Her wasn’t a warning message about the dangers of AI. It was Spike Jonze reflecting on the slow dissolution of his marriage, coming to terms with the idea that he had taken his wife for granted, an always-available thing that existed to validate his feelings, rather than a whole person who was growing and changing beyond him.
Anyone who hasn’t done so should try watching Lost in Translation and Her back-to-back. They both star Scarlett Johansson as a thinly-veiled stand-in for Sofia Coppola as each filmmaker examines how their relationships impact their self-image and ambition. Together, they form such a detailed and affecting picture of two sensitive people who just can’t connect. It’s like (other ScarJo movie) A Marriage Story, but more nuanced and capable of occasional levity.
I know it isn’t meant as a warning and I would agree that Her isn’t necessarily the best fit in this. However, I kind of perceived a cautionary side note about losing the grip on reality when interacting with an AI programmed to be as human as possible. Add to that OpenAI publishing a voice model with Scarlett Johansson’s voice against her will and Sam Altman posting movie related tweets during the marketing campaign for that model (or rather the GPT version including the voice model) and I found it fitting into the meme again.
Her wasn’t a warning message about the dangers of AI. It was Spike Jonze reflecting on the slow dissolution of his marriage, coming to terms with the idea that he had taken his wife for granted, an always-available thing that existed to validate his feelings, rather than a whole person who was growing and changing beyond him.
Anyone who hasn’t done so should try watching Lost in Translation and Her back-to-back. They both star Scarlett Johansson as a thinly-veiled stand-in for Sofia Coppola as each filmmaker examines how their relationships impact their self-image and ambition. Together, they form such a detailed and affecting picture of two sensitive people who just can’t connect. It’s like (other ScarJo movie) A Marriage Story, but more nuanced and capable of occasional levity.
I know it isn’t meant as a warning and I would agree that Her isn’t necessarily the best fit in this. However, I kind of perceived a cautionary side note about losing the grip on reality when interacting with an AI programmed to be as human as possible. Add to that OpenAI publishing a voice model with Scarlett Johansson’s voice against her will and Sam Altman posting movie related tweets during the marketing campaign for that model (or rather the GPT version including the voice model) and I found it fitting into the meme again.