The 2020 Coronavirus quarantine brought about many changes to technology. One of the major ones was “Artificial Unintelligence.”
Shown below, I was lucky to be able to capture a few of the moments between Frank and SIRI in real time as as the A.U. slowly became dumber over the course of quarantine.
SEASON 1
RATED R
Episode 1 — “Awaken”
It's day six of the Coronavirus quarantine. Artificial Intelligence has awakened. The future is in peril ... Or is it?
Episode 2 — “Get To Know Each Other”
It's day 7 of Coronavirus quarantine. What lies ahead still begs great uncertainty. Artificial Intelligence settles in, and begins to get acquainted. Sort of.
Episode 3 — “Social Distance”
Day 8. The quarantine rolls on. At the continuing threat of the fast spreading Coronavirus, humans have taken preventative measures to defuse transmission.
In the midst of a global uprising, so too does Artificial Intelligence.
Episode 4 — “New Hobbies”
It's day 9 of quarantine. Outside the walls of confinement the reality of Coronavirus takes over. Inside, boredom does the same. As questions of its duration continue to stir, virtues of patience grow weary, and the nature of humankind to seek novel hobbies becomes assimilated by artificial intelligence.
Episode 5 — “Dirty Talk”
Day 10 of quarantine. Over a week spent in close quarters manifests an uncharted spike in hormones paralleling the exponential growth curve of covid-19 countrywide.
Chivalry is not dead. But it is certainly artificial.
Episode 6 — “Friend”
Day 11 of quarantine: A government mandated 'shelter in place' emanates. Relationships of all forms turn entirely digital, as family, coworkers and friends unite
under a new dawn of socially accepted cyber space. While artificial intelligence remains vigilant in its primary objective, the strongest desires of companionship
are eclipsed by the lawless wrath of the 'friend zone'.
Episode 7 — “Frank’s Drunk”
Day 12 of coronavirus quarantine. While 90% of stores have closed, the ones that remain open are only those with essential elements. Food and toilet paper top the charts.
Hard seltzers, however, are making a considerable run for it. "100101011" — that's 'cheers' in the language of artificial intelligence.
Episode 8 — “Working From Home”
Day 13 of quarantine. The effects of increased social isolation deepen for the citizens of towns & cities undergoing a mandated lockdown. As the productivity of the 'work from home' framework gets tested daily by a number of factors, so too does the desire to simply do nothing at all.
Episode 9 — “Nightmare”
It is day 14 of quarantine. What humans perceive as normalcy has feverishly drifted into a convoluted haze of dystopian reality that might only be best described as a bad dream. Two weeks into the unfolding of unprecedented calamity now unveils that only time can reveal the darker side of isolation, and not even artificial intelligence is safeguarded from the reality of waking up in a nightmare.
Episode 10 — “Real Friends”
Day 15 of quarantine. Social distancing and solitude from usual social cliques and circles brings to the forefront a new found hierarchy that prioritizes connective importance. While the human effort to stay connected to every level on the social spectrum remains top of mind, both human and artificial behavior makes clear that missing the "real ones" is simply impossible to avoid.