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“The Phantom Menace” left no doubt of that, revealing Lucas to be less of some space opera guru than a guy more skilled at whiz-bang effects than character development or thoughtful exposition.

“We were really nervous because half this movie is people in rooms talking about their feelings, and the other half is all this whiz-bang stuff. We kept asking, ‘Are they going to stay interested in the intimate scenes?’

But with no whiz-bang offering to rival ChatGPT, Apple looks for now like a follower, not a leader.

“The Terraformers” is thick with space travel, whiz-bang technology and radical re-envisioning of intra-species relationships, but Newitz’s concerns are earth-bound.

Now Yeon is back with “Jung_E,” which considers A.I. with a degree of emotional sensitivity rare in a film that also deploys virtuosic whiz-bang fights.