Murray Shanahan, the author of the book pointed to by this Easter Egg was actually a scientific consultant for the movie. Here is reddit AMA with the director

Murray Shanahan, the author of the book pointed to by this Easter Egg was actually a scientific consultant for the movie. Here is reddit AMA with the director of Ex Machina - Alex Garland - and two scientists that helped him - Adam Rutherford and Murray Shanahan: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35brre/i_am_director_ex_machina_writer_director_alex/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35brre/i_am_director_... ------ If you are interesting in process / thinking behind the movie, there are also interesting interviews with Alex Garland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS-OJHSY8bk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS-OJHSY8bk (Q&A with film journalists) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvH-5rBEsgs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvH-5rBEsgs (Talks at Google series) ------ BTW another Easter Egg: BlueBook, the name of the search engine company in the movie, comes from Wittgenstein's work: The Blue Book was dictated between 1933 and 1934, and contains certain themes unaddressed in Wittgenstein's later works, including deliberations on thinking as operating with signs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_and_Brown_Books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_and_Brown_Books