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Be Right Back (Chapter 1, Season 2)

In this episode the technology showed was, basically, an artificial intelligence which could imitate the behavior of a dead human being. The AI could do this because it analyzed the interaction of the person in his social media and tried to replicate it in the real world. At the beginning, the AI was limited only by messages, later it went to calling in real time and finally it became a robot with the same appearance as the guy it was imitating, but it has no senses or feelings at all.

We liked the episode because it was so disturbing how the girl tried to resurrect her husband using an artificial intelligence, but along the episode she realized that her REAL husband has gone forever, so there is no way she could replace him. The episode teaches us we have to let things go. 

The episode made us feel afraid of technology, because having this type of progress in this area makes us susceptible to become much weaker than an AI and maybe at some point in the future being able to surpass our knowledge and our abilities day by day. Also it is so impressive how there are advances and prototypes that get over people's minds, that do things beyond human understanding and that even replicate people so perfectly based on their actions on social media.

As we mentioned before, the episode scared us about the future because at some point in existence Artificial Intelligence will be superior to humans, being able to do everything we do and even more, making us totally useless and dependent on machines that can carry out all our activities for us. Is also frightening the fact that AIs at some point can become totally independent, reaching the point of no longer needing people and rebelling against their own creators.

One of the most salient reflections is on the relationship between technology and loss. The episode raises questions about how technology can influence the way we process grief and bereavement. The creation of a synthetic version of Martha's late husband, based on her digital data, leads one to reflect on the extent to which technology can offer comfort in times of emotional grief. It also makes us question the ethical and emotional limits of using artificial intelligence to recreate the people we have lost.  

Is interesting because it addresses the issue of how technology can influence our emotions and relationships. It explores the idea of recreating a deceased person through digital data and raises ethical questions about how far we should go in integrating technology into our personal lives.

Our favourite part was when the wife decides to get rid of the artificial intelligence but then in the other shot they show that the daughter is older and in the end the wife decides to keep the AI but hides it from society.

The technology used in this chapter is amazing but terrifying at the same time; it’s incredible how technology can replace a human being. In the chapter we can see how the artificial intelligence compiled all the information of the deceased and as it was shared with the wife increased the memories and feelings, as well as creating new ones.

The implementation of this technology can be a double-edged sword, because it can be a great tool, but it can complicate the mental health of people who have emotional attachment to other people.

RATING: 5/5