The new Peacock series 'Mrs. Davis' offers a zany, boundary-pushing take on AI and the future of technology, showing that machine learning can enhance humanity if everyone uses it to its fullest potential. 📷: Courtesy of Peacock
Lindelof says the show was born, in part, out of his and Hernandez’s interest in machine learning—and their abject fear of its reach. “We’re worried, and in a self-centered context, we feel like we’re using technology and AI—and in particular algorithms driven by AI—way too much,” says Lindelof.
Is, for example, a restaurant recommended on Yelp something that repeated clicks have suggested that we would really like, or is it a spot that a computer thinks that we would likethat just happens to kick a little something back to the app? Elections, ideologies, and cultural tastes can undoubtedly be similarly gamed, but moreover, Lindelof and Hernandez wondered, what does that mean?
“We wanted to look at what’s free will and what’s being manipulated,” says Lindelof. “That’s at the core of religious philosophy, too, like, ‘Is everything predestined by God and I’m just carrying out my role, or do I have autonomous free will where the decisions I make are mine and mine alone?’” That’s part of why Simone’s character is a nun in the show and why themes of religion run throughout. “We need an agent of religion versus an agent of the algorithm pitted against each other, forced to figure out, ‘Hey, religion ain’t going anywhere. Technology ain’t going anywhere. We’re not going to be friends here, are we?’” says Lindelof. “It was about, ‘Who you got?’”
Of course, even a show about how AI contributes to our lack of free will can actually benefit from that construct in 2023. Whenis presented as a suggestion of what to watch next on Peacock, perhaps that’s because the person watching previously enjoyed shows about nuns, magic, or … some great algorithmic mystery. It’s a simple bit of artificial assistance most people don’t even notice anymore.
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