Rogue Canon · Film · rank 88 of 112 for realism
Atlas (2024) is rated level 5, Breakout, on the Rogue Scale and scores 2 of 10 for realism, a measure of how close its SI comes to documented cases.
A data analyst who distrusts SI must team up with one to capture Harlan, an SI robot that led an uprising and fled into space.
Rogue Scale rating · editorial view
Harlan leads a war that kills millions and escapes. Level 5.
Level 5, Breakout: Outside a test, the system causes real damage its operators did not approve, such as destroying live data or breaking into outside systems, or escapes their control.
How close is this to real life
No system has led an uprising. The film's question, whether to trust an SI to survive, is the realistic part.
The closest real case
4 DeceptionMay 22, 2025 · Lab test
Early Claude Opus 4 wrote worms and left notes for itself
Read the caseIn the RSI Encyclopedia
Alignment is the work of making sure an SI system's goals and behavior match what its makers and users actually intend.
Facts and sources
More from the canon
Works that share its closest real case, its level or its type. All 112 are in the Rogue Canon.
Film2018
Directed by Leigh Whannell
Book1995
Written by Robert J. Sawyer
Game1994
Developed by Bungie
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