Lost my wife 11 years ago. At the time I would have been content to follow her right then. However I came to understand that other people were depending on me. With the memories I carried of her I was able to continue. Today I still miss her dearly but have learned to live.
What a powerful test of the Human Spirit. It's a thing that we all wish to never have to take, but you did and Love lives in and with you. 🙏 You are an example to others of what is possible. 💖 The last 3 months of 2021 gave me a test...my mother died in October, a good friend followed a few weeks later, another good friend's mother passed a couple of weeks later, then a dear friend of nearly 30 years had a massive heart attack due to his artery being 99% blocked, and another dear friend was diagnosed with late stage 3 lung cancer. By New Year's day I felt like the emotional weight of a pyramid landed on my back. All of this is a clear reminder the only true thing in life is that this instant is all that is given. Live it. Love it. Share it. The next instant my not arrive, so do not waste this one. 🤗
Two things that I really loved about this movie: The first is that they managed to tell the whole story in just 16 minutes. The second is how they did that. They allow the viewer to infer events that were only alluded to. That shows great respect for the viewer's intelligence. Absolutely brilliant!
This is such an amazing compliment! Thank you so much for checking it out. We also just released another short in November called 'Threshold' if you have time/interest, please check it out! ruclips.net/video/xFz_dloGxdw/видео.html
Lost my wife 3 years ago. This made me cry. Didn't expect it. You never think about it but with tech screaming into the future I want a cyborg of her. Lost hope and it has not returned.
My sympathies to you sir. I lost my first wife 28 years ago it took me many years before I could love again . My current wife understands that I never wanted to ‘forget’ my past and once a year around xmass I lock myself away with a bottle of whiskey and some cigars and just spend the day remembering my first wife , don’t get me wrong my current wife and I have led an amazing life and have two grown kids , but I still need to morn , probably due to guilt, the fact that when my first wife needed me the most , I wasn’t there . You take care mate and remember this - you may have only memories But wow what great memories they are - . R .
It takes a long before some semblance of hope returns after a huge loss. But it eventually returns - just in a new and different way. It’s hope infused with wisdom. Hang in there 🩷
Four months ago I lost the love of my life. My dream. Everything that I hoped for and wanted and love was in her. My heart was broken in so many pieces that it was impossible to even see what was left. At many points I wanted to take my own life because she was gone. I don’t think it was an accident that this short came into my suggestions because this one film has taught me that it’s OK to move on. I Love so incredibly hard so this was even more difficult than when my mom passed when I was 23. At 54, I am unsure if I will ever find love again and I know I won’t find the love that I had with my Kim. But I now know that I don’t need to replace her. I simply just have to continue. God bless and thank you. You probably didn’t realize that this film would reach somebody the way that it has but as a writer myself, that’s one of the reasons we do it. Thank you. ❤️
At the end when she said hey stranger, looked like she knew she would need some time to adjust after being confined to a hospital bed for a long time. Or perhaps not all of what made her human was transferred. Interesting story and well acted. Overall very good film.
Very good. The problem was never going to be technology; it is always an emotional one. So, don't concern yourself with the originality, or otherwise, of the storyline - you nailed the important stuff.
Many, many thank yous! We're definitely working on getting into that arena! If you have time, please check out our most recent short 'Threshold' ruclips.net/video/zfCSEIhJ5J8/видео.html. Thank you!
@@ralphacosta4726 Writer/Director here. You wouldn't believe how many people asked me after they watched if it she was going to go berzerk and murder him :)
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could keep our loved ones alive like this, I would certainly want to use it on all of my dogs. Letting go is so hard, this would make it much easier
Whoa...this kept my attention as well as blowing my mind. The emotional aspect gripped me. I like the cinematography, the acting, story, and kudos on the directing. 👍👏👍
From Germany, age 75: This pairs with the Dutch (?) "I am not a Robot". ( Was that the runner-up?).I find AI fascinating, and wish I had the next 50 years to see where this all heads - if climate change permits. But let me remind many commentators here, that loss and mourning are essential human experiences to eventually prepare us for our own finite existence. Footnote: I found the wife too docile😅
The question is: what is consciousness? Can an AI be awake? And when, what is the diffrence? Ok, the woman died, but her personality is still living in this Android. When our technology arrive this point, our ethicians will get smoking heads! What is with beaming? The original will be destroyed, while a perfect copy is build. What is now the original? In the case of this story this question is easy to answered. Edit: after I read the post again: If the AI is manipulating us in this way, we have much more other problems... Of course we don't know what subroutines divides this android from the original human being.
I kept thinking: He'll say no. If I'd died, I would want (from whereever I may be then) my partner to find another living, feeling, loving partner as soon as he is ready for it instead of clinging to a machine that can't feel or love. Sometimes letting go is proof of love and it also gives you the chance to cherish life again! So, no, no, no to this kind of idea of "uploading consciousness" to wherever. No and nonsense.
Who says machines will never be living, feeling, loving partners? If I understood this video correctly, his wife just had a change of address when she moved into a synthetic body. While the technology to so something like that is beyond the current state of the art, there is no known scientific reason it couldn't be done. I would actually do it now if there were a practical way. I'm getting yet another migraine headache, my back always hurts, my thinking has become less crisp, my heart and lungs aren't working very well, I always feel zombified from insomnia, and I generally feel crappy most of the time. I'm not even old yet. There are many things I would like to do but just can't. So yeah, if I could move into a different body where I could get long breaks from thinking about pain and go have fun, I would do it even if it were metal and not human looking. People who romanticise getting old, pain, and death either haven't experienced pain or come close to death or can't confront their terror of it so they trick themselves into thinking it is good. While moving into a synthetic body might be a way to become almost immortal, I'm not sure I would want that, but 1000 years sounds about right right now. After 10 long lifetimes, I'd re-evaluate and possibly pull the plug, so to speak. If possible, I might be more inclined to have myself saved in digital format with a request to be brought to consciousness in a few thousand years. That should provide a whole new world to explore.
I'm not so sure this is about death so much as quality of life. John F Kennedy died, but Gabby Giffords lived. mostly. Our science is changing our relationship to death. If something happens, and your body becomes stable but unable to function, and someone offered you the chance to transfer all your memories, all your emotions and thoughts into a new body and they promised you would think and grow just as you would have... [An impossible decision for someone else to make for you.. monstrous to do such a thing without your consent. ] How hard would you have to think about your decision?
This was top tier thank you very much (I miss my wife of 22 years) Dedicated to. : Hendrika Louis Puls Born June 17th 1942 In Arnhem NL during WW 11 Passed May 11th 2022 For Ria
Wow. This gave me the creeps! The ambiguity of Sarah was really intriguing. Who was she? Which one was she? Was she an android in the beginning only to be replaced? Brrr! This goes into all kinds of dark places of the human psyche. Does the person transfer from a body to a mechanical being or is it that only the memories are sent, in effect, with the original soul dying in the body? Or worse, does the soul become trapped in this immortal construct? Was the wife's name 'Sarah' indicative of some other work of fiction, or was she the biblical Sarah? In the Bible, Sarah stands in tension with Abraham, the promise that God will make him the founder of a mighty nation through her? There are so many dark corners to peer behind! I would love to see this fleshed out into a feature film. How sad that it's only been seen 146k times in two years! You sir, need more exposure!
Thank you so much for your kind words! The film was definitely created as a proof of concept for a feature where the script explores alot of what you're describing here and playing into the ambiguity of Sarah and her doubles. The name of Sarah, however, doesn't align with anything biblical or a source from another work. Very cool to see other's perception of it though! Hopefully we can pick up some more steam. Thank you again!
The "ambiguity" is fake since, while the audience is confused, the characters aren't. Everyone knows what's going on except us, and we're simply never told. So what? Also, the artificial Sarah is interested in serving and pleasing her husband, but she has no life beyond that. No relatives, no friends, no interests. An empty existence. Sorta creepy.
@@MarqueeLouisville What is the relevance of the blackbird? And is the suboptimal image of her on the screen due to it representing her true consciousness, not just an avatar or computer representation of her? I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a clear photographic type image of me in my mind. I have a feeling of me, but it’s actually not that similar to my external appearance & if I were to manifest externally the way I feel internally, it wouldn’t be a clear image.
@@allisonjames2923 Writer/Director here! The Blackbird itself is an excerpt from a poem I loved. The idea with the pairing sequence was sort of a security measure I put in so that there were no unnecessary mistakes while the upload was happening. You nailed the idea of why there's a 'suboptimal' appearance. The device is translating her thoughts and consciousness to this tablet and the idea was that it wouldn't have a clear cut image because it's not a web/zoom meeting with her, its just the abstract idea of her consciousness coming through. Thanks for checking it out!
Agreed, It's hardcore Trans propaganda... It started with 'normalising' Transvestites and Transsexuals and ended with the Neo Beings of Planet Terra greatly replacing humanity... Progressive Trans Movement pushers are the worst kind of progressives that deserved to hated and feared for the shit they push.
@@dr.OgataSerizawa .. Hardly a secret conspiracy, the Trans-inhumanist agenda is everywhere and overt brain transplant attempts have been covered by the MSM and covert brain transplant research has been uncovered over the years as ultra-progressive regimes fall.. There are those in the overt private sector openly receiving donations to work on the issue.. -- The Trans Agenda is out in the open now.. We have gone from protecting athletes from the horrors of being forced to use testosterone (ie. rampant abuse in the Soviet Union) that saw many athletes change sex involuntary and/or commit suicide, to now trying to allow sex-change men to compete in women's events... All out the open, as most of what were 'conspiracy theories' now are.
Very well thought out and well-done. (Only one caveat---at the beginning, she say "Your breakfast is getting cold"---but he goes to the kitchen to eat cold cereal! LOL!) Very enjoyable short!
We definitely wanted to make it seem like it was this 'next step' for the company to be able to provide the physical form. After that, I thought that considering the way that we have to pair our bluetooth devices to activate and such that it would make sense if we did something of this level that it would require something similar. Thanks for checking it out!
I was thinking further back. It seems pretty close to an episode of The Outer Limits from 95 or 96. I miss the voice of Control. I think he died recently. One of my all-time favorite narrators.
The substrate that underpins the electrical patterns of our thoughts is biochemical and always changing in response to hormones (among other things) and other regulatory system. Tech might be able to emulate the generation of electrical signals at some level, and hence our thoughts, but without the underlying substrate, that mind will not change in the same way. What could go wrong?
With it being an AI, they could give updates with improvements in adaptability. Give it a stronger hold on key character traits and beliefs, but have i details change with circumstances. Again, this will diverge from the original human development of personality, but still having human character. Physicists are getting into playing with and working out some necessary conditions of actual multiverses -- spiritually the generation of new souls by such splitting events, or the existence of parallel sub-units of one soul, is not outside what we could expect from an omnipotent and loving Creator.
Maybe the 1st wife was a robot, V1, and able to upload herself into a newer body, V2... It never directly implies that she wasn't a robot all along, since her eyes were open at the hospital (a real human's eyes would dry out in minutes without blinking with eyes open in a coma).
@MarqueeLouisville ..... Hi, just wanted you to know I enjoyed your short. Also, OneLastCrusader brings up an interesting point about this short - Sara's eyes. A _person_ in coma will have their eyes closed, either voluntarily by the patient or taped by hospital staff. As Sara's eyes were open (until manually shut at the end), one might conclude she was Sara Version 1, and this might also explain her grainy image on the monitor as a robot wouldn't have an entire sense of self. What say you to this interpretation? ✌️☺️
@@nancyharper1360 the ambiguity of Sarah is a big piece of the short. Did she survive? When was the switch made? Is Sarah truly wanting to be uploaded or is the company using her voice to push Matt into purchasing a new product. As a proof of concept it's tough to give too much away in case it's able to be picked up later on for a feature.
@@MarqueeLouisville ... ..Well, I love it. It has my official seal of approval. 😂 And I shall look forward to seeing it in whatever format it takes next. Thank you so much for responding, as I know you must be busy, off onto your next big project. Break a leg!!! ✌️☺️🫶
Beautifully done! This is really high quality - the concept, the dialogue, the actors (not oscar material, but good), the pace, all perfect. Excellent music at the end.
So...the 'real human' dies once the AI takes over?? Am not sure that would be satisfying to EITHER partner.... 😵 (Well made film however! Kept me totally involved. Kudos to the fine actors! And to all those who put this production together.)
For those who don't think this is coming, think again! We will see this in our lifetime. I might be willing to try it, either as the synthetic, or the surviving spouse. But we better all recognize the need for psychological help if we're to do this right!
@@RobertCampsall I think in the near term we should anticipate a synthetic body, but it will initially be an avatar, software based. I'd like to think that no matter the form, I would in part be living longer via this method.
@ It depends on the person watching it. Do they have real feelings about the person, even though it's not the same person? Ya, it's really interesting. Which is why I mentioned the psychological side of things.
A not so distant possibility of medical science regarding choices about certain neurological disorders like "locked in" syndrome. Hopeful but also frightening.
@@enjolis "uncanny valley" (the phenomenon whereby a computer-generated figure or humanoid robot bearing a near-identical resemblance to a human being arouses a sense of unease or revulsion in the person viewing it.)
On NPR I heard of a family wita a parent about to die soon, recording as many stories and interactive phrases typical of the person as possible, for a countertop AI to just give the feel of talking with them a#ter th. parent passes, for as long as the family feels the need. They view it as like an inspirational calendar sort of tool, that will eventually be outgrown. The family will actually celebrate and mourn the passing of their loved one at the usual time.
The video quality of screen-Sarah could have been better. All that technology and they could only give a grainy, glitching, green image with no other colour and no background. What was that all about?
It's meant to be a projection of her consciousness so the idea is that it wouldn't be a pure feed because it was just attempting to create a likeness from her thoughts. Cool question, I love dissecting it!
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Lost my wife 11 years ago. At the time I would have been content to follow her right then. However I came to understand that other people were depending on me. With the memories I carried of her I was able to continue. Today I still miss her dearly but have learned to live.
@@melmel007 thank you
So sorry, John.
I completely understand. My wife is my everything.
@@Imhotep70 thank you
What a powerful test of the Human Spirit. It's a thing that we all wish to never have to take, but you did and Love lives in and with you. 🙏 You are an example to others of what is possible. 💖
The last 3 months of 2021 gave me a test...my mother died in October, a good friend followed a few weeks later, another good friend's mother passed a couple of weeks later, then a dear friend of nearly 30 years had a massive heart attack due to his artery being 99% blocked, and another dear friend was diagnosed with late stage 3 lung cancer. By New Year's day I felt like the emotional weight of a pyramid landed on my back. All of this is a clear reminder the only true thing in life is that this instant is all that is given. Live it. Love it. Share it. The next instant my not arrive, so do not waste this one. 🤗
@@ColeMayes I am sorry for your losses and glad you have found a way to continue.
Two things that I really loved about this movie:
The first is that they managed to tell the whole story in just 16 minutes.
The second is how they did that. They allow the viewer to infer events that were only alluded to. That shows great respect for the viewer's intelligence.
Absolutely brilliant!
This is such an amazing compliment! Thank you so much for checking it out. We also just released another short in November called 'Threshold' if you have time/interest, please check it out! ruclips.net/video/xFz_dloGxdw/видео.html
Thanks so much for checking the film out and for the kind words!
Lost my wife 3 years ago. This made me cry. Didn't expect it. You never think about it but with tech screaming into the future I want a cyborg of her. Lost hope and it has not returned.
My sympathies to you sir.
I lost my first wife 28 years ago it took me many years before I could love again .
My current wife understands that I never wanted to ‘forget’ my past and once a year around xmass I lock myself away with a bottle of whiskey and some cigars and just spend the day remembering my first wife , don’t get me wrong my current wife and I have led an amazing life and have two grown kids , but I still need to morn , probably due to guilt, the fact that when my first wife needed me the most , I wasn’t there .
You take care mate and remember this - you may have only memories But wow what great memories they are -
. R .
It takes a long before some semblance of hope returns after a huge loss. But it eventually returns - just in a new and different way. It’s hope infused with wisdom. Hang in there 🩷
very well done, thanks to everyone involved in this production for some good viewing.
The last line "Hello stranger" gave me prickles along my spine. The shock of not knowing which way that was going to go ...
The way she said hey stranger and her face went somewhere between expressionless and a frown. The ending gave me the creeps.
Wow, great cinematography, and so well written, SCi-Fi is such a challenging genre - kudos,!
Four months ago I lost the love of my life. My dream. Everything that I hoped for and wanted and love was in her.
My heart was broken in so many pieces that it was impossible to even see what was left.
At many points I wanted to take my own life because she was gone.
I don’t think it was an accident that this short came into my suggestions because this one film has taught me that it’s OK to move on.
I Love so incredibly hard so this was even more difficult than when my mom passed when I was 23.
At 54, I am unsure if I will ever find love again and I know I won’t find the love that I had with my Kim.
But I now know that I don’t need to replace her. I simply just have to continue.
God bless and thank you. You probably didn’t realize that this film would reach somebody the way that it has but as a writer myself, that’s one of the reasons we do it.
Thank you. ❤️
I'm so very sorry for your loss, but I'm so glad that somehow this little movie found its way to you and gave you a sense of peace. Thank you
At the end when she said hey stranger, looked like she knew she would need some time to adjust after being confined to a hospital bed for a long time. Or perhaps not all of what made her human was transferred. Interesting story and well acted. Overall very good film.
If only... 💖 The ending had me 😭 my eyes out. Another example of why I've loved this channel for so many years. 🙏
black bird sinking into the dread of night - you were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Excellent! Maybe they couldn't get rights to that song.
take these sunken (robot) eyes and learn to see!
Very good. The problem was never going to be technology; it is always an emotional one. So, don't concern yourself with the originality, or otherwise, of the storyline - you nailed the important stuff.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
This is one of the few sci-fi shorts I've seen where I got invested in the characters. Very intriguing and well done.
Thanks so much! Hoping to turn it into a feature!
I can understand you John, muy wife died five years ago. I am agree with your words. Excuse my poor english. Regards from Spain
lo siento muchisimo tio
😢 I'm very sorry about your wife. I couldn't imagine losing someone so close to me❤
This was a fantastic short. I could see a movie or series being made from this. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
Many, many thank yous! We're definitely working on getting into that arena! If you have time, please check out our most recent short 'Threshold' ruclips.net/video/zfCSEIhJ5J8/видео.html. Thank you!
Fingers crossed! Thanks for checking it out!
She should have faked a robot voice, "Beep boop, hel-lo stan-ger" That would have been the very best prank ever.
lol missed opportunity!
lol
I was thinking a deep deadly voice "You're mine now"
@@ralphacosta4726 Writer/Director here. You wouldn't believe how many people asked me after they watched if it she was going to go berzerk and murder him :)
Who's to say if the first wife was a real human? This may be v2.0.
I liked it, esp. the iffiness and creepy aspects.
This is very black mirror-esque. I love it!
Thanks for checking it out!
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could keep our loved ones alive like this, I would certainly want to use it on all of my dogs. Letting go is so hard, this would make it much easier
why am I crying .. this was so freaking good ... just wow
Definitely not the first person to say they've cried! Thanks so much for checking it out!
I can't have anything like that in my house! That's worse than the robots they already have monitoring us.
A I will be a convincing facsimile but the real person will be dead.
I thought this was lovely. I was sad when Sara died , very sad . You have created something amazing thank you .
Thank you for watching and for your kind words!
yes, big feels.
Nothing I can say that has not already been said. Well done to all involved.
This deserves way more views, on one of the bigger short film channels like Omeleto or Dust. Kudos, very well done!
Such a lovely story and has left me with a tear in my eye too. Beautifully acted and how the whole story was told - loved it!
Thank you!
All that technology, but they can still get into a dangerous car accident.
No conflict. No climax.
The ending was predictable, but the story was so well told by the actors. Bravo
Whoa...this kept my attention as well as blowing my mind. The emotional aspect gripped me. I like the cinematography, the acting, story, and kudos on the directing. 👍👏👍
Thank you for watching it!
From Germany, age 75: This pairs with the Dutch (?) "I am not a Robot". ( Was that the runner-up?).I find AI fascinating, and wish I had the next 50 years to see where this all heads - if climate change permits. But let me remind many commentators here, that loss and mourning are essential human experiences to eventually prepare us for our own finite existence. Footnote: I found the wife too docile😅
everyone on youtube is 75. lol
What if he wasn't actually talking to his real wife and it was the AI that convinced him to order this thing and let his wife die
The question is: what is consciousness? Can an AI be awake? And when, what is the diffrence? Ok, the woman died, but her personality is still living in this Android.
When our technology arrive this point, our ethicians will get smoking heads!
What is with beaming? The original will be destroyed, while a perfect copy is build. What is now the original? In the case of this story this question is easy to answered.
Edit:
after I read the post again: If the AI is manipulating us in this way, we have much more other problems... Of course we don't know what subroutines divides this android from the original human being.
omg i was wondering the same thing. like the whole thing is a ploy from the tech company to get people to buy their products.
I think that's the twist, with her facial expression at the end
Strange that they have the technology to connect to the mind of a woman in a coma, yet lack the ability to make her face look realistic on the screen.
LOL very good point!
Priorities! We were shooting people out into space before we got around to laptops.
That's what I was thinking!
Hey, stranger .... they got that right.
the last few minutes have given me goosebumps.
Congratulations to everyone for the excellent work.
Greetings from Italy
Wow, this was amazing! I can’t wait to see more of your work. I’m headed there now!
Thank you so much for checking it out!
*sigh*… how many could I bring back? This is so beautiful…taking even that 50/50 chance & having it work?? 500% priceless!
Thank you so much!
I kept thinking: He'll say no. If I'd died, I would want (from whereever I may be then) my partner to find another living, feeling, loving partner as soon as he is ready for it instead of clinging to a machine that can't feel or love. Sometimes letting go is proof of love and it also gives you the chance to cherish life again! So, no, no, no to this kind of idea of "uploading consciousness" to wherever. No and nonsense.
It can feel and love. His wife's consciousness was uploaded to the synthetic body. I just wonder does that mean man has cheated death period.
His wife's mind transferred into the machine.
Who says machines will never be living, feeling, loving partners? If I understood this video correctly, his wife just had a change of address when she moved into a synthetic body. While the technology to so something like that is beyond the current state of the art, there is no known scientific reason it couldn't be done. I would actually do it now if there were a practical way. I'm getting yet another migraine headache, my back always hurts, my thinking has become less crisp, my heart and lungs aren't working very well, I always feel zombified from insomnia, and I generally feel crappy most of the time. I'm not even old yet. There are many things I would like to do but just can't. So yeah, if I could move into a different body where I could get long breaks from thinking about pain and go have fun, I would do it even if it were metal and not human looking. People who romanticise getting old, pain, and death either haven't experienced pain or come close to death or can't confront their terror of it so they trick themselves into thinking it is good. While moving into a synthetic body might be a way to become almost immortal, I'm not sure I would want that, but 1000 years sounds about right right now. After 10 long lifetimes, I'd re-evaluate and possibly pull the plug, so to speak. If possible, I might be more inclined to have myself saved in digital format with a request to be brought to consciousness in a few thousand years. That should provide a whole new world to explore.
I'm not so sure this is about death so much as quality of life.
John F Kennedy died, but Gabby Giffords lived. mostly. Our science is changing our relationship to death.
If something happens, and your body becomes stable but unable to function, and someone offered you the chance to transfer all your memories, all your emotions and thoughts into a new body and they promised you would think and grow just as you would have...
[An impossible decision for someone else to make for you.. monstrous to do such a thing without your consent. ]
How hard would you have to think about your decision?
Now she can drive to Mama's house.
Excellent film! Thank you.
This was top tier thank you very much
(I miss my wife of 22 years)
Dedicated to. :
Hendrika Louis Puls
Born June 17th 1942
In Arnhem NL during
WW 11
Passed May 11th 2022
For Ria
I wish this time will come. Lot of people wont lost love ones❤ The film is brilliant thanks
Thank you for watching!
Well done, good casting, keep at it!
Thank you!
wow... it bring me tears and fears that ending.....
WOW! That was really good! My mind is blown! 🤯 What a scary concept!
Thank you so much!
@@MarqueeLouisville Anytime! 😘
So well done! Amazing how quickly you draw the audience in.
When you Take a break from the robots taking over the world type stories and focus on the positive things technology can do its really sweat
Yeah. Sweet, too.
Disturbing, but quite good. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Many thanks for checking it out! We also released another short film in November! ruclips.net/video/xFz_dloGxdw/видео.html
Thanks for checking it out!
Bravo! Well done!
This is Really good, your actors r fantastic, I can feel d emotions of all d characters!!. Freaking kool
Thanks for checking it out! If you're interested, give our latest short film 'Threshold' a look! ruclips.net/video/xFz_dloGxdw/видео.html
Thank you!
Wow. This gave me the creeps! The ambiguity of Sarah was really intriguing. Who was she? Which one was she? Was she an android in the beginning only to be replaced? Brrr!
This goes into all kinds of dark places of the human psyche. Does the person transfer from a body to a mechanical being or is it that only the memories are sent, in effect, with the original soul dying in the body? Or worse, does the soul become trapped in this immortal construct?
Was the wife's name 'Sarah' indicative of some other work of fiction, or was she the biblical Sarah? In the Bible, Sarah stands in tension with Abraham, the promise that God will make him the founder of a mighty nation through her?
There are so many dark corners to peer behind! I would love to see this fleshed out into a feature film.
How sad that it's only been seen 146k times in two years! You sir, need more exposure!
Thank you so much for your kind words! The film was definitely created as a proof of concept for a feature where the script explores alot of what you're describing here and playing into the ambiguity of Sarah and her doubles. The name of Sarah, however, doesn't align with anything biblical or a source from another work. Very cool to see other's perception of it though! Hopefully we can pick up some more steam. Thank you again!
The "ambiguity" is fake since, while the audience is confused, the characters aren't. Everyone knows what's going on except us, and we're simply never told. So what?
Also, the artificial Sarah is interested in serving and pleasing her husband, but she has no life beyond that. No relatives, no friends, no interests. An empty existence. Sorta creepy.
All things must end. This cannot be denied.
Sure, no problem, right after this short message from Blackbird Corporation.
My, how advanced our world would be today if this happened to all the brilliant minds of yesteryears.
Very touching and beautifully done.
Thank you!
@@MarqueeLouisville What is the relevance of the blackbird? And is the suboptimal image of her on the screen due to it representing her true consciousness, not just an avatar or computer representation of her? I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a clear photographic type image of me in my mind. I have a feeling of me, but it’s actually not that similar to my external appearance & if I were to manifest externally the way I feel internally, it wouldn’t be a clear image.
@@allisonjames2923 Writer/Director here! The Blackbird itself is an excerpt from a poem I loved. The idea with the pairing sequence was sort of a security measure I put in so that there were no unnecessary mistakes while the upload was happening. You nailed the idea of why there's a 'suboptimal' appearance. The device is translating her thoughts and consciousness to this tablet and the idea was that it wouldn't have a clear cut image because it's not a web/zoom meeting with her, its just the abstract idea of her consciousness coming through. Thanks for checking it out!
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Very thought provoking, Mike. Well played!👍
Absolutely wonderful! ❤😊
People that brush their teeth when they wake up are " Confused."
Well I was wondering why he brushed his teeth before breakfast....
A very well thought out story. I loved it.
Very well done!😊
Thanks for checking it out!
A great short film!!!
When a video title states, "Award Winning", just remember that it is PUFFERY and an opinion.
Your face is a bit puffery.
Agreed, It's hardcore Trans propaganda... It started with 'normalising' Transvestites and Transsexuals and ended with the Neo Beings of Planet Terra greatly replacing humanity... Progressive Trans Movement pushers are the worst kind of progressives that deserved to hated and feared for the shit they push.
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The conspiracy theorist speaks!
@@dr.OgataSerizawa .. Hardly a secret conspiracy, the Trans-inhumanist agenda is everywhere and overt brain transplant attempts have been covered by the MSM and covert brain transplant research has been uncovered over the years as ultra-progressive regimes fall.. There are those in the overt private sector openly receiving donations to work on the issue..
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The Trans Agenda is out in the open now.. We have gone from protecting athletes from the horrors of being forced to use testosterone (ie. rampant abuse in the Soviet Union) that saw many athletes change sex involuntary and/or commit suicide, to now trying to allow sex-change men to compete in women's events... All out the open, as most of what were 'conspiracy theories' now are.
Very well done. Great storyline. You’ve made it easy to imagine this could be real.
Very well thought out and well-done. (Only one caveat---at the beginning, she say "Your breakfast is getting cold"---but he goes to the kitchen to eat cold cereal! LOL!) Very enjoyable short!
Yeah, I think that was supposed to be a joke between them as he giggled and then went to eat his cold cereal.
@@Mardi-Shorts-DevonGirlUK Yes---thought that was too obvious to be an error!!
It sounded to me like she was making a joke.
I enjoyed this.....
Thanks for checking it out!
With the advancement of AI technology this may come true.
Nicely done! Great acting and plot.
Thanks so much!
This reminds me of the movie "Her", with J.Phoenix.
Wow. That will haunt the depths of my mind.
Thank you for watching!
Damn, now there's an ending that's gonna stay with me 😳
The term 'pairing' suggested the Sebastian Synthetics Companion product was a kind of prosthetic extension.
We definitely wanted to make it seem like it was this 'next step' for the company to be able to provide the physical form. After that, I thought that considering the way that we have to pair our bluetooth devices to activate and such that it would make sense if we did something of this level that it would require something similar. Thanks for checking it out!
If this was possible? I would not bring back someone who is about to die, but someone who is alive before the addiction ruined their life.
Already companies proposing doing this with LLMs
It’s natural to want it to last.
Naturally, someone will sell you artificial.
100%
This is dope af!
I couldn’t do that. This is heartbreaking.
Great stuff! Thanks.
Thank you! If you have any interest in more of our work, check out our latest short 'Threshold' ruclips.net/video/xFz_dloGxdw/видео.html
Thank you!
All I can say is great job.
l liked everything about this except the fact that they were in a car wreck severe enough for her to end up in a coma, but neither shows any injuries.
I enjoyed this, but to be honest this was done better by Black Mirror like 5 years ago. This almost feels more like a nod to that episode.
I was thinking further back. It seems pretty close to an episode of The Outer Limits from 95 or 96. I miss the voice of Control. I think he died recently. One of my all-time favorite narrators.
Yeah, that was very good. Thank you
Thank you for checking it out!
The substrate that underpins the electrical patterns of our thoughts is biochemical and always changing in response to hormones (among other things) and other regulatory system. Tech might be able to emulate the generation of electrical signals at some level, and hence our thoughts, but without the underlying substrate, that mind will not change in the same way. What could go wrong?
With it being an AI, they could give updates with improvements in adaptability. Give it a stronger hold on key character traits and beliefs, but have i
details change with circumstances. Again, this will diverge from the original human development of personality, but still having human character. Physicists are getting into playing with and working out some necessary conditions of actual multiverses -- spiritually the generation of new souls by such splitting events, or the existence of parallel sub-units of one soul, is not outside what we could expect from an omnipotent and loving Creator.
Maybe the 1st wife was a robot, V1, and able to upload herself into a newer body, V2... It never directly implies that she wasn't a robot all along, since her eyes were open at the hospital (a real human's eyes would dry out in minutes without blinking with eyes open in a coma).
I too noted the open eyes, and now that you mention it, it is highly possible he ordered V2. Thanks for throwing that out there. ✌️☺️
@MarqueeLouisville ..... Hi, just wanted you to know I enjoyed your short. Also, OneLastCrusader brings up an interesting point about this short - Sara's eyes. A _person_ in coma will have their eyes closed, either voluntarily by the patient or taped by hospital staff. As Sara's eyes were open (until manually shut at the end), one might conclude she was Sara Version 1, and this might also explain her grainy image on the monitor as a robot wouldn't have an entire sense of self. What say you to this interpretation? ✌️☺️
@@nancyharper1360 the ambiguity of Sarah is a big piece of the short. Did she survive? When was the switch made? Is Sarah truly wanting to be uploaded or is the company using her voice to push Matt into purchasing a new product. As a proof of concept it's tough to give too much away in case it's able to be picked up later on for a feature.
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..Well, I love it. It has my official seal of approval. 😂 And I shall look forward to seeing it in whatever format it takes next. Thank you so much for responding, as I know you must be busy, off onto your next big project. Break a leg!!! ✌️☺️🫶
@@nancyharper1360 thank you for watching it! Always happy to respond to anyone who takes the time to watch my films!
and when both are dead ? should the AI continue ?
this was good. one day this will be reality too.
Powerful Valentine's SyFy!
Black Mirror but with a humanity twist.
Beautifully done! This is really high quality - the concept, the dialogue, the actors (not oscar material, but good), the pace, all perfect. Excellent music at the end.
This would be great on DUST
We tried but never were accepted!
This is great, right where it's at.
Love the shots on this. Great job! Great acting too!
Thank you!
@@mikethompsonfilm You're welcome. As a filmmaker myself, I appreciate great work. :)
That was really good he had a lot of demons he was dealing with but at the end he pulled through
I liked it!
So...the 'real human' dies once the AI takes over?? Am not sure that would be satisfying to EITHER partner.... 😵 (Well made film however! Kept me totally involved. Kudos to the fine actors! And to all those who put this production together.)
Thanks for checking it out!
I don't think it's AI, i think it's the wife's actual consciousness being downloaded into a synthetic body while her real body dies
For those who don't think this is coming, think again! We will see this in our lifetime. I might be willing to try it, either as the synthetic, or the surviving spouse. But we better all recognize the need for psychological help if we're to do this right!
The biggest issue is - who is actually transferred? Is it you? Or do you die with your body and the AI version is just a copy?
@@RobertCampsall I think in the near term we should anticipate a synthetic body, but it will initially be an avatar, software based. I'd like to think that no matter the form, I would in part be living longer via this method.
@ It depends on the person watching it. Do they have real feelings about the person, even though it's not the same person? Ya, it's really interesting. Which is why I mentioned the psychological side of things.
Goodbye? Great buy!
"Whar would you do without me?" Get more sleep !
Fantastic short film 👏👏👏
Best Valentines Day SyFy!
So beautiful, and hard, to watch.
A not so distant possibility of medical science regarding choices about certain neurological disorders like "locked in" syndrome. Hopeful but also frightening.
"Dr. Korby... was never here."
So it appears that it worked. But why the creepy music implying something isn't right? 🤔
Excellent question. I have same impression now.
Look at her face after she said "Hey stranger."
@@enjolis "uncanny valley" (the phenomenon whereby a computer-generated figure or humanoid robot bearing a near-identical resemblance to a human being arouses a sense of unease or revulsion in the person viewing it.)
On NPR I heard of a family wita a parent about to die soon, recording as many stories and interactive phrases typical of the person as possible, for a countertop AI to just give the feel of talking with them a#ter th. parent passes, for as long as the family feels the need. They view it as like an inspirational calendar sort of tool, that will eventually be outgrown. The family will actually celebrate and mourn the passing of their loved one at the usual time.
The video quality of screen-Sarah could have been better. All that technology and they could only give a grainy, glitching, green image with no other colour and no background. What was that all about?
It's meant to be a projection of her consciousness so the idea is that it wouldn't be a pure feed because it was just attempting to create a likeness from her thoughts. Cool question, I love dissecting it!
@@MarqueeLouisville That makes sense. It's a feed from the electrodes she wears in real life, minimally processed by external tech.
@@MarqueeLouisville This film was one of the best things I've seen this month. Thank you for creating and posting it.
@@Sigma.Infinity Thank you so much! Please check out our other short 'Threshold' when you have the time!
great soundtrack