This assignment asks us to react to the other course characters’ PSA videos as our course character. There aren’t a lot of PSAs done at this time but it seems like the ideas are equal with 2 being against Aggressive technologies and 2 being for Aggressive technologies. Marie frequently looks at news regarding Aggressive technologies on her burner account and now burner laptop because Aggressive technologies is now monitoring all of her known devices and adding AI to “help her be more productive and job orientated.” While doing her nightly research she found a couple of PSA videos related to aggressive technologies and decides to bring attention to them on her page.
The first one she responded to was this one: This PSA aligns with her views and even though she has a grudge against Aggressive technologies, she is proud of Xander for stepping up and speaking out as an inside whistle-blower. She is going to bring awareness to his movement but she cannot go to any events because it puts her livelihood at risk. She looks forward to the new information brought forward by him and hopes that his movement picks up momentum fast.
The next one She saw was this one, which made her livid. This makes AI seem like it is all good and nothing is bad, while thousands are being ruthlessly laid off for its gain in popularity. What are the workers who got laid off going to do with a robot friend who doesn’t pay bills? They might not even be able to afford a robot friend and could be on the streets next week.
Marie is becoming distressed by the amount of propaganda supporting the AI scene at Aggressive Technologies, so she has decided to comment on one last PSA video for now. This one is blatantly telling the public that AI is good for them and that they should trust AI because it is the future. When you can’t think, AI will? What about the original thoughts that we as humans have and the ability to quickly adapt to situations in real life, AI cannot do that even with thousands of programs constantly coding it. Ai has no human touch, yet they are promoting it as the future while you lay off human workers for no good reason other than making room for AI and cuts to further the company.
Behind the creation: Being able to step into the shoes of Marie for a little through third person was very fun, I wish that there were other videos to respond to but I understand that I move fast with DS106 work. I will be looking forward to seeing the other PSA videos over the next couple of days and seeing how others respond to them. I like seeing how everyones skills that we learned in the last couple of weeks really came together to be able to create PSA videos that seem somewhat realistic.
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