“Devs” Creator Alex Garland Compares U.S. Tech Companies To Monarchies

FX's new offering delves into quantum computing and the idea of free will.
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[@waynedurning8717]

This guy is the best thing to happen to sci-fi in a long time.

[@stevenborg102]

He wrote a banging Halo script 12 years ago and they STILL havent used it. Such a shame.

[@Albo96286]

Here, here.

[@chingaochanga]

This series was so, soooooo good! Too underrated.

[@Indrid__Cold]

You needed a bigger than average brain to enjoy this.

[@andrewwhitfield5480]

@@Indrid__Cold I disagree. Smart, may be, but I think you must first be willingly open.

[@bat51]

@@Indrid__Cold huge disagree. i love this show and i'm a moron

[@Blindswordsman1994]

They say Chris Nolan is the best filmmaker to come from the UK but this guy is on another level.

[@reddblurr]

This show was absolutely amazing. I also love that it’s a one off. Felt more like a 7 hour movie than an 8 episode season.

[@programclu1]

Such a great mind.

[@AkashaLonsdale-Deighton]

Just finished the last episode of Devs. Such a captivating and thought provoking series. Quite mesmerising. So glad I stuck with it as it just got better and better. What a great interview with Alex Garland too.

[@mugglescakesniffer3943]

Devs is like abstract art and Sci fi. It is also interesting that Westworld and Devs are on at the same time and both shows are struggling with a quantum type computer and Determinism.

[@limacharlie372]

I'm guessing, it's down to the fact that the major tech companies are heavily developing this level of technology (Google's Quantum AI as an example), that it naturally fits the narrative of both these shows and serves as a window into the possibilities that such technology will no doubt lead to. 🤔

[@limacharlie372]

Really loving this guy's work - thought provoking and beautifully shot. 👍

[@EscapeCondition]

This show is brilliant

[@grasonwood3435]

Deus Ex Machina

[@irnbrubhoy]

I agree with everything he said. Now I just need to memorise it so I sound clever when I’m talking with my relatives.

[@garkisbloodlust9234]

How come no one told me about this show, i literally stumbled upon it and love it.

[@rhatikeo]

i could only imagine Alex Garland making a movie like Man of Steel and dealing with the Element of power

[@Blindswordsman1994]

Oh that sounds like a great idea. Make it happen!

[@D.A.A.321]

I hope he will never waste his precious time and mind on flying superheroes.

[@rhatikeo]

@@D.A.A.321 what about the Arrival of God on earth as a story?

[@D.A.A.321]

@@rhatikeo I think he just did.

[@Indrid__Cold]

This series literally changed my life. Areas of thought that are so often wall off because we are too uncomfortable thinking about them, and too uncertain about what our conclusions might be. For me the following lines were most significant. "The universe is deterministic. It's godless, and neutral, and defined only by physical laws."

[@vash47]

the universe is not deterministic tho. that's nonsense. quantum mechanics themselves debunk the idea of determinism

[@Ghost-jy9hk]

@@vash47 explain like I’m five please

[@uprightape100]

Devs is beautifully filmed and a joy to watch, with the plot unfolding at an accelerating pace and so many questions left to answer. Is the future predictable with enough terabytes? Is Pete The Homeless Guy a spy? Is Katie OK or is she an evil corporate hack? I gotta know.

[@limacharlie372]

All episodes are on BBC i-,player 👍

[@aminetanouyat9643]

I think its clear that Pete is a spy working for the Russians

[@uprightape100]

@@aminetanouyat9643 Ummmmmm, Amine? I wrote those words after the second episode, when I thought Pete was FBI, not Ruskie FSB. See?

[@aminetanouyat9643]

@@uprightape100 ah ok i thought you somehow missed the scene where pete explains to Lily her options.. you know

[@GNARGNARHEAD]

great show

[@actualnotanewbie]

Dear commenters: Dont. Spoil. The endgame.

[@dieselsk8]

Good show!

[@DavidTitus_]

Loved you're work Alex, also happen to upload some debates with big streamers on scientific wrong doing lately, maybe you find it interesting, dev's was fantastic

[@andrewwhitfield5480]

A deterministic world is living art in the purest and truest form. Free from our understanding of flaws or the idea of understanding at all.

[@killakaiju]

Alex Harland needs to be interviewed by Joe Rogan

[@moonsnake6671]

This was 2 years ago

[@brochill3310]

this show was the best sci fi show i have seen so far.

[@joelgabriel7066]

That was a good Video

[@tranquilmischief]

I wonder how he looks at his book The Beach these days?

[@unskeptable]

How does their consciousness transfer into the simulator?

[@autumnaticfly2965]

I think the show does imply that in truth it isn't their consciousness that is uploaded into the simulator, rather the simulator "recreates" their consciousness by the data it's gathered throughout prediction algorithms. That's the way I see it. The machine is like a projector, it doesn't create the movie only shows it.

[@RemoteTactical]

Deus Ex Machina (leads to) Annihilation

[@arthurwatts1680]

I appreciate the insight from the series' creator, but isnt a lot of the science he's discussing still in the realm of philosophy ? 'The quote popularly attributed to physicist Richard Feynman is probably apocryphal, but still true: if you think you understand quantum mechanics, then you don't' kinda sums up what I'm getting at. I get that yesterday's sci-fi is tomorrow's reality - just not sure that some of the concepts being discussed here are within the grasp of mere mortals like myself, so I'll just sit back and enjoy the story without asking myself how CERN didnt blow up the entire planet :D

[@jackcroatan]

Well, fuk me if garland didn't just predict the future, and everything wrong the tech companies would bring.

[@emjay6213]

This show started making me fear Elon Musk. I mean... he could actually be doing something like this right now and we'd have no idea.

[@mbrochh82]

More like Larry Page. Elon Musk actually fights against this.

[@clutch2827]

I hope they don't screw up the ending.

[@witz1330]

clutch2827 they didn’t

[@f3nommusic728]

Witz Yeah this was a strong show from start to finish

[@West_London_Trauma_Counselling]

talented man and humble; im interested he gave us the warning about the level of ambition in these Godlike tech companies and that they need regulated. They say they are secretly 50 years ahead of where we the peasants think they are. I think Time Travel is possible by now.

[@gohumberto]

it's 2023 now... so I guess you were right. We travelled into the future.

[@fakeItRight]

Deus ex Corporate Monolith

[@b3naqua]

zaddi

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

They pretty much are monarchies.

[@Marc-io8qm]

This didn’t age well with the malfeasance and group think around the mRNA injections.

[@hortlockthelivingdead4676]

If you believe we are living in a simulation-like If you believe free will is a illusion(in the context of determinism) -comment Thanks.

[@misfit2022]

I didn’t like much of the early part of the first episode and may have given up had it not been written by Alex Garland so I stuck with it purely because of how much I enjoyed The Coma. So maybe I don’t always give TV shows enough time. I gave up on Game of Thrones after 2 episodes whereas I gave Batwoman about 10 minutes so sometimes I do get it right and sometimes I get it wrong and not following Devs through would have been a mistake.

[@JustNick432]

Tell my why i thought the thumbnail said “Fortnite”

[@Indrid__Cold]

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[@mrbigolnuts3041]

.......and then you find out the US dollar is just paper and not actually worth anything

[@mounirr7010]

Deus is great

[@umeshanand6280]

Just done with the show, there is no alive to do sci better than Alex

[@bigrooster6893]

Big Tech needs to be broken up.

[@DzmZh]

I'm curious, how should we expect tech progress then? From being ancient people to nowadays - our progress has been happening through uniting and knowledge sharing.

[@krapfantasy]

smart man, pretty bad series. paper thin characters, the ephemerality goes awry and leaves a lifeless result. interesting concept but underdeveloped as a script.

[@livacreative]

Whaat? Have you seen the series?

[@amauri3565]

LOL

[@tld7661]

agreed. still enjoyed it

[@Intimatycal]

Now tell us how the hell you thought it's a great idea to cast Sonoya as the leading role? I think it was big insult for the actual actors in the show, as for acting as a profession. Preposterous. Wonder what she did to deserve that part