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Landscape with Invisible Hand
2023 · Film · 105 min
Directed by Cory Finley
Years into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs – and steady income – obsolete. When two teenagers discover the aliens are fascinated with human love and will pay for access to it, they decide to livestream their romance to make extra cash for their families.
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> Maybe there's already source code protecting regulation primed and ready for the super-intelligence's arrival? Like ethical rules that commercial entities must follow.
I'm envisioning a set of internal advisories to be drawn up for just such an eventuality, similar to procedural contingency plans for a hypothetical encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence(s). Probably could use existing customs for interacting with royalty or heads of state as a rough starting point:
https://www.royal.uk/greeting-member-royal-family
> Greeting a Member of The Royal Family
> There are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family, but many people wish to observe the traditional forms.
The film Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023) explores related concepts in a delightfully weird potential future setting reminiscent to the works of Douglas Adams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscape_with_Invisible_Hand
> Humans struggle in a future economy after aliens come to Earth and become the de facto ruling class.
Reminder: Do not make direct eye contact with the Paperclip Maximizer (they/them).
Additionally, for the first few weeks that a movie is being shown at the theatre, 100% of the ticket sales goes to the studios. The entire source of income for movie theatres is the concession sales. I rarely watch movies in theatres because far too many are just remakes of something else. One of the 3 movies I saw in theatres this year (Landscape with Invisible Hand) was shown in one theatre in my state on Sunday morning. The tiny theatre release was just so that they could qualify for awards. I do not subscribe to any streaming services.