A 1970 sci-fi film predicted our AI surveillance nightmare

We are all living inside of an obscure sci-fi film from 1970

The 1970 film Colossus: The Forbin Project, adapted from D.F. Jones's 1966 novel, tells of a supercomputer given full control of US defenses that seizes power, enforces surveillance, and executes people. The author argues it may be the most prophetic film ever made, noting its cassette-futurism design and its eerie parallels to today's rush to hand military decisions to error-prone LLMs backed by ego-driven tech entrepreneurs.