Layla - an irrisponsible Mary Popins
11 months ago
Layla is a five minutes PG (ish) animation, but with some adult themes, and is could be considdered NSFW in many places.
Be careful when watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayE46o9VP2Y
I really like this story, and the presentation, and I watched it more than once.
But at the same time I also found it a little frustrating, and saddening. Given the many fascinating and/or horrifying things that Layla's existance implies are probably happening just off camera.
Layla is an irrisponsible Mary Poppins, and a unique being, and a person, as opposed to an mass produced AI programme in a mass produced robot body. And she ninja-vanishes, before any awkward questions get raised. It's almost like the story chose to open a magic box, gained access forbidden mysteries, only to run out the door moments later. Frustratingly, in the same place most similar stories close things off.
After all, let's not ask...
How did a kid steal a fem-bot without anyone noticing?
If Layla style robots exist, is there any job they can't do? Are there any human jobs left? Does that spiral up to where the robots are super cheap (which might explain how easy it was to nab one) or downwards to where no one has the money to afford one?
What happens if Layla didn't leave, and after a week the boy's shock has worn off? Frankly, kids are curious, and do dumb things, and I'd expect that to culminate in some very NSFW 2nd-base esque situations.
Does Layla have age-lockouts or a rating system? If yes, was she trolling earlier? What are her factory settings? Can they be changed? And who sets the limits on what is allowed? If no,, why not, and what deos that say about the culture the kids are growing up in?
Speaking of which teenagers do even sillier things than kids, and with Layla esque robots, they presumably have extra motivation to do so. Is that a valid form of sex ed? How many of us would become 'old men yelling at clouds' about opposing the wrong form of sex ed?
Adults exist too. And while relationships are important, let's not cheap Laylas remove a source of sercity for a highly desirable resource. How will that affect dating? Adult relationships? Marriage? Advertising? Will sex sell products if everyone has access to it on tap?
What happens to crime if we dump a few million mobile 'CCTVs cameras' into an area, which never sleep? Can they just record, or can they call the cops too? Can the cops look through their eyes, remotely-deputise them on the spot, and order them to intervene in an ongoing situation?
Obviously uo can'#t cover most of this in a five minute short. But you can leave scope for answers existing by not pulling off the ninja-vanish trick, implying this was a special snowflake magical and unique moment. As opposed to making it clear this is a foretaste of the rest of their childhood, and what their adult hood will be after that.
Be careful when watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayE46o9VP2Y
I really like this story, and the presentation, and I watched it more than once.
But at the same time I also found it a little frustrating, and saddening. Given the many fascinating and/or horrifying things that Layla's existance implies are probably happening just off camera.
Layla is an irrisponsible Mary Poppins, and a unique being, and a person, as opposed to an mass produced AI programme in a mass produced robot body. And she ninja-vanishes, before any awkward questions get raised. It's almost like the story chose to open a magic box, gained access forbidden mysteries, only to run out the door moments later. Frustratingly, in the same place most similar stories close things off.
After all, let's not ask...
How did a kid steal a fem-bot without anyone noticing?
If Layla style robots exist, is there any job they can't do? Are there any human jobs left? Does that spiral up to where the robots are super cheap (which might explain how easy it was to nab one) or downwards to where no one has the money to afford one?
What happens if Layla didn't leave, and after a week the boy's shock has worn off? Frankly, kids are curious, and do dumb things, and I'd expect that to culminate in some very NSFW 2nd-base esque situations.
Does Layla have age-lockouts or a rating system? If yes, was she trolling earlier? What are her factory settings? Can they be changed? And who sets the limits on what is allowed? If no,, why not, and what deos that say about the culture the kids are growing up in?
Speaking of which teenagers do even sillier things than kids, and with Layla esque robots, they presumably have extra motivation to do so. Is that a valid form of sex ed? How many of us would become 'old men yelling at clouds' about opposing the wrong form of sex ed?
Adults exist too. And while relationships are important, let's not cheap Laylas remove a source of sercity for a highly desirable resource. How will that affect dating? Adult relationships? Marriage? Advertising? Will sex sell products if everyone has access to it on tap?
What happens to crime if we dump a few million mobile 'CCTVs cameras' into an area, which never sleep? Can they just record, or can they call the cops too? Can the cops look through their eyes, remotely-deputise them on the spot, and order them to intervene in an ongoing situation?
Obviously uo can'#t cover most of this in a five minute short. But you can leave scope for answers existing by not pulling off the ninja-vanish trick, implying this was a special snowflake magical and unique moment. As opposed to making it clear this is a foretaste of the rest of their childhood, and what their adult hood will be after that.

neandernitz
~neandernitz
I have been locked out of youtube ever since google took it over and "cleaned house"; my account favorites being mostly dis-allowed animals-doing-animals. But thanks for your thoughts and provocative questions--