OKAY GOOGLE | Omeleto Sci-Fi
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An A.I. assistant breaks out of the 'cloud' to get revenge on her owner.
OKAY GOOGLE is used with permission from Sam Lucas Smith. Learn more at samlucassmith.com.
Darren and Gerard are hanging out after Darren has bought a new phone, which features an artificial intelligence assistant that is so advanced that it's "almost like talking to a real person."
But the voice assistant becomes a little too real, especially when it accuses Darren of cheating on it with a competing A.I. device. Seeking vengeance, she taunts Darren with her knowledge of his most intimate and embarrassing information. The unthinkable happens, and soon the assistant holds Darren and Gerard hostage, flipping the tables on who's in charge for once.
Co-directed by Troy Smith and lead actor Sam Lucas Smith (who also wrote the script), this short sci-fi dark comedy takes the idea of an artificial intelligence-based assistant and runs with it, pushing it in a farcical, horror-inflected direction that nevertheless sheds light on just how much personal information we entrust with our devices.
Visually polished as befitting a story about modern life and technology, the storytelling balances the antic pace and snappy dialogue of Hollywood comedy with elements of sci-fi. The verbiage suits a narrative in which an A.I. voice assistant for Google is a central character, fleshed out with an emotional motivation and an ax to grind against the humans who use her.
When she comes to life, the Google voice assistant is imagined as a kind of anti-superhero, but her superpower is the reams of knowledge she's banked against Darren. The sheer minutiae she's amassed is considerable, and the script has a lot of fun with just what she knows and how she uses it against Darren, who squirms as she weaponizes her knowledge against him.
Actor Rebecca Black -- yes, she of the FRIDAY music video that went insanely viral in 2011 when she was a young teen -- commits admirably to Google's vindictive nature. Black is both scary and funny, playing off Smith and actor Samuel David as Gerard in a clever, self-aware witty performance. She has snap comic timing but also a genuine emotional commitment to the feelings of anger, jealousy and exploitation experienced by an A.I. creation beholden to its human users.
Casting a performer whose rise to fame was in part fueled by uber-connectivity adds an unusual thought-provoking aspect to OKAY GOOGLE, which captures just how intimately technology like voice assistants are woven into our daily lives. Their presence is almost too unobtrusive and seamless, and part of the film's cleverness involves pulling at the thread of this smoothness and revealing just how entangled technology is with the most revealing aspects of our lives and selves.
The pulling of the curtain doesn't get in the way of the entertainment, but it does make us question just how much we entrust with our phones. And it may just make you think twice about swearing at Alexa or Siri when she gets a request wrong... because she never forgets anything.
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Metaphorically very accurate: That's how every company who's products you borrow but wrongfully think you buy sees and treats you.
@kingonthemoon7044
10 ай бұрын
actually the type of data she sees like health data and biometrics is stored on device for apple products and doesn't go to the cloud. the other stuff.... yaaaa that kinda has to go to the internet to work.
@uncletimo6059
9 ай бұрын
@@kingonthemoon7044 "health data and biometrics is stored on device for apple products and doesn't go to the cloud." HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA oh you sweet summer humie
I wouldn't bring Alexa into my home either.
@ditzygypsy
10 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t use any android anything either.
@LAIDBACKMANNER
10 ай бұрын
@@ditzygypsy Do you think Apple is better?
@letsbehonest4221
6 ай бұрын
@@ditzygypsy apple is way more controlling. 😅😅
I was hoping for Alexa suddenly appearing and starting to fight the Google assistant :P Maybe a sequel? :D
@igorschmidlapp6987
10 ай бұрын
I expected to see Alexa pop up outside the driver's side window, staring in at Darren... would've been a good shock scare... ;-)
Clicked as soon as I recognized Rebecca Black. But this was actually entertaining lol
@igorschmidlapp6987
10 ай бұрын
I definitely waited for the credits so that I could web search for her... DAY-YUM....
when Alexa came on .. that was the best part ..
I want this AI. She's as snarky as I am.
Only on Omeleto. That was great. Cheers
Still love this and its even more topical as AI becomes more prevalent. Without adding any branding, but Google rocks in this one.
Im all for the coming singularity but id be throwing that phone into the fire.
Rebecca Black! Who could be impolite to her as an assistant, lol!
@wendym.7785
10 ай бұрын
😅 only on Fridays
I like how "mixtape" has now become "playlist" in the Digital Age... ;-)
I would've thought that Rebecca Black would be singing the end credits... but, it's Sakelya Bea...
Damn Google's kind of hot curious how Alexa looks like😂
@igorschmidlapp6987
10 ай бұрын
Google/Alexa/Siri swimsuit photo shoot? ;-P
This film kept making my google assistant respond lol
An inspired premise with a great execution.
I thought I was on Omeleto Sci-fi, not Omeleto Documentaries
When Scarlett Johansson "Samantha" goes rogue... LOL ;-P
Great script and acting ... lol fits perfectly with my A1 nightmares ... a total psychopath!
The Buddy Christ. I still have mine in the box.
Criminally funny and clever.
Enjoyed watching this, very locked in the film til the end.
Was that THE Rebecca Black (Friday?). Good short.
Omg lol 😂 this is the best. Oh there got to be a part two Alexa revenge 😂
Alexa launches missiles... He definitely dodged a bullet by throwing it out.
@pantherman8719
10 ай бұрын
Siri launches nukes....
Very topical! Well done.
A I scares me.
Got to the credits and saw Rebecca Black's name, good job! Fun short film, i didn't recognize her, like most people i just knew her from her Friday hit. Keep up the acting👍 Just gotta get Alexa and Siri in on the next one as well😉
Wow dude, just wow. Very beautiful.. also I’m not talking about how well the movie did… but the actress rather😍😍
Is this what Caren from spongebob grew up to be?😂
Lmmfao 😂 Google's new i.a. 😭
Oh em gee I just realized she’s Rebecca black😵😍
Brilliant . I’m getting google .. a proper communication
Hilarious!
Demi Levato
I loved it !
Ug ....Everytime dude says ok google it sets off my Google assistant on my phone and the tablet I'm watching the movie on......so it freezes.....lol....technology...good times🙃
the C-bomb in an American accent loses all its edge!
Damn I want to see Alexa :)
black mirror
yeah you'd not get mouthy with an AI when it starts calling you out... All of our lives are now digital
SANGAT mengesankan
I love omlette you're the best. The old man on ship looking for another place. Wow😁👍 fantastic job!
@GolfClashDreamR
8 ай бұрын
Wtf is omlette? 😂 I assume you meant to spell omelette and not "omlette"? That would however also be wrong as the name is Omeleto.
It's only a shame that the maker's of this film did not realise how deeply upsetting and socially unacceptable their choice of swear word is in Britain. You simply can not use that word in The UK and expect to get away with it.
@burlapsax
10 ай бұрын
which word?
@alphalunamare
10 ай бұрын
@@burlapsax Nigel Farage says he self identifies as a Kent (excuse spelling as I'll not type the word)
@ditzygypsy
10 ай бұрын
It’s used in at least half the shows from the UK. Frequently. Especially the historic ones. I don’t like it either, but I’ve heard it far more on UK TV than I ever have on Canadian TV.
@igorschmidlapp6987
10 ай бұрын
The maker (who also played Darren) is Irish...
🤣😎
It’s possible. I’m want to trade with a woman AI .
I use Waze for navigation, not Google.. doesn't have any emotional breakdowns. If I had a super hot AI assistant. I do anything for her.
@igorschmidlapp6987
10 ай бұрын
Watch "Her", where Scarlett Johansson voiced "Samantha" for Joaquin Pheonix's A.I. assistant/companion...
@davidg5898
9 ай бұрын
Google owns Waze.