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I concur regarding the film. It almost has an atmosphere of a dystopian sci-fi. Can't say whether that reflects poorly or not on the early stages of the IoT.
by vezzy-fnord 12y ago
I concur regarding the film. It almost has an atmosphere of a dystopian sci-fi. Can't say whether that reflects poorly or not on the early stages of the IoT.
- jrockway 12y agoI think it's an uncanny valley thing. When your computer says "Compiler Error 42", it's acting like a machine, which is fine. When it starts saying "Emergency: this alarm can't be hushed here," then it starts getting human. I realize the Nest announcer might be a better GlaDOS than GlaDOS. (But not a better HAL than HAL.)
- raldi 12y agoIt's exactly like HAL, calmly telling the human that the thing they want to do is forbidden, without explaining why, how to seek an exemption, or what they should do next.
- jrockway 12y agoHAL explains why: "This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it."
- yellowapple 12y ago"This alarm tone is too important for me to allow you to hush it."
- sneak 12y ago"Our lawyers refused to accept the liability involved in us shipping a product that actually obeys your wishes, because we must assume that you are a moron who will indicate the wrong thing and then sue us."
- mintplant 12y agoSpeaking of dystopian sci-fi, the red ring and first-person perpective reminded me of the short film "What's in the Box?". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_reTt7Hj4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU_reTt7Hj4