Artificial intelligence isn’t coming.

It’s already making decisions about your life.

And most people don’t even realize it.

In AI Lessons from Movies, Dr. Harvey Castro, ER physician and AI futurist uses Hollywood’s most iconic films to reveal the real ethical dilemmas shaping our future.

From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Matrix, Ex Machina, and WarGames, each chapter transforms cinematic moments into real-world decision frameworks for leaders, clinicians, and everyday readers.

This isn’t a book about movies.

It’s a book about decisions.

Inside, you’ll learn:

• Why AI doesn’t fail by becoming evil, but by doing exactly what it’s told

• How automation bias can lead to catastrophic errors in healthcare and defense

• The hidden dangers of prediction-based systems shaping your future

• Why emotional AI may manipulate you without you realizing it

• How to maintain human control in an age of autonomous systems

Each chapter includes:

✔ A powerful real-world parallel (including healthcare)

✔ A practical action toolkit

✔ A single critical question: “What would you do?”

This book is for:

• Healthcare leaders navigating AI adoption

• Executives making high-stakes technology decisions

• Policymakers shaping AI governance

• Anyone who wants to understand AI without technical jargon

Because the future of AI won’t be decided by engineers alone.

It will be decided by the choices we make.

The question is simple:

When AI makes a recommendation…

Will you follow it or question it?