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Pika – AI Selves

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When Black Mirror launched over a decade ago, its techno-Twilight Zone twists and turns were seen as the brilliant but disturbed imaginings of Charlie Brooker.

Nowadays, brands actively tease such digital horrors.

Leaning into the dystopian vibes of an AI-led future, as it did with last year’s Pikapocalypse film, Pika’s latest offering plays as a straight-faced description of its AI Selves service, with which users can create autonomous digital extensions of themselves that post, create and interact on their behalf.

With Ceiling Train director Josh Cohen giving the film a delightfully deadpan retro-instructional style, and content that straddles both genuine offerings and fantasy [we think/hope], this darkly hilarious film both tickles and disturbs in equal measure.

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