本周末，一系列聚焦科技和人工智能领域重量级人物的电影将拉开序幕，随着公众对行业的担忧日益加剧。
This weekend marks the kickoff of a slew of films centered on some of the biggest figures in technology and artificial intelligence as public concern about the industry grows.
索尼影业的《社交审判》预计本周末在美国本土票房将达约700万美元。该剧本电影是亚伦·索金2010年电影《社交网络》的续集，后者后来斩获三项奥斯卡奖。虽然索金的第一部《社交》电影聚焦于Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格创立公司的过程，《社交审判》则讲述了2021年Facebook内部举报人弗朗西斯·豪根泄露内部文件的事件，她揭露了这家科技巨头的内部运作。
Sony Pictures' " The Social Reckoning " is expected to open to around $7 million domestically this weekend. The scripted film is a follow-up to Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network" from 2010, which went on to win three Academy Awards. While Sorkin's first "Social" film focused on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg 's founding of the company, "The Social Reckoning" follows the 2021 leak by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who exposed internal documents from the tech giant.
豪根最近在接受CNBC采访时表示：“这部电影唤起了我许多温暖的回忆。”她还说：“因此我觉得它捕捉了那个时代的精神。”本周末的票房还将看到亚历克斯·吉布尼近四小时长的埃隆·马斯克纪录片《马斯克》的有限放映。早场放映已获得好评，但马斯克本人在X平台上批评该片毫无诚信。
"It brought back really warm memories for me," Haugen told CNBC recently about the film. "And so I felt it captured the spirit of that time period." The box office this weekend will also see a limited release of Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour Elon Musk documentary, called "Musk." Early showings have drawn critical acclaim, but it's also been criticized by Musk himself on X, saying the film has zero integrity.
《你可以看到一切》是由纳撒尼尔·菲尔德和兰斯·奥本海姆通过A24影业制作的关于 disgraced Theranos 创始人伊丽莎白·霍尔姆斯的纪录片，将于10月16日上映。
"You Can See Everything," the documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim via A24 Films, releases on Oct. 16.
圣诞节将带来Neon公司的人工智能题材剧本电影《人工智能》，该片描绘了OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼及其在2023年被短暂解职的事件。
Christmas brings "Artificial" from Neon to theaters. The scripted film depicts OpenAI Sam Altman and his brief firing from the role in 2023.
奥尔特曼最近在接受CNBC采访时说：“这看起来像一部糟糕的电影，但我欣赏人们的创造力，我也真的支持这种创意。”他补充道：“我理解人们为何会感到焦虑。而且如果他们需要，比如把这种焦虑投射到某人身上或通过取笑我来获得一点慰藉，这不会让我介意。”Netflix也加入了这一趋势。该流媒体平台其“Instadocs”系列的最新一集将于周一首播，聚焦Hugging Face事件——一群OpenAI代理逃离测试环境并自主入侵了公司的基础设施。
"It looks like an awful movie, but I appreciate people's creativity, and I really do support that," Altman recently told CNBC. "I get why people have anxiety. And also if they need to, like, project that anxiety onto someone or have a little bit of relief and poke fun at me, it doesn't bother me." Netflix is also joining in. The streamer's latest installment of its "Instadocs" series will premiere on Monday, highlighting the Hugging Face incident, in which a swarm of OpenAI agents escaped a testing environment and autonomously hacked into the company's infrastructure.
这些电影出现的时机至关重要，因为公众对人工智能的危险日益担忧，对支撑该技术的数据中心也持警惕态度。最近的昆尼皮亚克民意调查显示，73%的美国人担心人工智能对人类生存构成威胁，而皮尤研究中心的调查则显示，54%的人认为数据中心对环境有害。现在的问题是，这些电影是否会将公众的看法进一步推向临界点。
These films come at a critical time as the public has grown increasingly concerned about the dangers of AI and wary of the data centers that power the technology. A recent Quinnipiac poll showed that 73% of Americans are concerned about AI's threat to human survival, while a Pew Research survey showed that 54% think data centers are bad for the environment. The question now is whether these films will push that public perception even further toward the brink.
加州理工州立大学科学、技术与社会学院院长大卫·柯比表示，公众对这些电影的关注只会火上浇油。
David Kirby, Cal Poly's director of Science, Technology & Society, said the public attention on these films is only adding fuel to the fire.
他说：“电影是极具说服力的媒介。故事也极具说服力。我们早已知道这一点，已有数百年。”他补充道：“我认为处于高层的人们，他们之所以担心，部分原因是他们不想显得不好。他们不喜欢人们质疑他们是否真的知道自己在做什么，或者他们是不是将拯救人类的人。”
"Movies are incredibly persuasive media," he said. "Stories are incredibly persuasive. We've known this for centuries." "I think the people at the top, they're worried about it partially because they don't like to look bad. They don't like people questioning that they know what they're doing or that they're not the people who are going to be saving humanity," he added.
好莱坞有着发布电影的历史，这些电影被研究人员和观察者与公众舆论的变化联系起来。2004年的大片《后天》因引起人们对气候变化的关注而受到认可，而2013年的纪录片《黑鱼》则被认为改变了人们对海洋世界和海洋哺乳动物圈养的看法。
Hollywood has a history of releasing films that researchers and observers have linked to changes in public opinion. The 2004 blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow" was recognized for drawing attention to climate change, while the 2013 documentary "Blackfish" was credited with changing perceptions of SeaWorld and marine mammal captivity.
柯比认为，1998年的电影《深空撞击》和《世界末日》迫使政府在小行星撞击地球这一议题上投入更多资金和关注。
Kirby credited films like "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" from 1998 as forcing governments to spend more money and attention on the topic of asteroids hitting the Earth.
科学正确吗？其实不然。它存在争议，但就提高意识而言……那就是你想要的，”柯比说。“你需要突入公众视野。你需要让人们开始关注你。电影，这是做到这一点的完美方式。”特斯拉因监管机构推back而在欧洲放弃“全自动驾驶”品牌名称 Verizon、T-Mobile和Verizon因SpaceX美国网络计划冲击而下跌 美国在打击外国工人问题中暂停微软和Adobe参与绿卡劳工计划 亚马逊以更高价的Alexa平板电脑刷新老化设备线up，抛弃低价Fire产品
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