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Superintelligence (film)
''Superintelligence'' is a 2020 American romance film, romantic action comedy film directed by Ben Falcone and written by Steve Mallory. The film stars Melissa McCarthy in her fourth collaboration with her husband, Falcone. ''Superintelligence'' was released by Warner Bros. Pictures digitally in the United States via HBO Max, and theatrically in some international markets, on November 26, 2020. The film has grossed $4 million and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, who called the film "forgettable", although McCarthy's performance was praised. The film was removed from HBO Max in July 2022. Plot Eight years ago, Carol Peters left her executive job at Yahoo in order to lead a more altruistic life. Unsatisfied with the current job market in Seattle, she now lives day to day, doing non-profit work to advocate for the environment, caring for animals and making the world a better place. A friend and former colleague, Dennis, talks her into interviewing for a modern d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Falcone
Benjamin Scott Falcone (born August 25, 1973) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is married to actress Melissa McCarthy, with whom he frequently collaborates. Falcone made his directorial debut in 2014 with ''Tammy (film), Tammy'', which he co-wrote with McCarthy, and he also directed, co-wrote, and produced ''The Boss (2016 film), The Boss'', ''Life of the Party (2018 film), Life of the Party'', ''Superintelligence (film), Superintelligence'', and ''Thunder Force (film), Thunder Force'', all of which starred McCarthy. In 2022, Falcone created and starred in the Netflix series ''God's Favorite Idiot''. He has had cameos in ''Bridesmaids (2011 film), ''Bridesmaids'''', ''Identity Thief'', ''The Heat (film), The Heat'', ''Spy (2015 film), Spy'', ''Can You Ever Forgive Me?'', and ''Nine Perfect Strangers (TV series), '' Nine Perfect Strangers'''', all of which starred his wife. Personal life Falcone was born in Carbondale, Illinois, the son of Peg and Steve Falcone. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autonomous
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defined from a human resources perspective, where it denotes a (relatively high) level of discretion granted to an employee in his or her work. In such cases, autonomy is known to generally increase job satisfaction. Self-actualized individuals are thought to operate autonomously of external expectations. In a medical context, respect for a patient's personal autonomy is considered one of many fundamental ethical principles in medicine. Sociology In the sociology of knowledge, a controversy over the boundaries of autonomy inhibited analysis of any concept beyond relative autonomy, until a typology of autonomy was created and developed within science and technology studies. According to it, the institution of science's existing autonomy is " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |