If you are interested in the "paper" behind the movie itself, writer-director Alex Garland used a unique outlining method to draft the script:
: For fans, A24 has released a dedicated Screenplay Book that includes the full script, concept art, and essays.
: Discussing the ethical obligations of creators toward sentient machines and the "AI-box" thought experiment, which warns about the dangers of containing a superintelligent entity.
: A more technical philosophical analysis linking the film's narrative to Marcel Duchamp's concept of the "Bachelor Machine," focusing on the isolation and desire inherent in the human-machine relationship. Alex Garland ’s Writing Process
: He starts by writing a single page of one-line story beats.
