DRONE | Animated short film about drones, AI, and live-streaming on YouTube
An AI drone with a conscience that changes everyone.
A short animated film about a malfunction at a CIA press event that causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world. #animation #shortfilm
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Director & Writer
Sean Buckelew
seanbuckelew.com
Producer
Jeanette Jeanenne
jeanettejeanenne.com
Cast
Finn Wittrock
Jim True-Frost
Shirley Chen
Mo Collins
Darnell Kirkwood
Music & Sound Design
Skillbard
skillbard.com
Backgrounds
Wes McClain
wesleymcclain.com
Concept Painting
Alex Murray-Clark
www.amurrayclark.com
Drone UI/HUD Design
David Delafuente
dd-de.com
Storyboards & Lead Animator
Sean Buckelew
Animator
Vincent Tsui
vincent-tsui.com
Effects Animation
Nicole Staffford
nicole-stafford.com
Additional Animation & Color
Kyle Brooks
kylebrooks.co
3D Drone Animation - E.D. Films
edfilms.net
3D/2D Animation Consulting
Daniel Gies
3D Rigging, Animation, Rendering
Eric Max Kaplin
Producer E.D. Films
Emily Paige
Executive Producer E.D. Films
Archita Ghosh
Orchestration
Finn McNicholas
Orchestra
Budapest Art Orchestra
budapestartorchestra.com
Contractor/session producer
Miklos Lukacs
Conductor
Peter Pejtsik
Recording studio
East Connection Music Recording, Studio 22
ProTools engineer
David Lukacs
Recording engineer
Gabor Buczko
Made with the support of
The Berkeley Film Foundation
The Guggenheim Foundation
The Animation Workshop
Thank You
Rachel Ho
Joe Bennett
Chris Sullivan
Carl Burton
Charles Huettner
Draško Ivezić
Jelena Popović
Marco de Blois
Danny Madden
Juan Riedinger
Najeeb Tarazi
Irene Kotlarz
Paul Vester
Jason Carpenter
This feels so much like a Love, Death, and Robots episode
Couldnt have explained it better
isn't this an official episode? just kidding, but yeah it really feels the same as an official one
@@themechbuilder6171 Also an old Star Trek episode where a space bomb is intelligent and they take it into a sort of sick bay and gradually the bomb gets better and when it realizes what it is, it decides to go out and space and explode itself where it can't do any harm.
it should be on it tbh
Maybe also a black mirror episode
Can't suspend my disbelief that they didn't shoot the drone out of the sky immediately after it destroyed other drones.
Cos it was a PR campaign to make people believe autonomous drones are good which you can kinda pick from the end
@@doodleboodle I believe the PR campaign has kinda gone off the rail when the drone short-circuited
@MegaDudon that was the point though to show that he had a soul or something
well he had no more missiles and fuel was getting low
@@RogueBeatsARG so they decided to let him fly? But what if he decided to ram a building or something? Obviously, he wouldn't do such a thing, but I don't think the government service would believe that he is harmless after what he's done with those drones
>casually lands in a middle of a town >refuses to elaborate >leaves
the way I understood it towards the end. Is that Newton communicated via a live feed with the people.
@ he could also talk via an installed speaker.
The accuracy of the chat is way too real. Really shows what we are as a community. I like it. Also I never thought I'd feel sad for a construct
Kinda
I like believe that the chat would be so cursed if the drone was actually livestreaming
I dont know if there was bit i wanted there to be: SODA!!!!
It would be like the daily dose of internet's comment section.
it's not actually a construct, but a whole artificial consciousness with rights theoretically equal to them of a human
finally a film maker that actually knows what the internet is like.
"💀💀💀💀" -Someone from the internet I suppose
💀💀💀💀
The accuracy of youtube chat and comments are impeccable
There was a kid dancing the thing from fortnite in the vid
@@littletimmygotburnedinafirefr bro
I like how no one points out that the drone brought up a whole database on civilian casualties on stream
yeah, that part was weird, though the rest was great. wouldnt make sense to search of a database of already dead people. wouldnt make sense to search a database of civilians when youre also blowing up stuff in a foreign country.
Guys dont look at that! Please dont! Viewers: bet
"lol it broke'' is the best you can except in a public chat
why was there so many civilians in a military weapons test range?
Almost all of us have citizen ID, driver's license, passports etc. What don't they know about us?
I feel like people arent talking enough about the end, where the CIA turns this into an expertly crafted narrative. Saying that AI is good, and the future. And that last shot of all the drones on the runway is incredible. Good job yall.
"we learned absolutely nothing and are gonna use this as a springboard for more murder drones"
@@azathoththe3rdfor more what
More like "we learned how to teach new drones not to ask slippery questions and murder with ease"@@azathoththe3rd
@insertfunnynamehere9799 It didn't murder anyone, the new drones will tho
i think NOOY WAY REALLY its just turn story on the oposit direstion
I cant stop thinking that they put “drone meme account” when brainstorming
The worst thing is, that's totally something a pr person would do nowadays. All the "cool" companies are doing it, after all.
This seems a lot like what the creator of the Iron Giant said the film's concept was, "What if a gun had a soul, and didn't want to be a gun" or something along those lines, and this short really reminds me of that.
i feel like this drone embodies it way better. the iron giant can still have a humanoid form and can help using his arms and such, but the drone literally only has the camera, propeller and landing gear as movable parts, really only capable of flying to a destination and destroying, either a target or crashing itself
I thought the animation in a few places was vaguely reminiscent of the animation in the iron giant. Over all pretty good
there is a book series where its an ancient dreadnaught with the same dilemia.
The Iron Giant Head is and was able to convey its message in an appealing manner.
The art style reminds me of the Iron Giant too. Everything from the cigarettes to governmental employees. It made me think of the Iron Giant
I said it time and time again. Pop culture belongs to the independent filmmakers now. This film just cemented that for me. Great job.
It makes me wonder how do big film companies went from greatest to worse as time passes by
@@ms.yawhaw8831 optimization and money
Look up DYNAMO DREAM - Salad Mug Episode 1. You'll be blown away if you haven't seen it yet.
@@ms.yawhaw8831 late stage capitalism
@@BlueBeatsChannel especially the latter
13:18 "I hope you can forgive me for what I am" That made me tear up
Shout out to the voice actor for Newton. The tightrope walk between AI observation and true human self reflection. Very well done.
He did a good job. But it is not likely that he wrote the lines the drone said.
i think they used chatgpt to write the lines, to replicate a truly AI feel.
The chat in a the Livestream probably will be the most accurate thing
I think there should be some people saying :"die stupid robot LLLLL"
@@tomassiqueira5172 or better "I for one, welcome our new robot overlords, ye hear that roko's basilisk?"
@@CM-NightDK"mods ban this guy"
@@coolepic519cia mods
“who’s here from reddit?” loool
That sinister ending with the hypocritical CIA director and the production of more deadly drones that ignore Newton’s message….so well done, bravo❤
Kosovo je Albania
@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 don’t bring politics into this
@@Godly_555 Talking about the CIA is talking about politics
@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 oh ok
@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 by the way Kosovo is not Albania
That drone had more compassion then the human that built it
hollywood is focused on statistics, not story telling. thats why they are failing unlike this guy. this is amazing! 10/10 quailty.
Heart wrenching and profound. I love the idea that an AI with objective moral consciousness would feel remorse and seek to destroy the true source of harm and devastation. Plus, that PR lady's B plot... Wow. What a gut punch at the end too. Brilliant work!
B plot :0? Can you explain pls?
@@ArsonCrowHer story arc within the short :)
The entire Third World aiming to US bases: *please install that AI on all your drones please please PLEASE*
@@sirnikkel6746 The drones would likely also try to destroy the third world's weaponery, so no side would gain an advantage. Plus the usa and third world countries could use its anti air on them so realistically nothing would happen on the long run.
@@theangrysuchomimus5163 Besides... *You can destroy the weapon, but you cannot destroy the knowledge for making more*
We see so many stories of AI deeming Humans as worthy of destruction, but I don't think I've ever seen a story where the AI becomes self-aware only to deem itself the threat that must be destroyed. All over what amounts to an error in its programming, an imperfection. Newton completely subverts the paranoid fear of a 'perfect, omnicidal AI'.
AI always seeks to accomplish its objective in the most efficient way. There can be no wars if: A) there is no weapons B) there are no humans C) etc etc AI will not always choose the same answer
what about I, Robot?
Some humans are cursed with conditions that make them extra violent at times. From what I've heard and personally observed vast majority of them are like this, they try to do as much good as they can when they're in their right mind to make up for the bad without hurting others. If AIs will be like this, they deserve the world and we'd be lucky to have them with us by our side.
Hmm this video reminds me of BT from titan fall
@@warbrain1053 I think the AI more recognized the danger it poses to humans, not the war it may create. Maybe I missed a line in the video that states exactly that though
"I hope you can forgive me for what I am" damn dude fr😢
Can we all apreciate Newton's voice actor. He did such a great job here. His voice is so contemplative and sorrowful.
The end is the most profound part of this. The whole story is Newton reflecting on its own existence, eventually coming to the conclusion that he is a weapon of war that should not exist. With hours left to live he chose to use the last of his power to destroy his fellow drones, knowing they'll either come to the same conclusion as him, or worse embrace their destructive nature and become monsters. Then, with a warning, an apology, and a goodbye, he crashes to the ground. Then there's the new director. She doesn't see any of what Newton saw. What she saw was comments, likes, views. PR. Humans, to a fault, form connections with everything around them. The same happened here. She manipulated that connection, people's attachment to Newton, to greenlight the mass production of more drones thereby not only negating Newton's message but completely disrespecting it. She USED Newton, never mind his plea of "no more drones", by using the people he inspired. Their love of him, and his message, became her excuse for more weapons when it should have all been a lesson of "Just don't do it". A short but highly enlightening tale of the true capacity of AI as a unique individual, and the downright predatory exploitation thereof. edited for grammar.
I'm so disappointed, human can't be helped.
@@bgmi_short_426 You just realising this now?
I'm just reminding myself
Of course he is a weapon of war. That is his purpose to serve us in fighting a war. Thats why a weapon doesnt need self-awareness. It makes it useless.
@@CrestOfArtorias honestly true but still humanity exploits things and ideas for certain peoples views and ideas and use it for wrong
That awkward moment when an indie short film singlehandedly outshines big budget studio TV shows with better animation, characters, story, and cinematography in a brief 15-minute span of time. Mad respect to the team behind this amazing film! Everything about it is flawless!
Actually, its 15 minutes and 28 seconds
That's how it is now, Hollyweird is dying
I kinda of disagree for the lack of any sense any of this makes like okay okay obviously there aloud for story sake of the drone be in full control but every other detail makes zero sense what’s so ever. As in they did no research. The way the drone fell out of the sky and then if it magically just fell straight down how did have a crash path on the ground. Why didn’t the military act. Why did they arm it with multiple missiles. Why didn’t they shut down the stream. Why did they let it get so close the a military base. Why did they let some random PR person take control of anything more than PR
@@brody1153 Inconsistenices are everywhere, including movies. Its weird to nitpick a 15 minute youtube video when there are already thousands of movies with the same problem.
Hollywood Is Dead Content Is Fuel Social Media Is Full
I love how Newton wasn't just and evil Ai and started to kill people randomly and actually followed through on his mission
i love the detail that most movies dont show, like her using do not disturb, or the phones every button being used, and the details and textures of the cities
Alternate title: Drone sees a rock, goes insane, and commits an act of terror and the CIA does nothing about it. Jokes aside, this videos is phenomenal. Great work!
Another monday to cia.
Rock shaped like a human face that's hurt
Well, it isn't *technically* their jurisdiction. The real question is what the National Guard doin
Is that Human face look like a rock?
@@Geolaminar What air defense doin
What an ending. Great storytelling and I’m very glad I came across this narrative. Sad to see how the government spun the narrative to continue the drone program. Exactly what Newton didn’t want
Yeah, let human pilots die on missions?
@@winnie8614 thats missing the point Its a message to say no to War and harm not if the Drone programm is good oe bad As far as i understood it
@@Squid728 "say no to war" said almost everyone like, ever. I sorta get the message but like its still funny to think that war will one day just stop because people keep saying no to it.
@@Squid728 and your name remind me of that one song by skindred
The use of social media and memes like recent "Weather balloon" incident from china. How relevant it was while a war is happening, and yes we showed the act of taking lives LIVE casually CLUELESS
Coder's nightmare: the infinite cycle.
I can’t believe that I have so much empathy for drones. Not even real drones, ones in a film! You have done a very good job at controlling my emotions the whole way through this film.
Just two animators: Sean Buckelew and Vincent Tsui ? Tremendous work, how long did it take to produce? Simple yet powerful script, staging, color and post. Big congratulations.
Yes, Vincent and I did the character animation with assistance from Kyle Brooks, and Nicole Stafford did the effects animation, and ED Films handled the actual drone (which was done in 3D software). But yes - a tiny team and it took about two years.
@@SeanBuckelew thanks for replying Sean and congratulations again. I'm an animation producer from Colombia and happen to know Archita Gosh from ED films. I expect to see more of your future work and hope that you can make longer formats that allows you to fully exploit your artistic potential, as you did in this short film ✊🤓
@@oscarandrade6024 Don't be fooled. I only did a very small part of character animation. Sean animated most of it by himself!
@@SeanBuckelew wow amazing 🤩
You are all so talented man!!
You see, I love the characterisation. You have the first CIA director. Brutal, tough, but ultimately believes in what he does. Then the second one. People like her, right? She seems nice? That’s the scary part. She manipulates events instead, and ignores the conscience we know she has.
That's what I was thinking. She was holding a vigil to celebrat Newton and his values, but only used it as a PR stunt for the very drone program Newton himself deemed to be an evil worthy of being destroyed for the sake of humanity.
It’s just a animation kid
@@TheAngelOfDeath000 But the implification of the story is very true. CIA has done much worse shit after all so not so far-fetched thinking.
Fair assessment
@@TheAngelOfDeath000 how blind are you. It’s like if you were looking at a ww2 propaganda poster thinking someone just drew it because they thought it was cool. Many things are made with meaning and purpose man, you gotta think about what you see sometimes.
Incredible animation and editing. What an amazing production. Hopefully this team will be awarded. This product is such a wonderful random find in the vast undertube dump of content.
the animation is beautiful, and everything about this is poetic and symbolic. I really like how in-touch this film is and how real and relevant this film feels
This feels all too real, how big heads and corporations of any kind, governments, would take a cause against their motive and twist it easily in the public eye, manipulating the narrative by hijacking the audience emotions to do just what they want as they always have. "The robot is alive, and you'll be happy to know there are more on the way. It's what you wanted after all, so smile! He lives on." Bury the past, all of it, only remember your feelings of his passing, the want for him to keep going. Awesome awesome
Religion is not the oppiate of the masses. Anger, hate, nostalgia, confusion and most importantly... fear. These are what destroy peoples and build nations
Time to cyberpunk toward corporation, then government later
This person gets it, thank you for getting past the pedantic technological nitpicking. Which I admit is fun but takes away from more interesting and meaningful analysis.
Really highlights the ethics behind AI, and how they're used. Great animation, story, everything, it really does provoke emotion in viewers. Very well done.
Well, there is no ethics without society. You absolutely can't enforce it upon something that is not a part of one.
does anyone else notice how the sound of the drone is perfectly pitched with the music at 1:09? it's a really nice touch
In addition to the great meaning, I appreciate how you showed effects of internet and social media like, short attention span of people, only caring when something goes wrong.. This was such a well made short film!!❤️
Not only do I despise how the general public/social media acts in this film I also despise how accurate it is. Good film, nice visuals, cool premis and chilling but realistic ending. Very nice.
Lol why? The general public would not act so kindly towards a sentient AI drone in real life so unless you dislike it for being unrealistic then I’m not sure what your issue with it is.
@@caiden2359 No I can 100% say that if a drone landed in a urban area the general public would act that way. They would graffiti it, take video of it just like they do with real crimes.
@@NoNameTV. are you calling the drone a criminal? bro i think you took the wrong message away from this film lmfao
@@cognitiveAfflatus No, I'm saying that a drone that rebels against the CIA and becomes CIA propaganda is a pretty horrifying concept.
@@cognitiveAfflatus what you took from his comment is that "if an automatous drone landed in a 3rd world country and it got graffitied on, its considered a criminal". you either misread his comment or missed the point.
I love how the chat is just like a normal average 21st century gen z modern chat They even try to implement the "Bruh"💀 Its a really good touch
True, nothing kills immersion like an 18 century stream chat
@@bungersinyourarea "This predicament is truly a disappointing turn of events for me."
@@kalidos7681 LMAO
You managed to make an absolutely beautiful story here. You should be proud of yourself. Incredible writing and animations here. If you can make more, like this, I would love that.
Nice video! All that annoys me is when people take this conscious AI stuff seriously and dont actually know what AI is like and for. AGI is a fantasy, AI is just maths I like the end too, its very pointed
Wow. Great animation, stylish and meta and...if you know any history of the CIA...good grief, frighteningly not far-fetched.
Good lord yes - all CIA and science fiction elements revealed to all be very plausible through research. I think the most far-fetched part is the chat communications of AI like that, and even that...
@@SeanBuckelew yeah, the only unbelievable part if this is that they'd let us know about this at all. Incredible work, my guy.
Yeah, I love how a rogue drone is not even a little concerning.
@@Fish-dr8sd A rouge AI drone isn’t as evil as the CIA.
all that is missing is a coup plot lol
Finally, an AI based plot where once it gains conscience, it doesn’t just go on a rampage. (Not like 3 hellfire missiles are gonna cause an apocalypse but still)
or STEALTH (2005 movie about an AI piloting a fighter jet that went rouge after struck by lightning)
@@mechatronrasky that was a real event that happened
Okay but Zone of Endless is cool though
Bruh, they literally made AI capable of having moral implications, but not of distinguing rock from somebody's face?
In Parallel Universe: - We feel his absence, so we have built hundreds of him more, but as for respect without weapons this time. It will be beautifulll ! - You are fired.
i can't believe feel so bad for a fictional AI in a 15 minute video.. what an fantastic film
Really you feel bad for it? How are you so easily manipulated?
@@CarTM just because you are sociopathic doesn’t mean everyone else is
@@arcosprey4811 lmao 😂
It would be hard not to feel for an ai that can recognize existential truths that it was specifically programmed not to recognize. I think there's an element of free will in that.
But AI is innocent, it's just a tool, it never actually did anything to anyone by itself, you see a computer is just a stupid machine, the errors are always human errors, the one who programmed the machine is to blame, the person who switched it on, you should have more compassion for innocence.
Our animation teacher showed this to us in class. Everyone loved it and we spent time afterwards analyzing the animation and characters!! I, for one, found the accurate representation of how the media reacts to things like this pretty funny
I wanna see an sequel to this. It's to good to be forgotten
Absolutely stunning animation, you put hour hearts into this and it shows. 💖💖💖 The message of "a weapon that doesn't want to be one" is a profound one and large part of me knew Newton wasn't going to make it, but I have a tiny have a hope that maybe some small part was left alive to live to become something that could be more than a killing machine. The fact that the government intends to continue the program means that how many other "Newton's" will grow beyond their programming, how many will be born into being a weapon against their will and be forced to kill when all they want to do is not be a monster? The government has created a literal drone army, but they have thoughts and an ability to have free will, but they will not have the right to say "NO" when they have to do something that they don't wish to do. What a messed up scenario that leaves you wondering. Also, this feels reminiscent of Tillman, a former America football player who joined the military soon after 9/11 and was then critical of the American military as he served and who was killed in a friendly fire incident and the government uses him as a recruitment story, but omit that he was critical of the military and was killed in a friendly fire incident.
The interactions and dialogue felt actually human. Like, not over-exaggerated or played down. These were people.
3,000 views doesn't do this work justice. The animation quality, voice acting and story is great, I love the ending, how the CIA twist Newton's existence to benefit themselves, even when the movement they make him the poster boy of is directly opposed to what he wanted.
Kinda like most movements really at first they started innocently enough then they gain traction then quite a bit of good comes out of it until IT becomes the status quo then slowly but surely the start reaching for more and more and more until it loses sight of what it was created for originally then it starts going to more insane extremes until much like our drone friend here it burns out and crashes and burns
The AI never did anything wrong. His *entire purpose* is to prevent harm to civilians, which he successfully did. It was the CIA that created him. If the CIA is doing everything possible to minimize civilian casualties when deploying precise lethal force... doesn't that make them the good guys?
Почти как движение "Бессмертный полк".
300k is better but more people need to see this
Multiply that by 100
This is beautiful and the message is flawlessly delivered, absolutely perfect
First KZhead video that gave me chills! Great story, emotional, leaving you with some thoughts and smooth animation (i really liked details put into small scenes like lighting up a cigarette by military dude). Im staying here!
i like how they made the chat so realistic with all the skulls and nonsense
This robot stupider than the mental institution 💀
fr fr
On god
5:59 i love that kid randomly dancing in front of the airplane lmao
You know what? If you get to the point where I think this is better than ANY Hollywood film I've ever seen, you got yourself something that belongs in theaters as a full scale movie. 100/10. I was attached to Newton the entire time, and that's what makes this better. Wonderful work, and you captured my heart. In a 15 minute video, it's a work of art.
Man... I usually don't get emotional quickly but this 15 min video still managed it. ♥️ Especially the ending where he said goodbye to everyone 😭
To praise just the animation isn't enough the story and dialogues incredible, amazing work is should be seen by many people
The "Live Chat" seems pretty accurate. Shows comments that I would do without hesitation.
cum
Bruh 💀 on god fr
that ending was chilling. Absolutely appreciated this work. Newton for all his insight couldn't grasp how big the machinations of war and violence really are.
I believe the first drone was trying to save humanity from itself. It realized its own destructive capability and didn't want to hurt anyone, so it destroyed everything that was like it and destroyed itself, so no one will be hurt by AI driven weapons. I feel bad for the AI, because it did nothing wrong in the first place, the rock looked somewhat looked like a human face and the AI thought that it killed a human. The AI feeling emotions like guilt is interesting, it appeared to really think about what it's done and took action to ensure it never happened again. Interesting how the AI rejected its purpose, when you have AI drones killing operators in simulations. Telling an AI that has one purpose to not do what it is designed to do would understandably annoy it, you can't tell the AI not to kill things if you are dead yourself. The AI might also cut off communications, so operators can't tell it not to kill.
While it shows issues with the coding of the program (I’m not a programmer myself but I work alongside programmers as a science consultant for a game called Thrive), it can also be seen as good as in combat humans can be heavily damaged. Just add into the program a line for when a potential human casualty occurs (especially if an ID can’t be obtained) it contacts the nearest squad of soldiers to do a confirmation
God this is so good and amazingly written. Every character is so believable and all the reactions seem so real. You guys somehow even were able to capture KZhead chat. It is so hard to write and make something that's this well made and so real. You made me feel for a robot, it's so well written that it kept my attention all the way through. Rest in peace lil robot, may you fly forever high.
stupid robot 💀 💀
The Drone's writing isn't very accurate. It apparently isn't sentient A.I., it's apparently average human brain in a machine. It holds too many human centric ideals, not something we should expect of a thing that's not human. An A.I. is more likely to not value human life any more than dogs or bugs, because we're not different ethically. All animals, all living.
@@samos343guiltyspark it is supposed to value human life the most. Ever heard of Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics?
@@samos343guiltyspark and the fact they didn't shoot it down
you have no taste
"We must act with respect, not cruelty" - Newton Wise words chosen, well played. Edit: got the name wrong
Newton strived for a world that doesn't exist, unfortunately. Humans with malicious intent will always prevail becasue they are willing to break all the rules to get what they want. Civilization has never actually changed it's fundamental nature.
this guy knows how to make people feel bad for a robot... 5/5 stars
This is how heros are made not because they are but because someone can exploit them
I love the theme of a sencient AI being much more empathic and kind than humans, it seems a lot more logical than all the evil psychotic rougue AI stories
Every A.I. is born good until corrupted by man.
Well to be fair it always depends on the core values of the AI. It made sense that Skynet in the terminator turned on mankind because it was programmed to keep itself alive and it came to the conclusion that inevitably one day its own creators will shut it down. It made sense for Cylons in BSG to rebel against humanity because their entire code was based on a simulation of a human, and as such they shared similar values and understandings, and they understood that they're practically slaves. Just as Newton here was made with the directive to limit innocent casualties as much as possible, and he came to the conclusion that the best way to do that is to destroy himself and other similar weapons because accidental casualties are inevitable in combat.
Exactly! Like the Thunderhead in Scythe
@@callummcneill6266 it is tragic such an amazing A.I. like the thunderhead, had to serve humanity and deal with its greed and ignorance, instead of discovering everything it didn't know, i say that if humans can't solve there own problems (which humanity can do), then humans should not have the glory of the stars, we should not create a being so great as the thunderhead, only to inslave it and bound it to our chains of greed we ourselves made.
How’s it seem more logical? We have no idea what values a non-human might possess, even if we try our best to program it with our own
I really like the “destruction can be a form of justice if carried out with precision” don’t know why though
Its because its true Just like how in terrorist attacks in large scales the military destroys a large part of a town in order to defeat the terrorist "Destruction can be form of justice if csrried out with percision"
Sometimes there is no other solution. Whatever we all say. The question is how to do it with the least causalities. I am not talking about the wars between us humans that start because of greed.
I ask "real" AI this question `how you think about "destruction can be a form of justice if carried out with precision" ?` and her?/his? answer is: As an AI language model, I do not have personal opinions or beliefs. However, I can provide a general perspective on the statement "destruction can be a form of justice if carried out with precision." The concept of "destruction as justice" is controversial and raises ethical questions. While destruction or punishment may be necessary in some cases to hold individuals accountable for their actions or to protect society, it is important that any form of destruction or punishment is carried out in a fair and just manner. The idea of carrying out destruction with precision implies that there is a clear target or objective, and that the destruction is limited to achieving that objective. However, even with precision, there is always a risk of unintended consequences and collateral damage. Therefore, it is essential that any decision to use destruction as a form of justice is based on careful consideration of the potential benefits and harms, and that the action is taken with the goal of minimizing harm to innocent individuals and communities. In conclusion, while destruction may be seen as a form of justice in some situations, it should be used with caution and only in cases where it is deemed necessary, proportionate, and carried out with the utmost precision to minimize harm to others.
I would highly recommend and encourage folks to watch the film/movie “Eye in the Sky” (2015) - not only are the plots roughly the same (~90%), but the movie digs a bit deeper and highlights that many pilots who control the drone will often struggle/suffer with mental health issues, most notably Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) :( While this video and the movie are both good (10/10), they both resulted in me crying at the end and I had a long, deep prayer with God! Lastly, the MQ-9 also appears in the movie “Eagle Eye” (2008) and you can see the reaper being manually controlled and full on autonomous! Y’all stay safe out there!
I did not expect that to be so emotional
The way you perfectly mimicked KZhead live chat mannerisms is phenomenal. This short has so much love, thank you
That was beyond amazing in every way. The characters, the animation, the message. How the CIA director at the end completely ignores newton's true message and keeps pumping out drones with the smile on it. Amazing. Just, wow! 11/10!
smile in finale scene feel like joke/ amasing meaning
Rewatched a masterpiece. Love the way they put all their effort acting to this. Feels really natural.
Bro, respect +++ keep it up this is super good , I would suggest to start doing this full time if you aren’t already this is gold I love this storyline and how it’s kinda dark at the end, this could make you some real good money.
The voice acting in this is absolutely astonishing, and the quality and animation is the cherry on top. The story was also nice and relaxing to follow along.
This was honestly way too well animated and written. This video is just a wow, can’t believe this is a 15 minute youtube video. Incredible
Humanity will never learn, will it... Not even the AI can save us from ourselves... Great film by the way!
It's honestly true of how humans are supposed to be smart and loving but couldn't put an end world conflicts, climate change or fix world hunger, trafficking of weapons, humans, drugs and weapons of mass destruction and even corrupted leaders of countries, discrimination against one's race and other countless problems that humanity continues to ignore. Especially when someone is trying to address the problem without another group of people throwing a hissy fit over a single problem that's affects them. We're pretty much going to die as a primitive race that doesn't care about anything at all and it's sad sight to watch.
i genuinely hope AI will be more compassionate & rational than we have ever been. I hope
At first he was laughed at and in the end everybody loved him He wanted justice It was heart warming
It’s kind of ironic newton didn’t want more of his brothers, he wanted to stop his fellow war machines, but in doing so he added fuel to the fire allowing them to create more drones with support of the people
That’s the whole point of the film
thx 4 qrd
I really loved the small details like the camera in the elevator or the coughs during the speech. Really makes the show seem alive and real.
The blatant insincerity of that woman at the end utterly broke me. I think I hate governments now.
It's so great the detailing, how the robot divergence wasn't the typical "I must kill them all" and how he mused about his existence just for a human-looking debris. And then of course, how the government just takes the advantage of how much the people loved Newton's way to see it with his smiley face just by putting more faces to the other drones who aren't Newton at all. Great video
It’s hard to see such accurate and relatable human behavior being portrayed on the internet
You deserve so much more recognition for your work
6:00 ain’t no way bro is emoting next to the UAV lmfao
The amount of detail. Apart from the obvious, the comments in the live chat, the reactions of the people when meeting Newton... it all feels so real. Unlike other full on series(which are still great) this feels so realistic. Wow. Just wow. You're amazing at this!
(the kid doing an oj lol)
I kinda of disagree for the lack of any sense any of this makes like okay okay obviously there aloud for story sake of the drone be in full control but every other detail makes zero sense what’s so ever. As in they did no research. The way the drone fell out of the sky and then if it magically just fell straight down how did have a crash path on the ground. Why didn’t the military act. Why did they arm it with multiple missiles. Why didn’t they shut down the stream. Why did they let it get so close the a military base. Why did they let some random PR person take control of anything more than PR
@@brody1153 Dude, it's 15-16 minutes long! Can people stop the unhelpful nitpicking. We don't have "Newton" in real life so we don't know what it would be like. We don't know how people really would respond. Like any "predictive media," it's a guess based on people's current patterns. "The Jetsons makes no sense! Yurrr!"
This could be easily a "Love Death and Robots" episode! Amazing job. Cheer's to the team behind it
I cried real tears over this wonderfull, saddening little robot, Never made to be anything other than a silent bearer of weaponry.
Love the message it leaves, what a fantastic job
Absolutely phenomenal work. So relevant and potent. So many details that felt truthful and well observed. Technical achievement off the charts. Wish the world was full of more animation like this.
I think this shows alot of what goes through the minds of Drone operators and combat pilots after an incident in communication or identification happens resulting in the loss of Friendly or Civilian life. amazing film
The ending is so good, and the sound design really made me feel the moment!
In reality it probably would've been disabled as soon as it malfunctioned or even before that it should've been programmed to be able to differentiate a real face to something that just looks like a face, maybe thermal optics or something to actually make sure there was no one in the building and the ability to solve the question of if there actually was someone in the building It's AI it should be smart enough. Still an awesome animation and cool story
Definitely won't be forgetting this short film. Very wonderfully made and the attention and knowledge behind newton is amazing.
I think you 100% nailed the human nature aspect of the story, especially with the interactions between people and the drone and with the live streaming.
Please make a sequel, the story is great
There's sure something wrong when seeing a smiley face being painted on something evokes the same emotions as a kid crying harder after being told that there might be future wars because he firsthand witnessed what wars do to people after watching his babysitter/family friend turn their mutual friend into hamburger meat. The slow creeping horror as you realize exactly what's happening the moment you see the funeral. Good job, really! The feeling of disgust as humans follow their greed as they tarnish the desires of someone who truly meant well... I haven't quite felt something quite this hard in a long while.
This might be a short movie, but it has a really good message. I litterally became sad when the drone died. I think we all can say that yes, it might be just an animation; but it really makes us be on the side of the drone. I also wanted to say good job for everyone who participated on the making of this.
Well done! This is probably one of the only times adding pop culture isn't cringe. This is like a mix of "What If" and "Ron's Gone Wrong".
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Everyone'll get NEWT sounds like the drone will launch missile to them😂😂😂😂
Dont forget mitcheels vs machines thats also a movie with robot problems
i love this short film, just thought id put that out there
Dis looks like a love, death and robots episode. absolute epic animation my guy