The guys artificially talk intelligently about artificial intelligence in movies. Discussion includes the feature film Ex Machina, and its astounding visual effects.

* Old Business

* PJ Mentions

* Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth by James Altucher

* Become an Idea Machine by Claudia Altucher 

* Sean Mentions

* Made to Stick by Dan Heath and Chip Heath 

* Oscar Wilde’s shorter letter attribution? Maybe not. 

* The Inverted Pyramid 

* Ex Machina, Directed by Alex Garland

* There will be spoilers! But not in these notes

* The Turing Test 

* Film Critic Hulk on Ex Machina 

* Technopoly by Neil Postman 

* Clarification: Sean specifically meant Facebook psychological experiments. Learn about it on the always excellent RadioLab podcast

* What PJ was trying to come up with for tone and feel was The Ghost Writer, by Roman Polanski 

* Giorgio Mordor, creator of the synth-dance-techno sound 

* Ex Machina was primarily filmed in Norway and England 

* VFX Companies Responsible for Ex Machina’s fantastic effects

* Double Negative’s show reel 

* Milk VFX 

* Special effects by Millennium FX

* Discoveries and Distractions

* Efram has been working on his own short film. Check it out  (More sites and updates coming up in the future)

* Podcast listening app on iPhone: Overcast

* PJ bought happiness when he obtained a MyPillow

* Sean is checking out an online Masterclass course with Dustin Hoffman

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