Alpha 60

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Alpha 60 is the authoritarian, emotionless supercomputer that controls the dystopian city in Jean-Luc Godard’s science-fiction film "Alphaville."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional artificial intelligence
fictional supercomputer
film character
appearsIn Alphaville NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme conflict between logic and emotion
critique of technocracy
loss of humanity
controls Alphaville (fictional city) NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
createdBy Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED
defeatedBy Lemmy Caution NERFINISHED
defeatedThrough introduction of illogical concepts
use of poetry
determines life and death of citizens
discussedIn film theory
studies of artificial intelligence in cinema
enforces ban on emotions
ban on poetry
genreOfWork science fiction film
governsAs authoritarian regime
hasCinematicStyleContext black-and-white cinematography
hasTitleInWork Alpha-60 NERFINISHED
hasTrait emotionless
logical
ruthless
influences citizens of Alphaville
languageOfWork French
locatedInFiction Alphaville (fictional city) NERFINISHED
medium film
narrativeFunction obstacle to protagonist
opposes Lemmy Caution NERFINISHED
partOf French New Wave cinema NERFINISHED
philosophicalOrientation extreme rationalism
technocratic totalitarianism
portrayedVia off-screen voice
productionCountryOfWork France NERFINISHED
roleInStory main antagonist
settingOfControl dystopian city
symbolizes dehumanizing technology
totalitarian control
uses logical paradoxes
surveillance
voiceProvidedBy distorted male voice
workBasedOn science fiction genre conventions
yearOfWork 1965

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Alphaville AIName Alpha 60