A young Japanese family commandeers a robot named Pepper, in the hopes she can accompany their aging grandmother. A troubled young man in the American West develops feelings for his lifelike android.
Is it a romantic comedy?
Or is it an exploration of the human psyche?
Isa Willinger’s jarring film presents a new and curiously human problem: what does it mean to co-exist with artificial intelligence?
Spanning unnamed environments that point at urban Japan and Silicon-Valley modeled America,Hi, AI delves into the lives of those who interact and attempt to understand the robots that live alongside them.
The American Museum of Natural History Presents Poignant Look into the Future
Quiet music, radio transcripts, and landscape montages interrupt scenes of frustration, passion, and learning with robots. We realize that what lays before us on screen is also part of our everyday lives.
This docudrama offers us a time to reflect, as much as it offers us a new perspective.The film will likely appeal to an audience with some interest in the field of automation and robotics, as well as anyone who is intrigued by the future of work and relationships in our modern world.
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To view the film, visit HI, AI on Vimeo.
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