Lex Fridman Podcast

By Lex Fridman

#77 – Alex Garland: Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, and the Poetry of Science

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Published March 03, 2020 10:07am

Alex Garland is a writer and director of many imaginative and philosophical films from the dreamlike exploration of human self-destruction in the movie Annihilation to the deep questions of consciousness and intelligence raised in the movie Ex Machina, which to me is one of the greatest movies on artificial intelligence ever made. I’m releasing this podcast to coincide with the release of his new series called Devs that will premiere this Thursday, March 5, on Hulu.

EPISODE LINKS:

Devs: https://hulu.tv/2x35HaH

Annihilation: https://hulu.tv/3ai9Eqk

Ex Machina: https://www.ne...

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