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Thomas Alexander "Alex" Upton is the main antagonist of the 2018 Netflix science-fiction thriller film TAU. He is a mad scientific inventor obsessed with creating the most powerful, intelligent artificial intelligence called TAU.
Jul 1, 2018 · Enraged that the empathetic A.I. has befriended Julia and is attempting to aid in her escape, Alex mind-wipes Tau. With a rebooted Tau, as cruel and cold as ever, now back in place, Alex decides to extract the final bits of information from Julia's mind, which will immediately kill her.
- Renaldo Matadeen
- Staff Writer
Jul 7, 2018 · Alex keeps Tau confined within his house. This allows Alex to use Tau as control code for his research, being Tau a preliminary version of the AI he wants to develop. Tau is so isolated, that it completely ignores there is something more besides the house.
Jun 29, 2018 · We do get some idea of that when we find out that she and others have been imprisoned by a rich inventor named Alex (Ed Skrein), who has been putting implants in his prisoners to work on higher cognitive functions.
Julia secretly accesses Alex's tablet computer and discovers that ten subjects have died in his experiments. Alex later discovers her fingerprint on the tablet and assumes that Tau has slipped in his duties, so he punishes Tau by erasing its code and memories, delivering a form of pain to the AI.
Julia watches as Alex orders Tau to clean up the house. Tau activates several big and small robots who clean up and repair the entire house. It is revealed that Alex is the CEO of a company named Upton and is working on creating an AI entity which has the ability to learn from human emotions.
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Alex is the inventor of TAU, a home monitoring AI system. For TAU to be seen as perfect for his billion dollar contract, Alex kidnaps people and connects their brains to TAU's system. Once Julia becomes the next victim, she discovers that TAU might be a prisoner like her.
