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Drake questions

posted 9 years ago by crb41185
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I thought this was an interesting little flick. The only thing I didn't understand was Gwen's final conversation with Drake. Her resume has been flagged and someone filed a counterclaim or something. Implication was that Drake filed this (why?) and then Gwen asked if Drake was human and apologized (for something? What?). Any help would be appreciated

[–] travelingnome 9 years ago

My impression was that the Jennifer Ehle character flagged her resume after talking to Gwen- making it impossible for her to get any other job. Thus making her desperate enough to take her only option.

I was also a bit confused by the scene when she was talking to her agent but I thought that the robot agent Drake(?) did not pass the Turing test while talking to Gwen and that is how she figured out it was a robot. Although it could understand basic functions and help find her a job, it could not understand jokes, sarcasm or anything beyond its programming.
some places actually use robots now in customer service so its not that far off, but its still pretty scary.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/10/meet-the-robot-telemarketer-who-denies-shes-a-robot/

[–] bmcr104 9 years ago

I agree with travelingnome that the flag was raised by the company. I don't however "get" the aggressiveness with which Drake answered...

Is it hinting at the growing distaste of computers towards humans?

[–] ToHelenBackAgain 9 years ago

Is it hinting at the growing distaste of computers towards humans?

Kind of. My impression was that Drake felt discriminated against by Gwen's asking the question, which I found very funny in a very grim sort of way. Went a little too far with the "I" in "AI" there, his makers did...

"Are those cats?" "I assume they're Schrödinger's cats."

[–] kay_rock 9 years ago

I agree with travelingnome that the flag was raised by the company. I don't however "get" the aggressiveness with which Drake answered...

Is it hinting at the growing distaste of computers towards humans?

No. It's a means of getting the human to stop pursuing the line of questioning. I have seen email bots respond similarly when I've realized they are a bot and I call them on it.

They will not under any circumstances admit they are not human. It's the way they're programmed. Companies don't want to admit they are using them. I'm assuming that little scene was a commentary on that current practice.

Movies are IQ tests; the IMDB boards are how people broadcast their score.

[–] cthulhulurks 7 years ago

Maybe the point was not only machines are becoming indistinguishable from humans but also that the opposite is also becoming true. Or maybe the screnwriters not that clever.

my vote history:
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur13767631/ratings

[–] lovefool84 9 years ago

Funny...I thought the opposite. I thought he was Hunan and didn't appreciate being talked to like a machine.