Holiday Short Film | Dad, Can I Make You Into a Robot?
On the occasion of Father's Day, we would like to introduce a science fiction short film with artificial intelligence elements, produced by TheCGBros and co-directed by the Morris brothers who are familiar with special effects production.
The background of this short film is set in the future, where death is no longer the end of life. At that time, people can make their loved ones into synthetic humans through different prices and channels, and continue to live in other forms.
The two main characters in the story are a father and son. The special thing is that the father has been transformed into a synthetic human by his son.
When death is no longer the end of life
This story, which is less than 5 minutes long, has a tight pace, clear character relationships, and its content and ending are also thought-provoking.
At the beginning of the short film, a photo of a father and son comes into view. Like most father-son relationships, the father in the photo is kind and strong, like a big tree, and the son in the photo is young and energetic.
The camera turns to the interior of the room, and the young man in the photo pushes the door open. He has grown up, holding a box in his hand, and walks towards the kitchen.
The young man is no longer the immature boy in the photo. Although there is a hint of melancholy in his eyes, his expression still has the youthful vigor.
He skillfully opened the jar and poured the contents into the plate, as if he was preparing to eat it.
After opening the can, a dish of sticky stuff poured out, like a crushed fusion of something, but the young man seemed to be familiar with the process.
In the next shot, the father appears. To be more precise, the father now appears as a robot. The two begin a conversation, and the son hopes that his father will eat the "meal" he just poured out.
The father rejected him very simply and directly. From the conversation between the two, we learned that his father was dying and the son wanted to keep his father by synthesizing a human. However, he was short of money and could not choose a better business plan, so he contacted a friend and created the current father at a low price.
From the conversation, it seems that there had been a very big disagreement between father and son in the past.
However, his son still completed the synthetic human surgery on the father. After learning the truth after the surgery, the father was very dissatisfied and even angry with his son's actions.
After a few arguments, both of them became tired and fell into silence. The father's attitude began to soften, and he slowly told his son his innermost thoughts.
The son also fell into deep thought and pain.
What did his father say to him, what decision did he make in the end, and where will the relationship between father and son go?
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Play the full story and explore the ending of the story of the man-machine father and son
Father's Day: What's the best gift?
The synthetic father in the short film may really be a direction for the continuation of life in the future. However, whether the synthetic form can prolong real life is not discussed for the time being.
Maybe in the future, human spirit and thinking can really last forever.By replacing organs and body tissues, prolonging life. Or perhaps the essence of prolonging life is just to leave usPersonal information data set, containing the corpus and emotional data of decades of life, leaving a comfort to the living.
In order to ease his longing for his deceased father, Muhammad Ahmad, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Washington, developed a chatbot called Abu Jani that simulates his father's voice."AI made him depressed, AI cured him"His story with Siri's father was introduced in the film.
Ultimately, we cannot predict life and death, nor can we estimate where future technology will lead us. Cherish the present, cherish your family, and show your love and care for your father, not just on this Father's Day.