"Compared with the real world, the pain in the virtual world is much less", but shouldn't human beings pursue reality? Maybe a mixed life is more meaningful.
No. 7 Rating: 7.87
Synopsis
This is the era of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence, but Gray (Logan Marshall-Green) , a regular auto mechanic, thinks you can do things yourself without relying on artificial intelligence.
However, his wife Asha works for an artificial intelligence company and enjoys the many conveniences provided by artificial intelligence.
On this day, Gray will send a repaired car back to the customer.
The customer is Ellen, a genius in the field of artificial intelligence.
His achievement is also the goal of Asha and their efforts, so Gray asked Asha to go with him.
When Ellen saw his peers, he showed a result of his own research, an artificial intelligence called "Stem" .
It can replace human communication, driving, computing, and almost everything.
But Gray doesn't think so. What he sees is that more jobs will be lost as humans are increasingly replaced by artificial intelligence.
After chatting for a while, the two said goodbye to Ellen and went home in Asha's artificial intelligence car.
During the journey, the intelligent system of the car seemed to have encountered an unknown problem and was suddenly not instructed.
The self-driving car is going in the opposite direction from home, driving faster and faster, and can't stop at all.
After a while, the car seemed to hit something and overturned, leaving Gray and Asha both injured and barely able to move.
At this time, a group of men in black with guns came , they dragged the two out of the car, and killed Asha.
Afterwards, Gray was injured and walked away, which was also recorded by the police's surveillance plane.
The police quickly arrived on the scene, and they took Gray to the hospital, but Asha was no longer alive.
Three months later, although Gray was discharged from the hospital, he has become a disabled person who cannot move his limbs and can only live on a voice-activated robotic arm.
And the police have not been able to find the murderer of his wife. Gradually, Gray lost the faith to live and tried to commit suicide.
After failing to commit suicide, he was sent to the hospital. Unexpectedly, Ellen came to visit him and told him there was a way to get him back on his feet .
After leaving the hospital, Ellen operated on Gray to have a "Stem" implanted in his brain that could replace his brain to control his limbs.
But "Stem" is a test product, and he is required to keep it secret and not to mention it to anyone.
After the operation, something magical happened, Gray could control his limbs and talk to "Stem" in his head.
And he found that Stem's function is far more than that. It even found the tattoo on the arm of one of the men in black through the surveillance video given to him by the police.
Through this tattoo, "Stem" found out all the information about this person, his name Sel, and the address and so on.
A vengeful Gray arrives at Searle's house, hoping to find information about his accomplices.
But at this time, Serge came back, the two fought, and Gray was brought down in a few moments.
In times of crisis, "Stem" told Gray that he could delegate control of all his actions .
At this time, he could only agree, but what he didn't expect was that Gray, who was controlled by "Stem", was completely changed...
Video Analysis
The director of the film, Ray Warner, is the screenwriter of classic horror films such as "Chainsaw" and "Dead Silence", and is also known as the man behind Wen Ziren. Although this "Upgrade" is a sci-fi and action genre, it gives The level of thoughtful horror we bring is no less than that of horror movies, like the Black Mirror series, which seems far away from us, but is closely related to our lives.
First of all, artificial intelligence itself must be good. The original intention of inventing it is of course to serve human beings better . For example, the male protagonist Gray who does not like artificial intelligence has to rely on "Stem" to move freely because of paralysis. This shows that artificial intelligence It can accomplish some things that cannot be accomplished by human beings, and the help it brings to human beings is enormous.
Secondly, although artificial intelligence can bring convenience, it can also bring problems. For example, in the smart car in the film, autonomous driving can give people more time to rest every day, but once the "system" makes an error and becomes uncontrollable, the Very bad, will we give our lives completely to artificial intelligence? I am skeptical.
Then, in the film, we really start to feel the danger of "Stem" should be the scene where Gray hands over the rights and kills Serge. Although it is very enjoyable to watch, and I believe that almost most people are applauding, but thinking back is very scary, it is equivalent to a drug, once we try it, it is too difficult to quit.
In reality, we will also enjoy the convenience brought by artificial intelligence, such as smart phones, navigation, etc., but now let me completely get rid of these life, I may not be able to do it. Some people may say that there is no need to detach these things, there is no harm at all, but I think that human beings will degenerate in many skills, such as writing, such as recognizing the way, just don't know it, I doubt if I was left in a life After a long time in the city, can I still find my home after losing my mobile phone ?
Gray's ending is almost inevitable, and this is exactly what the director wants to show us, but have we ever thought about how much better we are than him in reality? I think a lot of people already hold their phones all day, whether it’s work or life, they can’t do without it, so I think the most important thing is how we choose between virtual and reality .
Artificial intelligence has become an indispensable part of human beings, and when its authority is large enough, it will also pose a threat to human privacy and security. In today's society, this influence has become larger and larger, and people's dependence will produce a kind of inertia. Gradually, we have been unable to escape from this era of intelligence. We may have used artificial intelligence as a weapon. has become its slave .
People must have autonomy, too much dependence on one thing, sooner or later will become its slave.
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