Spike Jonze successfully demonstrates our emotional dependence on technology with Joaquin Phoenix.
Last May, Scarlett Johansson asked OpenAI to remove one of the voices from GPT-4o, its new AI model that allows it to maintain a smooth conversation with the user. Bringing us closer than ever to the idea of talking to machines.The strange thing isn’t that, apparently, after the actress’s initial offer to provide the voice for the system herself, OpenAI went ahead with its idea, mimicking the actress’s timbre until it created a voice that was practically indistinguishable from the real thing. The strange thing is that they got “her,” their apparent inspiration for going by Johansson, completely backwards.
OpenAI's inspiration isn't acknowledged, but it's clear: a 2023 movie.Ha' by Spike Jonze, which you can watch on Prime Video and Filmin. It's a very strange mix of very soft science fiction (the setting is very near future, in a wise decision by Jonze so that the plot seems close), sad comedy and emotional drama. The result won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
“Her” tells the story of a lonely man (Joaquin Phoenix) who makes a living by writing personal letters to other people. In the midst of a painful divorce, You have purchased a new operating system designed to meet your needs.This system, which calls itself Samantha (voice of Scarlett Johansson), is an artificial intelligence with whom Theodore develops an intimate and romantic relationship.
Spike Jonze has already explored the vagaries and shortcuts of the mind in films like Being John Malkovich , but here he does so from a more intimate and emotional perspective. Her explores themes like the loneliness of modern society and what technology does to alleviate or exacerbate that feeling, while delving with great sensitivity into topics like the nature of love, or the modern idea of identity, a topic that is more relevant and complex today than it was a decade ago. OpenAI was right to point out the evocative power of Scarlett Johansson’s voice, but it did so for the oddly wrong reasons: Her isn’t exactly a film that brings us closer to AI, but it helps us better understand humans.
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