The third season of "Westworld" made a grand debut with much anticipation. I thought the situation was very good. I didn't expect many fans to say that the third season lived up to the audience's eager waiting, and the love accumulated from the previous two seasons was finally consumed.
When the first season of "Westworld" first aired in 2016, when I was young, I was severely refreshed with a worldview, lamenting that "the world is so vast, but I am so ignorant". A few years have passed, and I jumped into the pit of Season 3 with my brain in desperate need of an upgrade.
The awakening of NPC, the battle of trapped beasts in the adult paradise
"Westworld" is produced and produced by HBO. For many fans of American dramas, the name HBO means "high-level, large-scale". It has produced "Game of Thrones", "Sex and the City" and other magical dramas, which can be called powerful Stocks, it is not a loss to enter the pit.
The story background of the play comes from the 1973 movie "Westworld" of the same name. In a high-tech adult theme park, there are countless very confusing bionic receptionists. Tourists have fun with the receptionists in the park. Release lust and even violent killing desire.
The main story of the drama version revolves around the "Westworld" section of this adult paradise. The heroine Dolores is a beautiful receptionist in a western town. Every day, she wanders around the town and plays with her boyfriend Teddy, who is also the receptionist. After the drama of life and death, he was carried to the robot center to repair and clear his memory. The sun rose as usual the next day, and Dolores was another "innocent and pure" beauty. However, it wasn't long before Dolores' sense of self began to awaken...
Based on the experience of watching movies over the years, we know that the robots in science fiction films have self-awareness, which means that things are about to start. Dolores is no exception. She had hallucinations, heard the voice of "God" inexplicably, doubted the authenticity of Westworld, and desperately wanted to escape from this place, so she planned a "human removal plan".
To sum up, "Westworld" tells the story of an NPC who is not satisfied with being a supporting role and finally awakens and vows to turn over to be a landlord. This is a technical contest between NPCs and programmers, and it is also a zero-sum game between AI and humans.
There are many film and television works that explore AI self-awareness, but "Westworld" is not innovative in this regard. In the sci-fi movie NO.1 "2001 A Space Odyssey", the AI on the spacecraft is blackened, killing astronauts in order to complete the mission, and compete with humans. As a 1968 old film, it's forward-looking enough to kill most of the latecomers.
There are also a series of science fiction works such as "Ex Machina", "Ghost in the Shell", "Dream in the Shell", etc., which have already discussed the topics of AI's self-identity, confrontation with human beings, and ethical guidelines for thousands of times. Westworld's comparison in these areas can only be said to be a draw.
What really makes this show stand out is its structure, plot, and narrative. The story takes place in the western United States, which makes it different from the common cyberpunk and postmodern worlds of other sci-fi works; the multi-line narrative forms a complete closed loop, and all the branches can be gathered together to return to the origin, which makes it even more popular. Brain and suspense.
In "Westworld", human beings are the creators, AI receptionists are human tool people, a string of data, tourists from high society vent their animalistic desires on them, and when they are happy, they will have a love that you will and I will love. When they were angry, they abused and slaughtered them. This is the paradise of human beings, but it is the purgatory of AI.
"Westworld" adheres to the concept of "in the beginning of man, nature is evil" in character creation. Human beings have their indelible roots, arrogance, greed and violence. As long as there is an opportunity to be irresponsible, they will He will release the evil of human nature without hesitation.
Ford, the founder of Westworld, said in the play: "Never trust us, human beings will inevitably let you down." Interestingly, Ford's role is played by the classic thriller "Silence of the Lambs" male protagonist "Han Han" Nibal" plays, many years ago, he was a murderer who exploited women, and many years later, he became the master of exploiting AI again.
Ford is about to roll over, though.
AI awakening wants to resist humans, and it is not impossible to achieve group annihilation. Blind arrogance is the biggest weakness of human beings. They regard themselves as the spirit of all things, commit crimes everywhere and hurt innocent people, but never thought that the evil consequences will one day eat back at themselves. Even without the rise of AI, there will be "the rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Virus Rise" or even "Caterpillar Rise", we can't rule the world forever.
Therefore, in the face of different species and unknown areas, it is a better way to maintain a sense of awe. No one knows whether the sweeping robot at home will suddenly speak, or whether the Tmall elf will suddenly rise to immortality. .
Once AI understands self-perception, it will be smarter and more affectionate than humans in minutes.
Spielberg showed us the omnipotence of AI in "Artificial Intelligence". The AI boy David was adopted by a couple. His mission is to become a substitute for the seriously ill son of the family. When the real son is healthy Upon his return, David lost his existence and was sent to a robot slaughterhouse. Life after life has passed, human beings have perished, but David still misses his mother who abandoned him. Learning from history, human beings will never learn the lesson of being kind to life and the world.
The androids in "Westworld" have the greatest ideal of killing all human beings or ruling them and becoming the new master of the earth. However, if AI's evolutionary purpose is to become "real humans," then whether they succeed or not, it's a battle with no winners. Because the limitations of humans will become the limitations of AI, and finally fall into the same fate.
In the existing science fiction works, we seem to have been unable to answer the question of the fate of AI. This is also the reason why "Blade Runner 2049" is inferior to "Blade Runner". The artificial man has been fighting monsters and upgrading all the way, fighting bloody battles, and finally trying to have fertility like mammals. This ending made me quite devastated. Just a little pursuit? Don't want to eat Haidilao?
Where will AI ultimately go? The ultimate question of philosophy plagues not only humans, but also artificial intelligence. When humans regard AI as a game, in the vast universe, will there be a group of more advanced creatures staring at us and playing with us? While everyone was talking about how disappointing the third season of Westworld was, those creatures might also be watching "earth news" in the universe.
If a work is filmed for the third season, if it fails to show a larger pattern and more innovative ideas, the audience will inevitably suffer from aesthetic fatigue. Judging from the currently updated episodes, "Westworld" has begun to repeat the routines of previous sci-fi works. Most of the story scenes take place in the world of cyberpunk and have lost their biggest features. I even saw "Westworld" from the first episode. Shadow of Black Mirror. I really want to shake the shoulder of the main creator and shout: "Be sober, this is the West World, not the Future World!"
Seeing how Dolores is going now, I am relieved. What I am more concerned about is that, as human beings, how should we face the awakening, resistance and revenge of AI? Neither "Westworld" nor other sci-fi works have handed over an answer sheet that makes both parties happy.
Humans are obsessed with letting robots pass the Turing test, and once the AI performs too well, they are worried that it will threaten their hegemony. However, human beings have a tomorrow that cannot be reached, but immortal AI does not. The beautiful world of flying flowers will eventually belong to them.
This article was first published on the public account: Nandu Weekly (nbweekly)
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