The guys artificially talk intelligently about artificial intelligence in movies. Discussion includes the feature film Ex Machina, and its astounding visual effects.

* Old Business

* PJ Mentions

* Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth by James Altucher
* Become an Idea Machine by James Altucher 

* Sean Mentions

* Made to Stick by Dan Heath and Chip Heath 
* Oscar Wilde's shorter letter attribution? Maybe not. 
* The Inverted Pyramid 

* Ex Machina, Directed by Alex Garland

* There will be spoilers! But not in these notes
* The Turing Test 
* Film Critic Hulk on Ex Machina 
* Technopoly by Neil Postman 
* Clarification: Sean specifically meant Facebook psychological experiments. Learn about it on the always excellent RadioLab podcast
* What PJ was trying to come up with for tone and feel was The Ghost Writer, by Roman Polanski 
* Giorgio Mordor, creator of the synth-dance-techno sound 
* Ex Machina was primarily filmed in Norway and England 
* VFX Companies Responsible for Ex Machina's fantastic effects

* Double Negative’s show reel 
* Milk VFX 

* Special effects by Millennium FX

* Discoveries and Distractions

* Efram has been working on his own short film. Check it out  (More sites and updates coming up in the future)
* Podcast listening app on iPhone: Overcast
* PJ bought happiness when he obtained a MyPillow
* Sean is checking out an online Masterclass course with Dustin Hoffman