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Fortune
Kylie Robison

The best AI movies according to the leaders of AI

Photo illustration of movie stills from Moneyball, Her, Star Trek, Spiderman and Minority Report. (Credit: Photo Illustration by Fortune; Original Photos from left by Melinda Sue Gordon—Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection; Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis/Getty Images; Sony Pictures Releasing/Marvel Entertainment/Everett Collection; 20thCentFox/Everett Collection)

Long before AI startups caused a stir in Silicon Valley, science fiction movies and literature explored the possibilities of the once-elusive technology. From Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Iron Man's J.A.R.V.I.S., AI allies and adversaries have graced the silver screen, sparking inspiration for a new wave of tech visionaries.

The best sci-fi films have predicted the capabilities and features of AI tech years (and sometimes even decades) before the advent of products like ChatGPT and Midjourney.

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