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Yesterday, Dr. Will Caster was only human, but today — we’re talking 2014’s Transcendence! It’s the second installment of our "Mid-2000s Transhumanism Movies" miniseries. We overthink everything this movie has to offer: Kurzweil, the singularity, neo-Luddism, the representation of benevolent AI in film, the nature of consciousness, and the greatest training montage in cinema history.

Released: April 10, 2014

Directed by: Wally Pfister

Written by: Jack Paglen

Cast: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy

Next episode: Ghost in the Shell (the one with ScarJo)

Why was Scarlett Johansson the face of transhumanism for three years? Why do cuttlefish have weird pupils? What even is this podcast? All that and more in this first ever episode of BYTES CAMERA ACTION.