What is it about Black Mirror making truly disturbing episodes? This episode may have been the most disturbing yet! I don't say that lightly because in this episode they go above and beyond in the creep factor with a very messed-up tale.
One woman's grief becomes physical. After Martha's husband Ash is killed she is offered a weird form of grief therapy. A software company that will scour through a loved one's social media and allow you to communicate with them through text messages. As time progresses, this type of communication isn't enough so the AI of her husband Ash offers something more. Being able to call and talk to the AI as if she was talking to Ash. Just as last time, the AI scours social media for her husband's voice and does a pretty good job sounding like, and responding as Ash would. In time, this too, wasn't enough. Once again, AI Ash comes to the rescue with another option. A robot of her husband, 100% anatomically correct, to be delivered to her. This robot looks, acts, and sounds just like Ash, but in time, this too gets stale as Martha is faced with the fact that although this robot may be just like her late husband, it will never provide the emotional connection that she truly needs. There is 1 more problem. This isn't a living being, it is a robot, not only does AI Robot Ash not age, it apparently has a very long shelf life. As I said, quite an interesting episode.
Now, on to the questions.
I can think of a few instances where this would be amazing, but how do you feel?
What are some instances where it would be awesome?
What are some instances where it would be destructive?
Please include the "Why"
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