'Tron: Ares' Wants to Gaslight You About the Future of AI

The latest film in the franchise seems to have not learned any lessons from sci-fi movies past--or from current reality. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Ares, named after the Greek god of war, was built to be an AI super-soldier. Then he found out about, started listening to Depeche Mode, and realized the tech bro who made him might be a hack.