Ex Machina and STS: Exploring the Intersections of Technology, Gender, and Power
Introduction The Movie and the Discipline The glossy, minimalist aesthetic of *Ex Machina* (2014), Alex Garland’s directorial debut, instantly attracts the viewer right into a world of technological marvel and unsettling ambiguity. The movie, centered round an excellent, but ethically questionable, programmer Nathan Bateman and his creation, Ava, a extremely superior humanoid synthetic intelligence, gives … Read more