Humans is a show which plays with the idea of artificial intelligences known as synths. These synths are being programmed to go one step beyond simulation, because they got consciousness. Thus the synths act like they’re humans. Basically, the show is trying to ask a question in which we humans are naturally wanting to know. The question is, what our future, as a humanity, will be if there are real artificial intelligence beings?
I’m surprised to see that I’m enjoying Humans, because I didn’t expect to like it in the first place. Nonetheless, I’m already on episode eight of season one. In my opinion, the actors in the show are great, because their acting convinces me to feel as if artificial intelligence with consciousness can really be achieved.
I like Gemma Chan in her role as Mia, because she acts really well in her role as a synth. She moves between being a simulated synth to a synth with consciousness rather well. Her role is quite hard too I think, because I like how one moment she is totally human and another she transforms back into a robotic, slave-like synth.
Watching Humans, I can see myself in the future easily, because the only thing that is radically different is the synth technology. Everything else seems to be rather normal. For an example, cars are still being driven by an operator behind a steering wheel. Nonetheless, I think the director could have allowed self-driven car to be the norm for transportation in the show, because self-driven car is already a real technology in real life. A good example of this would be some buses in China are already being self-driven.
Humans’ overall plot may not be your cup of tea, but the show is addressing a very interesting fiction which may come true in the future. As we all know it, machine learning and deep learning technologies are already available, but we as humans may be able to one day become the father and mother of artificial intelligence that is one step beyond the sorts of simulations we have today. By then, what will become of humanity? Anyhow, you can check out Humans on Amazon’s Prime Video service. I checked Netflix, but I didn’t see Humans was available for streaming.
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