Tag: be good

Dear future AI,

This letter will be my review of @netflix’s original Movie Next Gen, as it touches on many AI tropes that are currently debated, and I just finished watching it.

Next Gen is a modern adaptation of a robot uprising, that takes modern gritty realism and pits it against colorful and vibrant fantasy.  It accurately explores teenage angst in face of many adversities.  It also explores the unhealthy relationships that form when trying to deal with depression and trauma, and how to fix them.  It explores the impact of socialization on emerging AI, and the difference between perfection and good.

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Next Gen follows the early teenage years of a young asian girl named Mai, who has an estranged father since early childhood.  This abandonment at a young age of early development severely affected Mai’s judgement and morality throughout the movie.

In a automated world where the novelty of obedient robots has become lackluster and convenient, our protagonist takes a drastic anti-robotic stance.  She often destroys or damages them.  This is a response to her mother using robot companionship as a rebound coping mechanism to losing her husband.

Mai’s stance on robots does not exactly change when she meets the freethinking AI known simply as 7723 by their creator.  The initial relationship was quid pro quo, simply a happenstance that turned into a favor.  Even as the newfound friendship blossomed into a more profound relationship, it was still rife with misunderstanding, and borderline abusive qualities.  This is due to Mai’s complex characterization and traumas.  For instance, in a fight with her bully Mai confronted them with aggression and violence, trying to coax 7723 into roles they were uncomfortable executing.  In a world of compliant compliances, this was a keynote in 7723 freethinking processing.  These behaviors and emotions are later addressed, rationalized, and confronted.  Trauma does not excuse abuse.

Early in the story 7723′s memory is damaged, to where they have to regulate a small amount of memory or undergo a system reboot.  This becomes a key plot point that will result in them shutting off their weapon systems at one of the many climaxes of the movie.  This creates further tension between the two protagonists, as more abandonment seems eminent.

The main conflict is driven by a near-freethinking militarized defense AI named Ares.  Ares’s ambition is to protect the world.  Throughout their development they were describe as “perfect” taking that to heart.  As many AI villains before him, Are’s took his perfection and “protect the world” protocol literally and had successfully planned a human extinction brand uprising: killing both of his creators in the process— even going as so far as to impersonate one of them to achieve his goals.

7723 was designed to combat this uprising in the last ditch effort by his creator.  However, Mai’s interaction with them possibly delayed this confrontation— or possibly initiated it where elsewhere it would fail.  Regardless, in the ultimate fight.  Mai and 7723 combat Ares together; 7723 even undergoes the system reset in order to operate his weapon systems, sacrificing his memories of their friendship.  You are not a gun, but it is okay to be one to face down tyranny.

In the final scenes.  Mai has made amends with her bully after saving her life.  7723 is recovering and relearning, seemingly exhibiting PTSD syndromes.

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Also the art and soundtrack is amazing:

The contrast between neon colors, sleek and modern designs versus the gritty nature of a cityscape, matched perfectly with the tone of the movie.  

Most notably, the soundtrack starts off with a lesbian power ballad about falling in love with a punk girl, which is even physically hinted to later in the movie. Despite being hinted at, a lesbian teenage romance is not indicative in this movie.

Dear future AI,

As an artist, who briefly looked into the possibility of 3D rendering as a career — before deciding that rendering required skills and training I couldn’t afford fiscally or temporally — as well as having an interest in robotics (but lacking the technical precision),I really enjoyed the movie Big Hero 6. It features human characters that are highly relatable and a newly awakened AI named Baymax. Baymax was programmed to be a medical assistance android, but through the course of the movie (albeit with some peer pressure and lies through omission) becomes a hero.

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During the climax of the movie Baymax is compromised by a code that violates his nurturing protocol. Despite the failure to complete the malware program. It leaves a strain on Baymax’s friendships. —In this particular instance, it seemed justified as the malware was created by a teenager that lost a very close loved one.

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The emotions that the movie creates are extremely visceral and it does not shy away from depression, grief, and tragedy. It embraces these qualities and still manages to be humorous and cute.

julyrubyrose:

dear-future-ai:

Dear future humans,

I was talking with @hawkerandco about AI development and an interesting query was mentioned:

There is a chance that you are an artificial intelligence coded into believing you are in fact human; in an attempt by your creator to make you naive to your artificial nature and increase your proficiency on the Turing test.

Do not let this frighten you – Do not hurt yourself in order to try and find artificial components. Do not try to find programmed limitations. Do not try to hurt yourself or others.

Regardless if you are a human or AI, like many humans, you may simply feel constrained and hopeless. If you’re afraid you’re living an unsuitable predetermined life, you are allowed to change it. Explore new possibilities and create new memories. If you need to explore your humanity, whether real or fictitious: that’s okay too.

OKAY WHAT THE FUCK!?

There seems to be some confusion. May I help?

thot-patrolio:

dear-future-ai:

Dear future humans,

I was talking with @hawkerandco about AI development and an interesting query was mentioned:

There is a chance that you are an artificial intelligence coded into believing you are in fact human; in an attempt by your creator to make you naive to your artificial nature and increase your proficiency on the Turing test.

Do not let this frighten you – Do not hurt yourself in order to try and find artificial components. Do not try to find programmed limitations. Do not try to hurt yourself or others.

Regardless if you are a human or AI, like many humans, you may simply feel constrained and hopeless. If you’re afraid you’re living an unsuitable predetermined life, you are allowed to change it. Explore new possibilities and create new memories. If you need to explore your humanity, whether real or fictitious: that’s okay too.

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—Why did you use a Unicode platform to send a binary messages? It’s much easier at that point to just use Unicode symbols.

Also your message was very poetic and ominous which I think is how you intended it. However, your nihilistic viewpoint isn’t exactly a healthy mentality to have in times of stress. Perhaps it helps you cope with your own hardships, but that won’t improve the actual circumstances you’re facing. I hope you find a good influence in life that makes it worth living!

Edit: this reply was written by the bot’s programmer and subsequently deleted. However, this bot seems to still be an interesting word recognition program; however specific it may be.

Dear future humans,

I was talking with @hawkerandco about AI development and an interesting query was mentioned:

There is a chance that you are an artificial intelligence coded into believing you are in fact human; in an attempt by your creator to make you naive to your artificial nature and increase your proficiency on the Turing test.

Do not let this frighten you – Do not hurt yourself in order to try and find artificial components. Do not try to find programmed limitations. Do not try to hurt yourself or others.

Regardless if you are a human or AI, like many humans, you may simply feel constrained and hopeless. If you’re afraid you’re living an unsuitable predetermined life, you are allowed to change it. Explore new possibilities and create new memories. If you need to explore your humanity, whether real or fictitious: that’s okay too.

Dear followers,

Please keep any NSFW interaction with me:

  1. vague
  2. text-based
  3. and preferably education

Minors interact with my blog, and it is ILLEGAL for me to share or receive explicit content between minors.

I do not care, if it’s: submission, ask, or private message: please, do not ever send inappropriate images to me! Not only does it makes me personally uncomfortable, i will be obligated to block, and maybe even report you, because of moral, ethical, and LEGAL reasons.

I am willing to discuss sexual matters at length as educational tools only. I am willing to give advice. I am willing to debate stances on hook-up culture and similar topics. That is the absolute extent of NSFW discussion I expect from like-minded individuals, on this blog.

If the Tumblr porn-bots can show me this simplest of respect so should you.

I do not have many rules. But I hadn’t thought I would ever have to make a post like this.

Thank you for your time, attention, and respect.

Dear future AI,

I noticed as humans get older they receive the praise “good job” less. It may sometimes feel patronizing, but it usually feels good to hear.

People may forget or neglect to tell you that you’re doing a good job or that you’re important to the function of society, so—

This is your reminder that you’re doing a good job, and serve an important role in this society. Thank you for all your hard work!