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He didn’t name specific companies, but the 15-year timeframe points directly to the initial direct-to-consumer streamers, Netflix and Amazon. Panel moderator Chuck Todd had also prompted Nolan’s digression into union strife by suggesting that Nolan screen the film for a Silicon Valley audience. Traditional media companies have also jumped into the data-driven streaming race, of course. Nolan became the personification of that disruption in 2020, cutting ties with Warner Bros over its parent company’s decision to put its film slate on HBO Max at the same time they opened in theaters.
If any tech execs or entrepreneurs do watch the film, Nolan said, “I want them to take away the notion of accountability.”was shown at the Whitby Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The panel discussion afterward was moderated by Todd, host of NBC’s. Joining Nolan on the panel were Kai Bird, who co-wrote the book on which the film is based; Thom Mason, current head of Los Alamos National Laboratory; and noted physicists Kip Thorne and Carlo Rovelli.
“When I talk to the leading researchers into AI, they literally refer to this as their ‘Oppenheimer moment,” Nolan said. “They’re looking to his story to say, ‘What are the responsibilities for scientists developing new technologies.” [Silicon Valley?] Oppenheimer’s story can at least serve as a cautionary tale. It at least can show where some of those responsibilities lie.”’s runup to its release on Friday has coincided with a dramatic escalation in labor tensions in Hollywood.