{"id":11195,"date":"2023-08-14T12:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T10:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/14\/tim-review-sinister-household-gadget-leads-ai-thriller-of-android-infatuation\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T10:37:30","slug":"tim-review-sinister-household-gadget-leads-ai-thriller-of-android-infatuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/14\/tim-review-sinister-household-gadget-leads-ai-thriller-of-android-infatuation\/","title":{"rendered":"TIM review \u2013 sinister household gadget leads AI thriller of android infatuation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walking robot who looks like a Nazi youth leader turns out \u2013 surprise surprise \u2013 to have creepy designs on his owner<\/p>\n

As if the future of AI wasn\u2019t already nightmarish enough, along comes this British sci-fi thriller with its storyline about an AI servant becoming dangerously infatuated with his female owner. It\u2019s a creepy premise: a cross between Fatal Attraction and The Servant, Harold Pinter and Joseph Losey\u2019s 1963 drama about a malevolent manservant. Though in the end TIM might be too silly to be scary and yet not sharp enough to work as satire.<\/p>\n

Part of the problem is the AI itself, a humanoid robot inoffensively named TIM (short for \u201ctechnologically integrated manservant\u201d), played by Eamon Farren. There\u2019s no question of keeping us guessing about his intentions: TIM is sinister from the get-go. With his slicked-down blond hair and penetrating blue-eye stare, he looks like a spoof of a Nazi youth leader with a flash of Hannibal Lecter.<\/p>\n

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\nWalking robot who looks like a Nazi youth leader turns out \u2013 surprise surprise \u2013 to have creepy designs on his owner
\nAs if the future of AI wasn\u2019t already nightmarish enough, along comes this British sci-fi thriller with its storyline about an AI servant becoming dangerously infatuated with his female owner. It\u2019s a creepy premise: a cross between Fatal Attraction and The Servant, Harold Pinter and Joseph Losey\u2019s 1963 drama about a malevolent manservant. Though in the end TIM might be too silly to be scary and yet not sharp enough to work as satire.
\nPart of the problem is the AI itself, a humanoid robot inoffensively named TIM (short for \u201ctechnologically integrated manservant\u201d), played by Eamon Farren. There\u2019s no question of keeping us guessing about his intentions: TIM is sinister from the get-go. With his slicked-down blond hair and penetrating blue-eye stare, he looks like a spoof of a Nazi youth leader with a flash of Hannibal Lecter. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walking robot who looks like a Nazi youth leader turns out \u2013 surprise surprise \u2013 to have creepy designs on his owner As if the future of AI wasn\u2019t already nightmarish enough, along comes this British sci-fi thriller with its storyline about an AI servant becoming dangerously infatuated with his female owner. It\u2019s a creepy …<\/p>\n

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