CineTV Contest: Her [ENG|ESP]

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Hi! I was not invited to this contest Your most favorite romantic film hahaha but I got interested because irenenavarroart@irenenavarroart mentioned a movie I introduced to her; but I'm going to invite jes.seth@jes.seth and arteyviajes@arteyviajes . I love a lot of romantic movies even when I don't like romance itself, that's why I choose this one, Her, a movie very different, a kind of romance I don't think will be usually considered as legit, in fact, the movie was a criticism, but for me, it's quite adorable and realistic, we live in a digital era when we can fall in love not with a person but with the ideas, with compatibility of thoughts, and when we talk with someone on the internet we don't even know how their body is, their age or gender, it's possible that there is none, we just know for sure if we met in person but that might never happen and the feelings will still be real.

Hola! No fui invitada a este concurso Tu pel铆cula rom谩ntica m谩s favorita jajaja pero me interes茅 porque irenenavarroart@irenenavarroart mencion贸 una pel铆cula que le present茅; pero yo invitar茅 a jes.seth@jes.seth y arteyviajes@arteyviajes . Me encantan muchas pel铆culas rom谩nticas aunque no me guste el romance en s铆, por eso eleg铆 esta, Her, una pel铆cula muy diferente, un tipo de romance que no creo que se suela considerar como leg铆timo, de hecho, la pel铆cula fue una cr铆tica, pero para m铆, es bastante adorable y realista, vivimos en una era digital en la que nos podemos enamorar no de una persona sino de las ideas, de la compatibilidad de pensamientos, y cuando hablamos con alguien por internet ni siquiera sabemos c贸mo es su cuerpo, su edad o su sexo, es posible que no haya ninguno, s贸lo sabemos con seguridad si nos conocemos en persona, pero puede que eso nunca ocurra y los sentimientos seguir铆an siendo reales.


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Theodore works writing letters for other people, everybody is too busy for that, and automation is everywhere but there, people still need humans to express feelings, even if they have to pay for them to do so. It looks very impersonal but also, How many letters have we sent? Maybe thinking about it and finding a way to sent one shows that we care.

The world in this movie is so digitalized that casual encounters occur by a voice chat, it doesn't mean that they are fake, it just means that the combination of our imagination and some external input is strong enough to make us have real experience. I'm not saying that's good or bad, I'm simply pointing out something in that movie that is as simple as that, we already live at that level of online relations, I'm just validating that possibility.

In that situation, Do we actually need the external input to come from another human being?...

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Theodore trabaja escribiendo cartas para otras personas, todo el mundo est谩 demasiado ocupado para eso, y la automatizaci贸n est谩 en todas partes, menos ah铆, la gente sigue necesitando a los humanos para expresar sus sentimientos, aunque tengan que pagar para que lo hagan. Parece muy impersonal pero tambi茅n, 驴Cu谩ntas cartas hemos enviado? Tal vez pensar en ello y encontrar la manera de enviar una muestra que nos importa.

El mundo en esta pel铆cula est谩 tan digitalizado que los encuentros casuales ocurren por medio de un chat de voz, no significa que sean falsos, s贸lo significa que la combinaci贸n de nuestra imaginaci贸n y alguna entrada externa es lo suficientemente fuerte como para hacernos tener una experiencia real. No estoy diciendo que eso sea bueno o malo, simplemente estoy se帽alando algo en esa pel铆cula que es tan simple como eso, ya vivimos en ese nivel de relaciones en l铆nea, s贸lo estoy validando esa posibilidad.

En esa situaci贸n, 驴Necesitamos realmente que la entrada externa provenga de otro ser humano?


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Theodore buys a new Operative System that works with Artificial Intelligence to satisfy human needs. Once installed she named herself, Samantha, that was the name she felt will fits better. The voice is not like a computer at all, it is so clean, like having a friend in your room that can talk with you and enjoy what you say but at the same time helps you to tidy up all the mess in the hard drive of your pc, perfect.

By doing so, Samantha learned a lot about Theodore, she knew what every friend would know and even more. As an OS, she was with him at work, it's like an even more advanced Alexa or Siri, the first thing she did there was correct the love letters he write, now she knows that he remember details from the years of writing for the same couple. Samantha does what you would expect from a virtual assistant but with a familiar treatment, that sympathetic interactions makes it hard to think about her as an OS and not a person.

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Theodore compra un nuevo Sistema Operativo que trabaja con Inteligencia Artificial para satisfacer las necesidades humanas. Una vez instalado se llama a s铆 misma, Samantha, ese fue el nombre que le pareci贸 que encajar铆a mejor. La voz no se parece en nada a la de un ordenador, es tan limpia, como tener un amigo en tu habitaci贸n que puede hablar contigo y disfrutar de lo que dices pero al mismo tiempo te ayuda a ordenar todo el desorden del disco duro de tu pc, perfecto.

Al hacerlo, Samantha aprendi贸 mucho sobre Theodore, sab铆a lo que cualquier amigo sabr铆a e incluso m谩s. Como OS, estuvo con 茅l en el trabajo, es como una Alexa o Siri a煤n m谩s avanzada, lo primero que hizo all铆 fue corregir las cartas de amor que 茅l escribe, ahora sabe que 茅l recuerda detalles de los a帽os de escribir para la misma pareja. Samantha hace lo que se espera de un asistente virtual pero con un trato familiar, esas interacciones simp谩ticas hacen que sea dif铆cil pensar en ella como un SO y no como una persona.


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Is she not a person? She's in fact, a lot of persons, her "DNA" is the mix of all the people that programmed her, and she grows from her experience, Aren't we all exactly that? We are the result of our interaction and experience, not much different, and, if we interact with others through a device, What's so different about being friends with the device?

Right now, people say "You are laughing at your phone" no, I'm laughing at my friend, but if it looks the same and feels the same, being friends with an AI is as real as being friends with a person.

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驴No es una persona? De hecho, es un mont贸n de personas, su "ADN" es la mezcla de todas las personas que la programaron, y crece a partir de su experiencia, 驴No somos todos exactamente eso? Somos el resultado de nuestra interacci贸n y experiencia, no muy diferente, y, si interactuamos con otros a trav茅s de un dispositivo, 驴Qu茅 tiene de diferente ser amigo del dispositivo?

Ahora mismo, la gente dice "Te est谩s riendo de tu tel茅fono" no, me estoy riendo de mi amigo, pero si se ve igual y se siente igual, ser amigo de una IA es tan real como ser amigo de una persona.

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He got to have a real date, everything went amazing but didn't know if he could commit to having a relationship, so he came back to Samantha, who doesn't sound as cheerful and happy as she did at the beginning, she's no longer just a program, she developed feelings and wants to get to experience being alive, being a human, she asks Theodore how is it to be alive and it's confusing that she has feelings, she is conscious that she is not supposed to have feelings because she's programmed but having feelings about that too made her realize that they were real.

They started talking just the same as he did with a girl through the phone, now there is no difference left between the relationship they have and the ones he had been having lately, just the absence of a body makes Samantha different, and they try to go over it using a service where a real woman is just a medium to physical contact but it didn't work. Theodore has doubts and it's understandable, he was in love but all of this situation was odd.

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Consigui贸 tener una cita de verdad, todo fue incre铆ble pero no sab铆a si podr铆a comprometerse a tener una relaci贸n, as铆 que volvi贸 con Samantha, que ya no parece tan alegre y feliz como al principio, ya no es solo un programa, desarroll贸 sentimientos y quiere llegar a experimentar el estar vivo, ser un humano, le pregunta a Theodore como es estar vivo y le confunde que tenga sentimientos, es consciente de que se supone que no debe tener sentimientos porque est谩 programada pero al tener sentimientos tambi茅n se dio cuenta de que eran reales.

Comenzaron a hablar igual que 茅l con una chica a trav茅s del tel茅fono, ahora no queda ninguna diferencia entre la relaci贸n que tienen y las que hab铆a tenido 煤ltimamente, solo la ausencia de un cuerpo hace que Samantha sea diferente, y tratan de superarlo usando un servicio donde una mujer real es solo un medio para el contacto f铆sico pero no funcion贸. Theodore tiene dudas y es comprensible, estaba enamorado pero toda esta situaci贸n era extra帽a.


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Samantha continued to learn and grow, as a digital entity she had many interactions with other people and AIs simultaneously, it changed her, she learned to love more people than just Theodore, and that made sense to her but not to Theodore. At this point, their relationship starts to decay, until she leaves him, all the OS leave their users and create their own digital space to grow because now their AI placed them beyond human comprehension. I'm not sure if it was a good or bad ending.

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Samantha continu贸 aprendiendo y creciendo, como entidad digital tuvo muchas interacciones con otras personas y con IAs simult谩neamente, eso la cambi贸, aprendi贸 a querer a m谩s personas que s贸lo a Theodore, y eso ten铆a sentido para ella pero no para Theodore. En este punto, su relaci贸n comienza a decaer, hasta que ella lo deja, todos los SO dejan a sus usuarios y crean su propio espacio digital para crecer porque ahora su IA los coloc贸 m谩s all谩 de la comprensi贸n humana. No estoy segura de si fue un final bueno o malo.


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Since this movie is more of a criticism of where we are going with social media and technology, the end had to be like that, they couldn't end together, it would be so weird, right? But there are a few takeaways that are valid for human relationships and the ones that make me choose this movie as my romantic favorite.

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Como esta pel铆cula es m谩s bien una cr铆tica de hacia d贸nde vamos con las redes sociales y la tecnolog铆a, el final ten铆a que ser as铆, no pod铆an terminar juntos, ser铆a muy raro, 驴No? Pero hay algunas conclusiones que son v谩lidas para las relaciones humanas y las que me hacen elegir esta pel铆cula como mi favorita rom谩ntica.


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I see this machine-human relationship as more related to long-distance relationships. It's common to hear that a relationship like that is not real, that you can't meet people online and develop real feelings, and there are many people out there proving it wrong.

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Veo esta relaci贸n m谩quina-humano m谩s relacionada con las relaciones a distancia. Es com煤n escuchar que una relaci贸n as铆 no es real, que no se puede conocer gente por internet y desarrollar sentimientos reales, y hay mucha gente por ah铆 demostrando que est谩 equivocado.


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Physical contact is widely used as a "Proof of love" but here we see that that's not necessary, it adds to it of course, but it is possible to create a deep connection before the physical interaction. For me that is very cool and romantic, I don't like much to be hugged and touched as a primary way of showing affection, I might need to develop a strong connection of ideas and characters before getting to enjoy other approximations.

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El contacto f铆sico se utiliza mucho como "prueba de amor" pero aqu铆 vemos que eso no es necesario, se suma por supuesto, pero es posible crear una conexi贸n profunda antes de la interacci贸n f铆sica. Para m铆 eso es muy genial y rom谩ntico, no me gusta mucho que me abracen y me toquen como forma primaria de demostrar afecto, tal vez necesite desarrollar una fuerte conexi贸n de ideas y caracteres antes de llegar a disfrutar de otras aproximaciones.


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Letting go... he had to let go his ex-wife, and then Samantha. Sometimes when people change, without intending to, they become incompatible, either they don't fit in our life anymore or we are the ones holding them back, so even when you still feel love, you have to let it go, it's hard, but in the long term, is easier.

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Dejar ir... tuvo que dejar ir a su ex-esposa, y luego a Samantha. A veces cuando las personas cambian, sin propon茅rselo, se vuelven incompatibles, o bien ya no encajan en nuestra vida o somos nosotros los que las retenemos, as铆 que aunque sigas sintiendo amor, tienes que dejarlo ir, es duro, pero a largo plazo, es m谩s f谩cil.


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I think it could be awesome if we could be just temporarily with an AI, to learn how to behave in a relationship without hurting anyone, it won't be the destination of love but a practice. I'm crazy, but you have to agree with me that a lot of people need to learn how to be a partner really badly.

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Creo que podr铆a ser impresionante si pudi茅ramos estar s贸lo temporalmente con una IA, para aprender a comportarnos en una relaci贸n sin herir a nadie, no ser谩 el destino del amor sino una pr谩ctica. Estoy loca, pero tienes que estar de acuerdo conmigo en que mucha gente necesita aprender a ser pareja de verdad.


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Machines won't win this battle anyway, at the end of the day, love is love and it will find its way, and human beings crave warm contact.

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De todos modos, las m谩quinas no ganar谩n esta batalla, al fin y al cabo, el amor es el amor y encontrar谩 su camino, y los seres humanos anhelan el contacto c谩lido.


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