However, unlike Catherine, Samantha is exactly what Theodore was looking for. His relationship with Samantha feels similar to the beginning of his relationship with Catherine. The “tummy giggles” quickly set in and we are taken along for the ride as Theodore “falls in love” again. Theodore uploads and updates Samantha and the relationship blossoms. This is where we spend the majority of the film.

Theodore and Catherine divorce and part ways. A relationship built on what I like to call the “tummy giggles” does not withstand the strain. However, conflict arrives (as it inevitably does in every marriage). They meet, they “fall in love”, everything is happy, they move in together, they get married, and everything is wonderful. It seems like an ordinary marriage, at least from an ideologically secular point of view. Through flashbacks and dialogue, we get a picture of Theodore’s failed marriage to Catherine. Taking a step back, we can observe three stages of Theodore’s journey. Manhattan), becomes bored with humanity and leaves for a “higher purpose.” In the end, Theodore (we are led to assume) finds true and meaningful love in a budding relationship with Amy, a close friend. Ultimately, however, Theodore’s relationship with Samantha ends as he begins to realize the limitations of her artificiality. Toward the end, Samantha no longer feels like an artificial intelligence, more like a long-distance relationship. Throughout the film, that relationship grows like any other. After wallowing in depression after the divorce, he begins a relationship with Samantha, an artificial intelligence. Theodore (the protagonist) is crushed by the failure of his marriage with Catherine. Her (2013) is one of the first modern films to dive deep into the heart of what we consider human (love) in an attempt to deconstruct and demystify it. It was into this haze that Spike Jonze released Her in 2013. Soon, it felt as though the entire culture was in a dizzy haze of abstract ideas about what it means to be human and how the revolution of artificial intelligence will reconstruct our understanding of the universe. A captivated culture was swept away by the ponderings of films like Ex Machina (2014), followed by shows like Humans (2015), and even video games like Detroit: Become Human (2018). Quickly and inevitably, the creative types went to work painting, filming, writing, recording, and editing to reflect on these questions. Libraries, hipster breweries, college campuses, and lecture halls were filled with idealistic thinkers waxing eloquent about the future of artificial intelligence and the philosophical questions that it raises.

Suddenly, that sci-fi nerd, a former social nonentity, became a visionary, a futurist intellectual. As a result, the cultural hype exploded into film, shows, music, documentaries, and internet culture. Why the spike in hype? Starting in the late 2000s and growing during the early 2010s, faster processing speeds and more efficient computer languages meant that artificial intelligence advanced much more quickly than in the 1990s. Her (2013) was a significant sci-fi release because it addressed the rise of artificial intelligence hype in the 2010s.

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