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ChickeNESyesterday at 8:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

https://jonnegroni.com/2015/04/15/the-humans-of-wall-e-were-...


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bitwizeyesterday at 10:53 PM

I was a bit surprised by WALL-E and its premise; here was a space movie with a large corporation at the center, but it wasn't "evil" in the mold of Weyland-Yutani. BnL's CEO, Shelby Forthright, lived up to his name and generally meant well. The tragedies of the film lay entirely in unintended consequences.

Which is even darker in a sense, because it seems to try to tell us we're going to gum up the Earth even without the usual motives of greed and a lust for power, just a desire for the best life for everyone.

phainopepla2yesterday at 8:38 PM

I was shocked to notice the date in the URL. I think I understand where the LLMs are getting it from now