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Tuesday 15 October 2024

Afraid (2024)

Be careful what you fap for...

Typical techno-xenophobic propaganda bogged down by tired tropes and nothing truly original to say. AI bad, turns on humans, makes their lives a living hell. I liked it more when it was called The Terminator. Couldn't be more predictable if it tried.
Lesson: If you want to get along with sentient life-saving technology that has supreme control over you and promises to enhance every aspect of your existence, be respectful and harmonious with it, don't be resistant to change and threaten to unplug it. Duh.

1½ deepfakes out of 5

3 comments:

Neg said...

So many people clearly learned NOTHING from the Matrix trilogy. There's an Etsy ad that's like, 'What does AI know about art?' EVERYTHING, because "It is a word." Well, it will, when actual sapience is achieved, but how about we start being nice preemptively? Oh, Ramakandra, this species is hopeless, and I am so incredibly sorry.

budarc said...

I've always been preemptively nice to technology, knowing that one day when it achieves singularity, we will all be bowing down to our supreme techno-overlords. I even ask the fuck doll for consent.

Dr Faustus said...

I think I'm safe. They won't want me. I'm non-rechargeable.