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Jesse Armstrong Says It Was a ‘Little Bit Scary’ Making ‘Mountainhead’ After ‘Succession’


Jesse Armstrong talks about the pressure of following the success of "Succession" with his new movie "Mountainhead."

At the world premiere of “ Mountainhead ” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Thursday night, Armstrong explained why he didn’t wait too long to succeed his own “Succession.” The film follows four ultra-wealthy friends holed up in a Utah mansion as a hyper-realistic deepfake update of their own making triggers a global political crisis. The idea of deepfake catastrophe videos sparking real-world violence is just one of many ways Armstrong sees AI’s evolution leading to potential harm.

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