Marvel's VisionQuest uses a superpowered robot to explore whether AI is a person

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Marvel's new series VisionQuest follows a superpowered robot who tries to understand humanity through elaborate digital daydreams, in which he and other AI-powered beings share a home. The show is highly fantastical but engages with debates surrounding real-world generative AI. It asks whether thinking machines should be regarded as people and whether AI poses the kind of existential threat that causes widespread concern. The article also notes how aggressively Silicon Valley has borrowed science fiction imagery to market its AI products.

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