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CAPTCHA's are these little tests performed by websites and applications to make sure that the user accessing them is human and not what we call a bot. In the beginning, they started just as random characters that the user had to enter, but as bots became more advanced, CAPTCHA's have evolved into sometimes intricate puzzles to make sure bots can't solve them. But can bots end up as evolved and advanced that we can't tell them apart from humans?
I'm Not a Robot follows Lara (Ellen Parren), who finds herself questioning her true nature after repeatedly failing CAPTCHA tests at work. This is one of the live shorts nominated for an Oscar this year, and I thought it was pretty well done. I thought the way that they build up this uncertainty about Lara's identity was really well done, while also never losing perspective of her "humanity" and emotions.
I think parts of these were a bit derivative from other films, and I still feel that they could've done a bit more with the premise to set themselves apart. However, I still thought what they did, they did really well. It's the kind of thing that makes you wonder, how would you react if your whole nature, your whole being, was put into question and you suddenly couldn't tell what's real and what's not apart?
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I'M NOT A ROBOT
(2023, Warmerdan)
(2023, Warmerdan)
"It's called Captcha... Completely Automatic Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart."
CAPTCHA's are these little tests performed by websites and applications to make sure that the user accessing them is human and not what we call a bot. In the beginning, they started just as random characters that the user had to enter, but as bots became more advanced, CAPTCHA's have evolved into sometimes intricate puzzles to make sure bots can't solve them. But can bots end up as evolved and advanced that we can't tell them apart from humans?
I'm Not a Robot follows Lara (Ellen Parren), who finds herself questioning her true nature after repeatedly failing CAPTCHA tests at work. This is one of the live shorts nominated for an Oscar this year, and I thought it was pretty well done. I thought the way that they build up this uncertainty about Lara's identity was really well done, while also never losing perspective of her "humanity" and emotions.
I think parts of these were a bit derivative from other films, and I still feel that they could've done a bit more with the premise to set themselves apart. However, I still thought what they did, they did really well. It's the kind of thing that makes you wonder, how would you react if your whole nature, your whole being, was put into question and you suddenly couldn't tell what's real and what's not apart?
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