I'm Not a Robot

Starts off creepy in a quirky way, then gets somewhat annoyingly too similar to classic sci-fi; becomes a black comedy with unfortunately heavy-handed commentary; finally heads back toward a tragic tone, but without finality.

It was occasionally hilarious, I'll give it that. A certain character definitely needs to play more of these satisfyingly slouching, hangdog characters semi-ashamed of themselves. Be a lot more entertaining in an actual comedy.

I had thought it was going to be an allusion to autistic people being flagged as robots by AI (the IRONY), e.g., in academia, where their writing styles are somehow mistaken for plagiarism. Kind of wish it had-particularly after the reference to a detached, standards-compliant version of workplace diversity.

A "diversity" that blatantly excludes and stigmatizes anyone who doesn't make sufficient eye contact, isn't "outgoing" enough in a champagne-and-mind-games way, isn't "a people person" in an antisocial, insular bubble that treats people as disposable resources.

I think there's huge potential to depict the dehumanization of humans while anthropomorphizing machines; the (unbelievably common) self-centered stupidity it must take to commit such ethical crimes because an advertisement, a blog, a news article or university said that's okay; then to refuse to consider the possibility of being wrong.

The basic plot of I'm Not a Robot has been done, over and over. Time to explore greater depths with this concept. But that would require courage and creativity to tackle controversies, and withstand public mudslinging. Hope these creators will challenge themselves to do so.