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Check out Mr. Robot S2E1, where someone is terrorized by their hacked smart house. Or 1977's Demon Seed, a film where an AI house does worse things. I really th

by wrs 1y ago

Check out Mr. Robot S2E1, where someone is terrorized by their hacked smart house. Or 1977's Demon Seed, a film where an AI house does worse things. I really thought the latter would remain fictional, but I'm less sure now.

dylan604 1y ago
Lots of movie plots with hacking critical infrastructure. Hackers controlled the ballast of a ship. Some other movie(s??) have taken over the flow of oil/gas at refineries. The entire US electrical grid is nothing but a soft target. A Ukranian style sneak drone attack on enough substations would knock the entire country into a blackout without ever touching the generation plants.
RajT88 1y ago
Definitely stick with Mr. Robot. Unless it's Saturday Night and you're drunk. Then go for Demon Seed.
- reaperducer 1y ago
  Unless it's Saturday Night and you're drunk. Then go for Demon Seed. Don't give Svengoolie any ideas!
  - RajT88 1y ago
    Fellow Illinoisan I see. Recording Svengoolie is one of the main functions of my JellyFin box. Alas, lately it's mostly been 60's and earlier, when at one point it was a lot of 70's-90's stuff.
    - Loughla 1y ago
      Yeah but Young Frankenstein? Come on. That's going to be good. Sven is one of the few things I miss about living in Chicago.
      - RajT88 1y ago
        Make no mistake, I am very excited for this weekend's broadcast. When I am away from home for extended periods, I like to watch Sven to get a taste of home. It's especially nice for after I return from travel and want to unwind. PSA: There's full broadcasts of Svengoolie up on Archive.org! Some uploaded by the man himself! ETA: A lot more than I realized; the last ~year some fellow has been recording and uploading them regularly.
    - reaperducer 1y ago
      Fellow Illinoisan I see. Former Illinoisan, and happy that Sven is national on the MeTV network. I've heard he's now in commercials with Howard Ankin, which seems strange since he gets thrown out of the back of the hearse in the middle of each show!
nonfamous 1y ago
Cassandra, a short series on Netflix, follows similar themes and is quite good (as long as you speak German or don’t mind subtitles).
apparent 1y ago
There's also Afraid from 2024. Not John Cho's best work, but serviceable.

by wrs 1y ago

dylan604 1y ago

Lots of movie plots with hacking critical infrastructure. Hackers controlled the ballast of a ship. Some other movie(s??) have taken over the flow of oil/gas at refineries. The entire US electrical grid is nothing but a soft target. A Ukranian style sneak drone attack on enough substations would knock the entire country into a blackout without ever touching the generation plants.

RajT88 1y ago

Definitely stick with Mr. Robot. Unless it's Saturday Night and you're drunk. Then go for Demon Seed.

reaperducer 1y ago
Unless it's Saturday Night and you're drunk. Then go for Demon Seed. Don't give Svengoolie any ideas!
- RajT88 1y ago
  Fellow Illinoisan I see. Recording Svengoolie is one of the main functions of my JellyFin box. Alas, lately it's mostly been 60's and earlier, when at one point it was a lot of 70's-90's stuff.
  - Loughla 1y ago
    Yeah but Young Frankenstein? Come on. That's going to be good. Sven is one of the few things I miss about living in Chicago.
    - RajT88 1y ago
      Make no mistake, I am very excited for this weekend's broadcast. When I am away from home for extended periods, I like to watch Sven to get a taste of home. It's especially nice for after I return from travel and want to unwind. PSA: There's full broadcasts of Svengoolie up on Archive.org! Some uploaded by the man himself! ETA: A lot more than I realized; the last ~year some fellow has been recording and uploading them regularly.
  - reaperducer 1y ago
    Fellow Illinoisan I see. Former Illinoisan, and happy that Sven is national on the MeTV network. I've heard he's now in commercials with Howard Ankin, which seems strange since he gets thrown out of the back of the hearse in the middle of each show!

nonfamous 1y ago

Cassandra, a short series on Netflix, follows similar themes and is quite good (as long as you speak German or don’t mind subtitles).

apparent 1y ago

There's also Afraid from 2024. Not John Cho's best work, but serviceable.