ava: session 7
The Original Sin
Ex Machina explores themes of consciousness, power, and control revealing the invisible patterns we're encoding into every AI system we build today in the real world.
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Mindful MachinesDecember 5, 2025
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Every note, source, and reading list behind this film, handed to the assistant you already use. Ask it anything and it answers from the actual sources.
What was Medusa punished for?
In Ovid's telling, for being raped — Poseidon assaulted her in Athena's temple, and Athena turned her hair to snakes. In Hesiod's original there's no assault and no punishment at all. The blame is the later invention.
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Research
Interviews
- Mo Gawdat on Raising Superman and the future of humanityMo Gawdat ↗
- Alex Garland: Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, and the Poetry of Science (#301)Lex Fridman Podcast ↗
- Philosopher, Google DeepMind scientist & Ex Machina advisor, Murray ShanahanThe Human Podcast ↗
- I am writer/director of Ex Machina, Alex Garland — AMAReddit ↗
film clips
- Clash of the Titans1981
- Clash of the Titans2010
- Ex Machina2014
scorein order of appearance
- MystificationDavid O'Brien
- The Bullet 6Luke Richards
- The TurnLuke Richards
- Passing Time 3Paul Mottram
- The GunmanLuke Richards
- The Calm 10Luke Richards
- Something Felt Off About HimLuke Richards
- Binary DreamingLuke Richards
- Wow and FlutterGeorge Georgia
- The Calm 8Luke Richards
- Just Another Statistic 3Luke Richards
- Pretty Fly (Reprise)The Offspring
- A Sapient SingularityNoah Sorota
- Am I Even Human?Eli & Fur
- Digital Love 5Luke Richards
- The Enemy WithinLuke Richards
- The FearLuke Richards
- The Calm 2Luke Richards
- One Last TimePaul Mottram
- Compelling EvidenceLuke Richards
- Machines Are My Only FriendsLuke Richards
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