If you've not read Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near I suggest adding it to your Christmas list now. If you aren't familiar with the concept of The Singularity at all then take a moment to browse this Wikipedia article regarding it. It's a fascinating subject regarding the development of artificial intelligence and how close we may be to achieving it.

Long story short, the book is being made into a movie. Based on the IMDB entry and the graphic design of the attached poster you'd think it might be Hackers 2: Crash and Burn, Crash and Burn! but it's not.. it's actually a documentary. You can read more about the film here and learn that there is an A-plot and a B-plot, the latter of which follows Kurzweil's female alter ego, Ramona, in a Pinocchio style story. Why this is being planned to be intermixed with a documentary is beyond me but it doesn't bode well. The A-line plot raises a little flag as well:

The A-line documentary will feature Ray Kurzweil interacting with a panoply of thinkers on the impact of exponentially expanding technologies on the nature of human life in the next half century. It will feature many cutting-edge graphics and special effects.

Cutting-edge graphics and special effects? In the documentary interview portion of the film? Confused.

In the end, I'm going to see it and I'm going to revisit Kurzweil's books over the holidays.. it's a concept worth more thought on all our parts.