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VisionQuest is what happens when AI really goes rogue
Marvel's VisionQuest explores the concept of artificial intelligence and its potential existential danger, using fantastical elements to play with real-world conversations about generative AI. The show follows a superpowered robot, Vision, as he navigates a digital world with other AI beings, questioning whether thinking machines should be considered people. The series also critiques Silicon Valley's use of science fiction to sell AI products. The show's AI characters are depicted as sentient beings with desires not solely based on their programming, making genuine AGI believable in the show's fantastical reality. The AI characters include J.A.R.V.I.S., F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., D.U.M.-E., U., and Ultron, all created by Tony Stark.
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