‘Samantha’ for a handle, and because it’s a rather generic name. As for ‘her’, I didn’t even bother.
Well, yeah, it’s not the easiest title to search for. And Google is not being helpful even with link: and site: keywords included.
Still, here is a couple:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jlu/february_2014_media_thread/ahdf
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jij/open_thread_for_january_17_23_2014/ae5x
There were at least one or two more threads which I can’t find after trying for 10 min or so.
How does one look up a film named ‘her’ anyway?