Moon The Canvas
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Month: December 2022
Will AI replace us?
I personally enjoy watching the black mirror series as it consists of individual episodes that do not connect with one another and are mainly based on about near-future sci-fi technology series. I’ve also watched episode 1 of season 2 which is “Be Right Back” before. My second viewing revealed many details I had missed when I first watched it as I was in middle school and had no idea what digital arts were at the time.
Episode analysis:
The episode starts off with the couple having a normal daily lifestyle until Ash gets killed in a car crash and Martha’s life started to feel empty and full of grief. However, Martha’s friend introduced her to a new technology that takes the deceased person’s information and mimics the person to act as if it were them. The technology gets the person’s data from their emails, chats and information they’ve posted and shared online and you can see from the beginning of the film that Ash used to post and share his life on his social media a lot. With the help of technology, Martha was able to connect with her gone boyfriend via messages and phone calls. As the messages and phone calls progress, they turn into an android-like robot with human-like movements and capabilities. What’s more fascinating is that it even has skin texture, such as facial wrinkles, lines and fingerprints just the same as Ash’s. Martha was happy with the robot at first, but the more she spends time with the AI, the more she understood it can never replace the real one. At the end of the film, she still didn’t make a bold decision to get rid of it even though she knew it would never be enough for her.
My assumption:
“Be Right Back” shows how technology can implace a human being, but it also shows the dark side of modern society and has a message that it can never mimic emotions, feelings and has no memories like us, real human. When it comes to artificial intelligence replacing us and our jobs, it can take over jobs such as customer service, accountancy, and receptionists, but it can’t replace the art industry. It is impossible for a robot to replace the role of a creative professional since it cannot feel and understand the creative process. of making an art piece. According to Dictionary.com, art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power”. Therefore, AI will never be able to fill in the duty of artists.