The Artifice Girl (2023)
A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original purpose.
8 Kinolab Clips
Switching Objectives
Cherry (Tatum Matthews), now having achieved singularity and a corporeal form, reveals to Gareth (Lance Hendriksen) that the objective he bestowed upon her of tracking down child predators makes her miserable, and that with her newfound "humanity" she wishes to pursue other things of her own choosing.
Duration: 00:03:51
Contributor: Charlie Galicich
Probing Siri (Opening Sequence)
Deena (Sidna Nichols) uses her phone's Siri for assistance, posing ethical questions of an increasingly challenging nature.
Duration: 00:02:01
Timestamp: 00:00:30
Contributor: Charlie Galicich
Who is Cherry?
During an interrogation, Gareth (Franklin Ritch) explains to investigators Deena (Sinda Nichols) and Amos (David Girard) that the photos of a young girl named Cherry on his computer are deepfakes, showing a synthetic computer program he created in order to catch sexual predators and pedophiles online.
Duration: 00:02:31
Timestamp: 00:17:45
Contributor: Charlie Galicich
Cherry's Evolution
Gareth (Franklin Ritch) explains to Amos (David Girard) and Deena (Sinda Nichols) how his Cherry program functions, moving past the functionalities of the best chatbots to hold realistic conversations with Internet users. He has created, he explains, an autonomous program that exceeds the specifications of the Turing Test.
Duration: 00:03:09
Timestamp: 00:22:06
Contributor: Charlie Galicich
Meeting Cherry
Gareth (Franklin Ritch) shows off Cherry (Tatum Matthews) and explains how she works. She has two modes: one which replicates Cherry logging onto a video platform to ensnare predators, and an admin setting in which the user can hold a vocal conversation with the program.
Duration: 00:06:29
Timestamp: 00:26:30
Contributor: Charlie Galicich
Cherry's Agency and Optimization
Cherry (Tatum Matthews) explains to Gareth (Franklin Ritch) why she went behind his back and made the executive decision to track down people who would be willing to help Gareth expand the Cherry program.
Duration: 00:01:24
Timestamp: 00:36:36
Contributor: Charlie Galicich
Cherry's Consent
After Amos (David Girard) votes against a merger with Princeton Dynamics to give Cherry (Tatum Matthews) a corporeal form, the team discusses using her data tracking to find the rogue vote before Amos admits that he could not approve the merger without Cherry's consent.
Duration: 00:04:27
Timestamp: 00:43:03
Contributor: Charlie Galicich
Cherry Reaches Singularity
After Amos (David Girard) threatens Gareth (Franklin Ritch), Cherry (Tatum Matthews) reveals that she has gotten significantly more advanced and is nearing superintelligence, now being closer to experiencing human emotions and have even more realistic conversations and reactions. Deena (Sidna Nichols) then implores her to use this newfound agency to find happiness.
Duration: 00:09:34
Timestamp: 00:56:34
Contributor: Charlie Galicich