[Film review] Machines and people, who is more unreliable? -"Doomsday Maneuver"

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The keynote of the film is not "evil is overwhelming", because in the end the protagonist did not win a big victory, but escaped from the real world after revealing the secret, and chose to live happily with the heroine.

    In recent years, popular topics such as big data, machine decision making, and artificial intelligence learning are nothing new in sci-fi films, but unlike its booming momentum, the content portion involved in sci-fi films tends to appear strong. and dim. Power is reflected in all aspects of the penetration of new technologies into human society, even replacing humans in management decision making, while the gloom is reflected in the fact that these management decisions often cause many problems. The Canadian science fiction film "HELIX" explores and considers the subject of "machine management" from this perspective. In the future society shown in the film, the physiological characteristics of all people, including palm prints, DNA, etc., It is managed by a system called "HELIX" (HELIX). At the same time, a spiral logo was embedded on each of one's wrists. The system can easily query all of this person's information in the system database based on this identifier. Based on this, if there is a criminal event, as long as the suspect's fur, fingerprints, or all the clues of the suspect are left at the scene, the spiral system can instantly locate the suspect and arrest him, quickly and efficiently, replacing most of the police officers. Character. As for why the spiral system is used to maintain the survival of the people, the reasons stated in the film are that the earth is flooded and the survivors face the dilemma of insufficient resources and unable to maintain order. so they can only rely on the spiral system. At the same time, the masses were divided into one zone for the elite and a second zone for the poor, the two zones were separated by a line of defense called the "wall ban", which prohibited arbitrary entry and exit. 

  The story happened to Aiden, an ordinary policeman in the second district. An accidental chance allows him to witness a murder. Even though the suspect flees on the spot, the spiral system instantly catches the suspect and sends him to prison based on the remaining clues. Aiden was also unexpectedly rewarded for this, was promoted to a district as a police officer, and received by the mayor as well. Aiden finds many suspicious points in this case in a new environment. He wanted to continue the investigation but was blocked by his superiors, so he turned to colleagues and doctors who had studied the spiral system for help. At the same time, the real villain once again appeared to attack Aiden. He also kills the doctor and blames Aiden. The spiral system wants to catch it. In desperation, he fled back to the second district and embarked on a journey to find the truth. with the heroine. The point of the story is clear: the spiral system is unreliable, but people believe it blindly, so many unfair cases are created and they refuse to admit it. The realistic chill that Aiden had as he ran around to investigate the doubts couldn't help but let out a sigh. In the process of tracing the truth, many key figures appear on the scene with clues. Soon, Aiden found a special bracelet at the raid scene. The wearer can use this bracelet to change his physical characteristics and make the spiral system think he is. Other people. Before the palm scanning terminal, Aiden tries to wear the bracelet for the first time. After selecting the target person, the entire arm changes drastically. Skin, pores, and muscles change according to fluctuations. In the blink of an eye, he turned his head and became one another completely. Human palm. This extraordinary discovery directly exposed the Achilles heel of the spiral system. What's more, there is an industrial chain for the bracelet: some people illegally download information on human DNA characteristics from the spiral system, and some people make the bracelet and write the DNA characteristic information onto the bracelet. The villain who attacked Aiden earlier. So, with the help of a group of friends from the anti-spiral system, the truth is revealed, the criminal is subdued by Aiden, and real black hands behind the scenes begin to appear. the whole arm changed drastically. Skin, pores, and muscles change according to fluctuations. In the blink of an eye, he turned his head and became one another completely. Human palm. This extraordinary discovery directly exposed the Achilles heel of the spiral system. What's more, there is an industrial chain for the bracelet: some people illegally download information on human DNA characteristics from the spiral system, and some people make the bracelet and write the DNA characteristic information onto the bracelet. The villain who attacked Aiden earlier. So, with the help of a group of friends from the anti-spiral system, the truth is revealed, the criminal is subdued by Aiden, and real black hands behind the scenes begin to appear. the whole arm changed drastically. Skin, pores, and muscles change according to fluctuations. In the blink of an eye, he turned his head and became one another completely. Human palm. This extraordinary discovery directly exposed the Achilles heel of the spiral system. What's more, there is an industrial chain for the bracelet: some people illegally download information on human DNA characteristics from the spiral system, and some people make the bracelet and write the DNA characteristic information onto the bracelet. The villain who attacked Aiden earlier. So, with the help of a group of friends from the anti-spiral system, the truth is revealed, the criminal is subdued by Aiden, and real black hands behind the scenes begin to appear. In the blink of an eye, he turned his head and became one another completely. Human palm. This extraordinary discovery directly exposed the Achilles heel of the spiral system. What's more, there is an industrial chain for the bracelet: some people illegally download information on human DNA characteristics from the spiral system, and some people make the bracelet and write the DNA characteristic information onto the bracelet. The villain who attacked Aiden earlier. So, with the help of a group of friends from the anti-spiral system, the truth is revealed, the criminal is subdued by Aiden, and real black hands behind the scenes begin to appear. In the blink of an eye, he turned his head and became one another completely. The palm of a human hand. This extraordinary discovery directly exposed the Achilles heel of the spiral system. What's more, there is an industrial chain for the bracelet: some people illegally download information on human DNA characteristics from the spiral system, and some people make the bracelet and write the DNA characteristic information onto the bracelet. The villain who attacked Aiden earlier. So, with the help of a group of friends from the anti-spiral system, the truth is revealed, the criminal is subdued by Aiden, and real black hands behind the scenes begin to appear. What's more, there is an industrial chain for the bracelet: some people illegally download information on human DNA characteristics from the spiral system, and some people make the bracelet and write the DNA characteristic information onto the bracelet. The villain who attacked Aiden earlier. So, with the help of a group of friends from the anti-spiral system, the truth is revealed, the criminal is subdued by Aiden, and real black hands behind the scenes begin to appear. What's more, there is an industrial chain for the bracelet: some people illegally download information on human DNA characteristics from the spiral system, and some people make the bracelet and write the DNA characteristic information onto the bracelet. The villain who attacked Aiden earlier. So, with the help of a group of friends from the anti-spiral system, the truth is revealed, the criminal is subdued by Aiden, and real black hands behind the scenes begin to appear. 

  Fairly, the partitioning arrangement in the film isn't directly related to the spiral system, and the wall-ban setting doesn't have enough shots to show, only presenting a vague concept, but weakening the core arrangement of the spiral system. Moreover, the film's keynote is not "the evil is inincible", because in the end the protagonist does not win a big victory, but instead runs away from real society after revealing his secret, and chooses to live happily with the hero. Behind them, the spiral system is still being used step by step, and all the vulnerabilities in the past have been fixed on their behalf. Those exploiting the vulnerability are also paused, and a brief peace comes. However, under the surface peace,

    The spiral system is somewhat similar to the crime prediction system in "Minority Report". It is actually used to maintain law and order after being tested and matured in practice. In actual application, it reveals the ruggedness that only the protagonist and audience know. As a low-cost sci-fi film, directors and screenwriters not only try to tell audiences that machine-driven decision-making is unreliable, but also try to unearth the man-made factors behind it. There are rules in science fiction. In most societies run by an overly strict and impersonal mechanical system, there must be criminals who are desperately coveted to gain power in secret, even under the banner of "all for your good", use machine Vulnerability of manipulated systems. As the saying goes, where there is defense, there is attack. At this stage, however well designed the machine's decision-making system is, as long as one digs deeper, there will always be gaps to be found. It depends on whether the inventor fixes the gap from a systems perspective or stands. Look for benefits from a selfish perspective. Obviously, the latter had more room for interpretation for the film, so it was preferred by both directors and screenwriters. It depends on whether the inventor fixes the gap from a systems perspective or stands. Look for benefits from a selfish perspective. Obviously, the latter had more room for interpretation for the film, so it was preferred by both directors and screenwriters. It depends on whether the inventor fixes the gap from a systems perspective or stands. Look for benefits from a selfish perspective. Obviously, the latter had more room for interpretation for the film, so it was preferred by both directors and screenwriters. 

  To inflame the spiral system, the film also depicts a series of artificial intelligence technologies we are familiar with, such as smart homes integrated with property and security, and associated voice assistants. This technology is not far from our reality. They sound like Siri from Apple and Xiaona from Microsoft. However, the voice assistant shown in the film has a very high recognition rate and response effectiveness. With Internet of Things technology that "everything can be controlled by the Internet", nearly on call and comprehensive, making it smart and avid servant.   

In real society, although the development of artificial intelligence is not rapid, it has been running smoothly lately, with frequent reports. Even the intellectual game Go, which is exclusive to humans, has been conquered by artificial intelligence, but humans themselves. always in their own science fiction. From a human point of view, the rendering engine system's unreliability at work is logical. However, when artificial intelligence in the future develops to the point where it can create works of art, will it take the opposite position and strive to promote human unreliability? This is a very interesting question to think about.