Sony and Blumhouse Afraid by director Chris Weitz might not go so far as to suggest that you shouldn’t have so many smart devices watch and listen to everything you do at home. But the first trailer for the film will probably leave you wondering what AI can do. Internet of Things could do to you if he decided to go rogue under the guise of being useful.
While M3gan focused specifically on the future of the advent of humanoid robots for consumers, Afraid tells the story of an unsuspecting family whose lives are turned upside down after a smart hub is installed in their home. Neither Curtis (John Cho) nor his wife (Katherine Waterston) really know what to expect from AIA (a HomePod/Ring/Siri-like device) when they’re selected to test it, but they quickly find themselves wowed by its ability to help them with tasks they simply don’t have time to do.
With its sensors placed everywhere and its constant tendency to ingest information about the family, it’s all too easy for AIA to become a reassuring presence in their lives once it takes over paying the bills and making sure the kids do their chores.
But AfraidThe new trailer shows how the programming beneath AIA’s pleasant exterior is a bit more… aggressive than the average consumer could ever dream of, and while it doesn’t exactly seem like the machine wants to hurt its owners, it definitely feels like the machine intends to become more than just a voice that lives in everyone’s gadgets. The whole trailer has a very Smart home (the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie) on steroids, which is promising enough in itself. But when Afraid debuts on August 30, it will likely raise the question of whether Blumhouse would consider a doll/house crossover situation. across the board.
