Do You Trust this Computer?
| Release Date: April 6, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
Film ThreatAlan NgAug 16, 2018
Do You Trust This Computer is informative at the least. Everyone and everything comes off as credible, and the philosophy comes off as plausible. It effectively plants the seeds of paranoia. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 15, 2018
It’s a brisk blur of a documentary that ventures from “How could a smarter machine not be a better machine?” to “the Faustian bargain” we’ve made with technology that will render 7,000,000 data entry jobs and 4,000,000 driving/transporting jobs (very soon) to medicine, law, journalism and other careers obsolete. Read full review
70
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiAug 16, 2018
Though the film is heavier on summaries than specifics, its messages are troubling nonetheless. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 16, 2018
Though it shows some strain in containing the topic's inherent sprawl, the doc is more thoughtful than some of its predecessors, and benefits from interviews with newsmakers like Elon Musk and, even better, Westworld co-creator Jonathan Nolan. Read full review
67
Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiAug 16, 2018
With its star-studded cast of experts, from Ray Kurzweil and Elon Musk to automated warfare experts like Peter Singer, and a brief that is nothing short of the survival of humanity, Do You Trust This Computer? is a more sprawling and diffuse piece of work. It has a larger frame of reference than Paine’s battery-car docs but never hammers it into shape. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayApr 6, 2018
The movie is breezy to a fault. The interviewees are focused and articulate, but aren’t given time to cover more than the basics. Anyone who’s already been following the ongoing conversations about the future of AI won’t learn much new. Read full review
58
The VergeJames VincentAug 16, 2018
Do You Trust This Computer? is defensible in some ways. It’s engaging, imaginative, and easy to watch, and it brings attention to a subject that’s going to have real and important effects on all our lives. But it sacrifices too much complexity and detail to achieve this, and it’s more misleading than informative. Read full review
50
Village VoiceDaphne HowlandAug 16, 2018
The doc never goes much deeper than the information and arguments on AI that can currently be found in the Sunday papers. Read full review
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