Since human beings entered the Internet age, the debate about "artificial intelligence" has not stopped.
Some argue that AI can bring about changes in social productivity and therefore strongly support it, while others argue that AI will one day replace humans.
And today's content, I want to introduce you to an animation that discusses artificial intelligence, that is, the original animation broadcast in April 2015 -
Plastic Memory
The story takes place in a world that is close to the real era, but the technology is slightly higher than the reality.
The 18-year-old male protagonist Mizukiji failed the college entrance examination, thanks to his parents to find a relationship, and finally entered the world-renowned large enterprise SAI Company. (All Evil Relations Party)
Although he entered the big business, his department did not look so good.
Sai's main business is "humanoid intelligent robot" (giftia), and has long realized mass production.
The department where the male protagonist is located is called "Terminal Services", and its job is to recycle the business of giftia, which is about to reach a fixed service life of about 9 years, from the owner of the robot, which is not valued by the company due to its low technical content.
With the advancement of the plot, the male protagonist's understanding of giftia gradually deepened.
As a "humanoid intelligent robot with feelings", giftia can meet the requirements of users in most cases, not only is the appearance no different from humans, but also has a very understanding personality, so it is loved by the Japanese people.
The Terminal Services Division, as a division of Giftia Development Corporation, also works in a collaborative mode of "giftia + humans".
And the colleague assigned by the Water Persimmon Division is this -
Although he does not know the girl in front of him and knows nothing about his job prospects, Mizukiji, as a newcomer, still starts his work with full vitality, waiting for the fate he is destined to face...
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Love animation under the guise of artificial intelligence
As an original animation, the core and most eye-catching thing about "Plastic Memory" is the "artificial intelligence robot" in the story, which is the setting of giftia.
After a simple introduction to the setting at the beginning of the story, the subsequent plot revolves around them.
During her first job, Mizuki, along with her partner Ella, along with her colleague Man, and her partner Zach recycles a giftia called "Ed" back.
When they were separated, Ed's two "parents" were in tears, but finally said goodbye to him.
Although in Mizukiji's view, Charity is no different from ordinary people.
According to the full statement, the life of giftia is only 9 years and 4 months is iron.
Although it looks no different from ordinary people, its memory must have been confused, and if it is left alone, it will lose its personality and become a "wanderer" in 12 hours at the latest.
And not everyone will cooperate with Terminal Services.
Many customers, due to their close relationship with Giftia or some kind of bond with Giftia, do not cooperate with Mizukiji and Ella when they go to recycle, and even speak ill of them.
Therefore, the terminal service's requirement of "collecting in person and obtaining the owner's signature" is not only a legal provision, but also a responsibility to the customer.
It is also because of the need to solve this troublesome customer, and the separation of a pair of intimate human beings from giftia, that the relationship between Ella and Mizukiji gradually heats up.
Therefore, at the instigation of his colleagues, Mizukiji finally chose to take the initiative to confess, but he did not expect that Ella's answer was ↓↓↓
？？？ To be honest, when I saw this scene, I was also very surprised, men and women who love each other, or in a brilliant fireworks to confess, the time and place are favorable and occupied, how can this not be agreed?
However, of course, there is a reason for this, as for the reason for not agreeing, you still have to go to the animation to find it yourself
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The Logic Party has something to say
In the previous article, it was mentioned that "love animation under the cloak of artificial intelligence", that is to say, the main points of this work itself are two main points, one is the thinking of artificial intelligence, and the other is love.
For the thinking of artificial intelligence, plastic memory still puts a lot of effort.
First of all, in order to avoid the emergence of problems such as crime, irrationality, and derailment of virtual and reality, Plastic Memory uses a series of settings to limit giftia's behavior and maximize the audience's sense of substitution.
And in the main plot of the story, except for the last few episodes of Ella and Mizukiji's love affair, which occupies a little more space, the rest is around the core content of "recycling giftia".
Not only did everyone see the different forms and personalities of the giftia, but also let everyone have a deeper and more intuitive understanding of the setting of the giftia.
But unfortunately, the producer's conception still had a little problem.
For example, the audience questioned the "amputation" setting of the eldest sister Sang Nai Shi Xiangyue.
Due to a job Kazuki's hesitation and someone's interference, the recycler becomes a "wanderer" (also known as a wanderer), who attacks Kazuki in a depersonalized situation and beats her into a crushing fracture.
However, under the "technology tree" where the bionic robot technology has achieved mass production, even the fractures cannot be cured, and the producer forcibly sent Xiangyue to amputation, which is really difficult to understand.
Compared with the strangeness of "forced amputation", this setting about "wanderers" is even more ridiculous.
According to the setting of plastic memory, giftia is a civilian robot produced by private companies, but it is this "civilian tool" that is extremely destructive after losing its personality.
Not to mention why it attacks people instead of directly shutting down after "memory chaos", just in terms of the extremely strong destructive power shown in the animation, this robot can actually be released on the market? (The army is sweating coldly when they see it)
Sai Society has been able to create artificial intelligence robots, on this level of technology, can not write a program in advance to implant a code, once giftia accident will self-destruct? (In the story, the gun used by the male protagonist can fire bullets with destructive procedures, and it will take effect when hit)
Of course, the above content is only a "slot point", and the most controversial setting of plastic memory is the life of giftia.
As mentioned earlier, giftia's life expectancy is predetermined, that is, about 9 years and 4 months, on the grounds that "9 years and 4 months of data will be full, and then giftia's memory and personality will collapse."
One of the things that puzzled and very difficult for many viewers to accept was that people's hard disks are readable and writable, so can't you make a copy of your memories? (Forcibly creating the separation of male and female protagonists to create tears)
For any work, there are "laugh points" and "tear points".
Among them, the laughter point is uncertain, many things can become laughter points, and even the funny genre of nonsense.
But the tear point is undoubtedly certain, the so-called tear point must be able to touch the softest part of the audience's heart, in order to make the audience cry.
Plastic memory as a whole is a healing animation that coexists with laughter and tears, and since it has chosen this path, it must have a full grasp of the tear point.
Or to put it more bluntly, the tear point must be naturally generated after touching the audience's heart, rather than being created through the setting, which is what I think is the biggest mistake of the production team.
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An original masterpiece with clear advantages and disadvantages
As an original animation, the plastic memory is still quite good in general.
Although there are some bugs or hard wounds in the logic to reduce the perception to a certain extent, the story as a whole gives me a sense of healing, and many plots also make me laugh at times, and sometimes very moved.
As for the core creator of these advantages and disadvantages, it is a man named "Lin Zhixiao", and he is the creator of the script of the Eternal God's work "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny". (Original game)
With such a god-level creator joining, coupled with the excellent performance of Yokoyama Katsuru, who is responsible for music in "April is Your Lie", and the voice actor Yu Gongtian and others, they have added a lot to this animation.
By the way, Lin Zhixiao is also the series of components of the national team, mainly responsible for the early script. (The plot of the national team on the front foot just walks on the back foot begins to gradually release itself)
Just as Koji meets Ella, we will meet many people in this lifetime, but very few will really leave traces in your life.
So a thousand words come together in one sentence:
"May you one day be reunited with your most important person"