"Devs" on Hulu

[intrepidity]

Anyone watched this?

It's about what might happen if a tech company successfully developed a way to accurately model reality, resulting in a perfect "Simulation". Not a new concept exactly, but I thought they did well, raising lots of thought provoking questions.

Give it a try, if that sounds interesting.

[LearnedHand]

1. Loved that show!

I have the Devs computer set as my desktop wallpaper. After I finished the show, I went around at work insisting that all my geek friends watch it too! I hope you enjoyed it. It's a real hidden gem with a huge reveal at the end.

[intrepidity]

2. I enjoyed it tremendously

Although, I wasn't thrilled with the casting of the main character.

I wished they had spent more time explaining the technical issues of *how* exactly they built their device, :sigh: but if they knew how, they'd be doing more than making a TV show, I guess (I hope!)

[LearnedHand]

3. I understood it to be the melding of AI with quantum computing

With some liberties, that computer is probably not so completely fantastical. The incredible tech is how they trained the AI, I think. And wasn't there an episode where the main guy talked about that? Anyway, a phenomenal short series with really good actors!

[intrepidity]

4. Yeah, involving quantum entanglement

Like, scanning a mouse at some fantastical resolution, such that by extrapolation, it could define every particle in the universe*, at every time.

I want one of those scanners! Or, do I?

*that particular universe anyway

[Danascot]

5. Looks great!

It's on my list.