# Artificial Review: Guadagnino on AI's Human Cost

> Guadagnino's film shows OpenAI founders' messy reality as AI evolves.
- Title: Artificial Review: Guadagnino on AI's Human Cost · Consequence
- Summary: Guadagnino's film shows OpenAI founders' messy reality as AI evolves. Artificial reveals OpenAI's founders discarded guardrails for AI, leaving society to…
- Keywords: artificial, luca guadagnino, openai, chatgpt, sam altman, yura borisov, ilea sutskever, elton musk, mira murati, new york film festival, december 25 2026, music
- Source: Consequence — https://consequence.net/2026/10/artificial-review-luca-guadagnino-andrew-garfield
- Published: 2026-10-06T16:56:39+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: artificial, luca guadagnino, openai, chatgpt, sam altman, yura borisov, ilea sutskever, elton musk, mira murati, new york film festival, december 25 2026, music
## OpenAI's messy reality
Guadagnino's film shows openai founders discarding guardrails for ai without considering societal impact.

> None of its characters know how to pick up after themselves
## OpenAI's early ai victory
Openai employees celebrate ai beating humans in video games without being instructed on winning.

> an ai model that can beat a human while playing a video game
## Sam Altman's idealism
Sam altman admits he can lie but hides his fear of societal breakdown behind a ditzy demeanor.

> Gee whiz i'm not a scientist
## The bunker scene
Sam walks into a bunker stocked with automatic weapons and supplies.

> a wordless sequence that depicts sam walking into a very bunker-esque room
## Mira Murati's role
Mira murati, a key openai figure, plays with quiet grace in the film.

> the most prominent female character is mira murati
## Elon musk's portrayal
Elon musk plays with minimal subtlety, often mugging at the camera and misplacing his accent.

> elton musk only popping in to react at random developments
## The ai's human cost
Openai founders left society to clean up ai without proper guardrails.

> the people who developed what would become chatgpt did so without proper guardrails
## Key takeaway

Artificial reveals OpenAI's founders discarded guardrails for AI, leaving society to clean up.