Fresh from defeating the 'Entity,' Tom Cruise unveils his formula for human supremacy over AI

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In Tom Cruise's most recent "Mission Impossible" movie, the bad guy was artificial intelligence, in the form of a menace simply called the Entity. The filming predated a significant number of rogue AI events that point toward oncoming disaster. In his version though, humans are too clever and unpredictable for the machines to comprehend.

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• 'I always believe in humanity.' This made Cruise the perfect person to ask about AI's intrusion on the entertainment industry, and his answers give a glimpse into how he sees the future of film.
• On Monday night, Cruise was in London for an in-depth discussion on film, where he overwhelmingly supported the notion that people "want to see real things" in movies.
• Cruise told the British Academy of Film and Television Arts he is keen on keeping movie theaters alive and will continue to have people coming together in person to see other real people.
• The movie star was famously heard yelling at crew members on set for breaking COVID-19 restrictions, telling them the entire industry was hinging on the idea that they could make a movie without i...

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There is nothing like human," Cruise began, per Variety. "I have nothing against streaming or anything like that," but seeing a film in theaters is simply "a different art form." Cruise has remained confident in the box-office experience, which is why he pushed so hard to have his films storm through COVID-19 protocols and continue production.