Marvel's VisionQuest uses rogue AI to probe machine personhood

The Verge reviews Marvel's VisionQuest, in which a robot explores humanity through digital daydreams, touching on real debates over whether thinking machines deserve personhood and whether AI is an existential threat. The piece notes how aggressively Silicon Valley has borrowed sci-fi tropes to sell generative AI.

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