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Transcendence

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Last discussed Oct 23, 2026

2014 film starring Johnny Depp about a scientist whose mind is uploaded into an AI.

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"Remember the movie Transcendence, the Johnny Depp movie, but this is like a premise across lots of singularity-oriented fiction where the internet gets taken down by the singularity."

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"Arguably the movie with Johnny Depp, Transcendence, some would view it as utopian, some would view it as dystopian. And I view it as a utopian depiction of the Borg."

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