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User finds prescience in 1986 film about machines turning on humans

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A Mastodon user shared their enjoyment of watching the 1986 film "Maximum Overdrive" on a Sunday. The user humorously compared the film's premise of machines attempting to kill people to current AI discussions, noting its prescience. AI

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User finds prescience in 1986 film about machines turning on humans

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Taking it easy this Sunday, watching the AC/DC musical - I mean, Maximum Overdrive, just shy of the film's 40th anniversary. Goofy and cocaine-fueled as it is,

    Taking it easy this Sunday, watching the AC/DC musical - I mean, Maximum Overdrive, just shy of the film's 40th anniversary. Goofy and cocaine-fueled as it is, a movie about machines trying to murder people of their own volition feels kind of prescient in 2026. # movie # movies #…

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