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X3: The Shape of Water, The Space Between Us ... and Synchronicity

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“Life is a field of cosmic consciousness, expressing itself in a million ways in space-time through quantum entanglement” ― Amit Ray , Beautify your Breath - Beautify your Life I posted in December (fantastic short film) about the striking similarity between The Space Between Us and the Guillermo del Toro film, The Shape of Water . Apparently, others noticed too. Some cried foul. Follow-up and update from IndieWire says, no foul. After connecting to discuss the matter the result is that each project is unique and the timelines indicate there is no conflict. The Netherlands Film Academy has released a statement saying that the two films “have their own very different identities” and “are not in any conceivable way interlinked or related. ” - Main site - The Space Between Us And it is a gorgeous film - worth reposting the Link -  NEW Plot twist. As reported by The Guardian , there is now a lawsuit by a third party. Also reported in Variety , this suit suggests the...

SciX Friday: Hasselhoff the Bot

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“I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.” - Alan Turing , Computing machinery and intelligence "Benjamin," an A.I. programmed by Ross Goodwin is building a decent filmmaking resume, giving writers the brush-off in this quirky Sci-Fi Short with Headliner: David Hasselhoff Prepare to be educated. This is AI filmmaker is impressive. In the beginning, just a very short while/months ago, a couple of brainy guys created "Jetson" with the goal of building a machine that could write screenplays. "Jetson" was fed a bunch of Sci-Fi tv and movie scripts and soon thereafter decided on a name change. Now known as Benjamin, he has created a second film. Subtle and fluid, the shift to AI created entertainment may catch on more quickly than anyone imagined. For real, AI is imagining ...