{"id":9741,"date":"2023-04-24T08:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T06:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/24\/the-artifice-girl-review-talky-ai-sex-crime-drama-asks-the-big-questions\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T08:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T06:38:53","slug":"the-artifice-girl-review-talky-ai-sex-crime-drama-asks-the-big-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/24\/the-artifice-girl-review-talky-ai-sex-crime-drama-asks-the-big-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artifice Girl review \u2013 talky AI sex-crime drama asks the big questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This debut feature dissects the ethical dilemmas that arise when an AI is used to entrap paedophiles, but it fails to translate its ideas into a cogent argument<\/p>\n

Probing the ethical implications surrounding the use of AI, Franklin Ritch\u2019s debut feature hinges on a high-concept premise: an entirely digital avatar of a young girl named Cherry (Tatum Matthews) is used as bait to trap paedophiles in online chatrooms. Without the signature spectacle of the sci-fi genre, The Artifice Girl is a markedly low-key and small-scale endeavour, steeped in philosophical musings that ultimately seem stagey rather than cinematic.<\/p>\n

Divided into three chapters spanning decades, the film moves through a series of single locations. It starts in a police interrogation room where Ritch\u2019s Gareth, Cherry\u2019s creator, is questioned by Deena (Sinda Nichols) and Amos (David Girard), members of a taskforce combatting child sexual abuse. Once Gareth reveals Cherry is a virtual being, concerns arise as to whether she can meaningfully consent to interacting with men on a daily basis. As Cherry grows increasingly sentient, the same talking points are reiterated in the second section of the film, as Gareth advocates to transfer Cherry\u2019s intelligence into a physical form.<\/p>\n

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\nThis debut feature dissects the ethical dilemmas that arise when an AI is used to entrap paedophiles, but it fails to translate its ideas into a cogent argument
\nProbing the ethical implications surrounding the use of AI, Franklin Ritch\u2019s debut feature hinges on a high-concept premise: an entirely digital avatar of a young girl named Cherry (Tatum Matthews) is used as bait to trap paedophiles in online chatrooms. Without the signature spectacle of the sci-fi genre, The Artifice Girl is a markedly low-key and small-scale endeavour, steeped in philosophical musings that ultimately seem stagey rather than cinematic.
\nDivided into three chapters spanning decades, the film moves through a series of single locations. It starts in a police interrogation room where Ritch\u2019s Gareth, Cherry\u2019s creator, is questioned by Deena (Sinda Nichols) and Amos (David Girard), members of a taskforce combatting child sexual abuse. Once Gareth reveals Cherry is a virtual being, concerns arise as to whether she can meaningfully consent to interacting with men on a daily basis. As Cherry grows increasingly sentient, the same talking points are reiterated in the second section of the film, as Gareth advocates to transfer Cherry\u2019s intelligence into a physical form. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This debut feature dissects the ethical dilemmas that arise when an AI is used to entrap paedophiles, but it fails to translate its ideas into a cogent argument Probing the ethical implications surrounding the use of AI, Franklin Ritch\u2019s debut feature hinges on a high-concept premise: an entirely digital avatar of a young girl named …<\/p>\n

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