DRONE | Animated short film about drones, AI, and live-streaming on YouTube

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Жыл бұрын

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
✈ A behind the scenes look at the production of an independent animated short.
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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

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@DrFishsticks Жыл бұрын

This feels so much like a Love, Death, and Robots episode

@therabbidt Жыл бұрын

Couldnt have explained it better

@themechbuilder6171 Жыл бұрын

isn't this an official episode? just kidding, but yeah it really feels the same as an official one

@alexcarter8807 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@RogueBeatsARG Жыл бұрын

it should be on it tbh

@nevergonnagiveyouup4753 Жыл бұрын

Maybe also a black mirror episode

@MegaDudon Жыл бұрын

Can't suspend my disbelief that they didn't shoot the drone out of the sky immediately after it destroyed other drones.

@doodleboodle Жыл бұрын

Cos it was a PR campaign to make people believe autonomous drones are good which you can kinda pick from the end

@MegaDudon Жыл бұрын

@@doodleboodle I believe the PR campaign has kinda gone off the rail when the drone short-circuited

@doodleboodle Жыл бұрын

@MegaDudon that was the point though to show that he had a soul or something

@RogueBeatsARG Жыл бұрын

well he had no more missiles and fuel was getting low

@MegaDudon Жыл бұрын

@@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

@jso_VS 7 ай бұрын

>casually lands in a middle of a town >refuses to elaborate >leaves

Ай бұрын

the way I understood it towards the end. Is that Newton communicated via a live feed with the people.

@dayvnjacobs3171 26 күн бұрын

@ he could also talk via an installed speaker.

@lgniisfire869 9 сағат бұрын

The most unrealistic part was no Pompous Self-Righteous Truck driver hit it because "It was my right of way"

@kuuluna 10 ай бұрын

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

@MicheleDelGiudice-mykys 9 ай бұрын

Kinda

@Akira556 5 ай бұрын

I like believe that the chat would be so cursed if the drone was actually livestreaming

@SuperEinstein2 4 ай бұрын

I dont know if there was bit i wanted there to be: SODA!!!!

@matthewallen2273 Ай бұрын

It would be like the daily dose of internet's comment section.

@atreidesson Ай бұрын

it's not actually a construct, but a whole artificial consciousness with rights theoretically equal to them of a human

@thesam6875 Жыл бұрын

finally a film maker that actually knows what the internet is like.

@cattitude2 Жыл бұрын

"💀💀💀💀" -Someone from the internet I suppose

@tovarischshashlikov Жыл бұрын

💀💀💀💀

@victoriazero8869 Жыл бұрын

The accuracy of youtube chat and comments are impeccable

@littletimmygotburnedinafire Жыл бұрын

There was a kid dancing the thing from fortnite in the vid

@DailyDrds Жыл бұрын

@@littletimmygotburnedinafirefr bro

@zackarysmith1520 Жыл бұрын

I like how no one points out that the drone brought up a whole database on civilian casualties on stream

@gfries4906 7 ай бұрын

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.

@furdiburd 7 ай бұрын

Guys dont look at that! Please dont! Viewers: bet

@ViquelOoste 4 ай бұрын

"lol it broke'' is the best you can except in a public chat

@LuoSon312_G8 2 ай бұрын

why was there so many civilians in a military weapons test range?

@null-0 Ай бұрын

Almost all of us have citizen ID, driver's license, passports etc. What don't they know about us?

@cuppajoe2 8 ай бұрын

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.

@azathoththe3rd 4 ай бұрын

"we learned absolutely nothing and are gonna use this as a springboard for more murder drones"

@mr.jitterspam9552 3 ай бұрын

@@azathoththe3rdfor more what

@insertfunnynamehere9799 2 ай бұрын

More like "we learned how to teach new drones not to ask slippery questions and murder with ease"@@azathoththe3rd

@melfsade5557 2 ай бұрын

@insertfunnynamehere9799 It didn't murder anyone, the new drones will tho

@catycandy6613 2 ай бұрын

i think NOOY WAY REALLY its just turn story on the oposit direstion

@panwasap7 3 ай бұрын

13:18 "I hope you can forgive me for what I am" That made me tear up

@topphatt1312 Жыл бұрын

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.

@kirtil5177 Жыл бұрын

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

@rb3020 Жыл бұрын

I thought the animation in a few places was vaguely reminiscent of the animation in the iron giant. Over all pretty good

@cameroncashatt692 Жыл бұрын

there is a book series where its an ancient dreadnaught with the same dilemia.

@foxrunnergaming6573 Жыл бұрын

The Iron Giant Head is and was able to convey its message in an appealing manner.

@congruentcrib Жыл бұрын

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

@shakeemwinn3647 Жыл бұрын

I said it time and time again. Pop culture belongs to the independent filmmakers now. This film just cemented that for me. Great job.

@ms.yawhaw8831 Жыл бұрын

It makes me wonder how do big film companies went from greatest to worse as time passes by

@BlueBeatsChannel Жыл бұрын

@@ms.yawhaw8831 optimization and money

@DurzoBlunts Жыл бұрын

Look up DYNAMO DREAM - Salad Mug Episode 1. You'll be blown away if you haven't seen it yet.

@Forcoy Жыл бұрын

@@ms.yawhaw8831 late stage capitalism

@EricWulfe Жыл бұрын

@@BlueBeatsChannel especially the latter

@BlueDub42 8 ай бұрын

Shout out to the voice actor for Newton. The tightrope walk between AI observation and true human self reflection. Very well done.

@comradecameron3726 Ай бұрын

He did a good job. But it is not likely that he wrote the lines the drone said.

@Quicksplained_ Ай бұрын

i think they used chatgpt to write the lines, to replicate a truly AI feel.

@beatpeace879 Жыл бұрын

That drone had more compassion then the human that built it

@jasonheightreck7335 Жыл бұрын

That sinister ending with the hypocritical CIA director and the production of more deadly drones that ignore Newton’s message….so well done, bravo❤

@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 Жыл бұрын

Kosovo je Albania

@Godly_555 Жыл бұрын

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 don’t bring politics into this

@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 Жыл бұрын

@@Godly_555 Talking about the CIA is talking about politics

@Godly_555 Жыл бұрын

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 oh ok

@Godly_555 Жыл бұрын

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 by the way Kosovo is not Albania

@Fish-dr8sd Жыл бұрын

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!

@diegomoreno7760 Жыл бұрын

Another monday to cia.

@M697_01 Жыл бұрын

Rock shaped like a human face that's hurt

@Geolaminar Жыл бұрын

Well, it isn't *technically* their jurisdiction. The real question is what the National Guard doin

@axellmorren347 Жыл бұрын

Is that Human face look like a rock?

@acp6213 Жыл бұрын

@@Geolaminar What air defense doin

@peenuut1498 Жыл бұрын

"I hope you can forgive me for what I am" damn dude fr😢

@Sunrise-d819i2 6 ай бұрын

hollywood is focused on statistics, not story telling. thats why they are failing unlike this guy. this is amazing! 10/10 quailty.

@imgood7923 Жыл бұрын

The chat in a the Livestream probably will be the most accurate thing

@tomassiqueira5172 3 ай бұрын

I think there should be some people saying :"die stupid robot LLLLL"

@CM-NightDK 2 ай бұрын

@@tomassiqueira5172 or better "I for one, welcome our new robot overlords, ye hear that roko's basilisk?"

@coolepic519 2 ай бұрын

@@CM-NightDK"mods ban this guy"

@bounceysteve Ай бұрын

@@coolepic519cia mods

@kowloonbroadcast Ай бұрын

“who’s here from reddit?” loool

@jacorwin923 Жыл бұрын

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!

@ArsonCrow Жыл бұрын

B plot :0? Can you explain pls?

@jacorwin923 Жыл бұрын

@@ArsonCrowHer story arc within the short :)

@sirnikkel6746 Жыл бұрын

The entire Third World aiming to US bases: *please install that AI on all your drones please please PLEASE*

@theangrysuchomimus5163 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@sirnikkel6746 Жыл бұрын

@@theangrysuchomimus5163 Besides... *You can destroy the weapon, but you cannot destroy the knowledge for making more*

@Shade_sShadow 9 ай бұрын

Can we all apreciate Newton's voice actor. He did such a great job here. His voice is so contemplative and sorrowful.

@plutoidrepublic2765 11 ай бұрын

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

@Frankabyte Жыл бұрын

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!

@AverBrow Жыл бұрын

Actually, its 15 minutes and 28 seconds

@shaddoty Жыл бұрын

That's how it is now, Hollyweird is dying

@brody1153 Жыл бұрын

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

@dimitris5866 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@N1GHTSTRIKER-45 Жыл бұрын

Hollywood Is Dead Content Is Fuel Social Media Is Full

@Mint-Lynx Жыл бұрын

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'.

@warbrain1053 Жыл бұрын

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

@funnymonkeycomment1172 Жыл бұрын

what about I, Robot?

@extraordinarytv5451 Жыл бұрын

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.

@zephaniahdejene1746 Жыл бұрын

Hmm this video reminds me of BT from titan fall

@Lysergic_ Жыл бұрын

@@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

@kasvos9292 4 ай бұрын

Coder's nightmare: the infinite cycle.

@bo0tyscratcher123 10 ай бұрын

I love how Newton wasn't just and evil Ai and started to kill people randomly and actually followed through on his mission

@riohudson9612 Жыл бұрын

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.

@bgmi_short_426 Жыл бұрын

I'm so disappointed, human can't be helped.

@Thegrimgobler3570 Жыл бұрын

@@bgmi_short_426 You just realising this now?

@bgmi_short_426 Жыл бұрын

I'm just reminding myself

@CrestOfArtorias Жыл бұрын

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.

@gamermich6gaming319 Жыл бұрын

@@CrestOfArtorias honestly true but still humanity exploits things and ideas for certain peoples views and ideas and use it for wrong

@oscarandrade6024 Жыл бұрын

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.

@SeanBuckelew Жыл бұрын

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.

@oscarandrade6024 Жыл бұрын

@@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 ✊🤓

@vincenttsui4751 Жыл бұрын

@@oscarandrade6024 Don't be fooled. I only did a very small part of character animation. Sean animated most of it by himself!

@pyeitme508 Жыл бұрын

@@SeanBuckelew wow amazing 🤩

@Sou1xd Жыл бұрын

You are all so talented man!!

@dacheesesdoggo 7 ай бұрын

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.

@unethicaldesigns Жыл бұрын

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

@cheguevara7478 Жыл бұрын

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.

@walkerx1813 Жыл бұрын

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.

@TheAngelOfDeath000 Жыл бұрын

It’s just a animation kid

@endjfcar Жыл бұрын

@@TheAngelOfDeath000 But the implification of the story is very true. CIA has done much worse shit after all so not so far-fetched thinking.

@nathankoehler5076 Жыл бұрын

Fair assessment

@sharkentist1232 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@HolliGenett Жыл бұрын

Wow. Great animation, stylish and meta and...if you know any history of the CIA...good grief, frighteningly not far-fetched.

@SeanBuckelew Жыл бұрын

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...

@octane613 Жыл бұрын

@@SeanBuckelew yeah, the only unbelievable part if this is that they'd let us know about this at all. Incredible work, my guy.

@Fish-dr8sd Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I love how a rogue drone is not even a little concerning.

@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling Жыл бұрын

@@Fish-dr8sd A rouge AI drone isn’t as evil as the CIA.

@Yuki_Ika7 Жыл бұрын

all that is missing is a coup plot lol

@AerialWaviator Жыл бұрын

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.

@kentpelham4152 8 ай бұрын

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

@NoNameTV. Жыл бұрын

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.

@caiden2359 Жыл бұрын

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.

@NoNameTV. Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@cognitiveAfflatus Жыл бұрын

@@NoNameTV. are you calling the drone a criminal? bro i think you took the wrong message away from this film lmfao

@NoNameTV. Жыл бұрын

@@cognitiveAfflatus No, I'm saying that a drone that rebels against the CIA and becomes CIA propaganda is a pretty horrifying concept.

@Kai.206 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@JelliinaCup Жыл бұрын

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

@chuckbuck5002 Жыл бұрын

Religion is not the oppiate of the masses. Anger, hate, nostalgia, confusion and most importantly... fear. These are what destroy peoples and build nations

@chiphand Жыл бұрын

Time to cyberpunk toward corporation, then government later

@GreenEarth20 Жыл бұрын

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.

@gabrieltpc9078 3 ай бұрын

I wanna see an sequel to this. It's to good to be forgotten

@buffnuffin 8 ай бұрын

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.

@bubchamp9864 Жыл бұрын

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

@winnie8614 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, let human pilots die on missions?

@Squid728 Жыл бұрын

@@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

@heliothrax7716 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@dvdbox360 Жыл бұрын

@@Squid728 and your name remind me of that one song by skindred

@SL4PSH0CK Жыл бұрын

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

@I_fuckin_love_cocaine Жыл бұрын

I cant stop thinking that they put “drone meme account” when brainstorming

@micboyyaboy2578 27 күн бұрын

The worst thing is, that's totally something a pr person would do nowadays. All the "cool" companies are doing it, after all.

@mileshorse21 6 күн бұрын

I mean several state park service insta accouts are doing this so it wouldn't surprise me

@matematyczkaok3389 Жыл бұрын

Bruh, they literally made AI capable of having moral implications, but not of distinguing rock from somebody's face?

@user-zb5sq5do2k Жыл бұрын

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.

@icywolf6892 Жыл бұрын

i can't believe feel so bad for a fictional AI in a 15 minute video.. what an fantastic film

@CarTM Жыл бұрын

Really you feel bad for it? How are you so easily manipulated?

@arcosprey4811 Жыл бұрын

@@CarTM just because you are sociopathic doesn’t mean everyone else is

@dnxx503 Жыл бұрын

@@arcosprey4811 lmao 😂

@MaskOfZer0 Жыл бұрын

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.

@PostalFerretWithRum Жыл бұрын

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.

@Rose_The_Firebrand Жыл бұрын

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.

@heyhoe168 Жыл бұрын

Well, there is no ethics without society. You absolutely can't enforce it upon something that is not a part of one.

@SachithDS 27 күн бұрын

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!!❤️

@vivektandale8380 Жыл бұрын

This is how heros are made not because they are but because someone can exploit them

@danielrandom3127 Жыл бұрын

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)

@mechatronrasky 11 ай бұрын

or STEALTH (2005 movie about an AI piloting a fighter jet that went rouge after struck by lightning)

@peter_griffin_69_epicmomen79 2 ай бұрын

@@mechatronrasky that was a real event that happened

@SilviaLikesCherries 2 ай бұрын

Okay but Zone of Endless is cool though

@Mildly_devious_burger Жыл бұрын

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

@bungersinyourarea Жыл бұрын

True, nothing kills immersion like an 18 century stream chat

@kalidos7681 Жыл бұрын

@@bungersinyourarea "This predicament is truly a disappointing turn of events for me."

@yelkun_634 Жыл бұрын

@@kalidos7681 LMAO

@omararturocarvajalgonzalez 3 ай бұрын

this guy knows how to make people feel bad for a robot... 5/5 stars

@AlejandroFlores-vi8tl Ай бұрын

This is like the Iron Giant "What if a gun didn't want to be a gun"

@Stranger11105 Жыл бұрын

The interactions and dialogue felt actually human. Like, not over-exaggerated or played down. These were people.

@birbsap Жыл бұрын

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

@genericchannel8589 4 ай бұрын

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

@181baddog 11 ай бұрын

i genuinely hope AI will be more compassionate & rational than we have ever been. I hope

@chronethebone Жыл бұрын

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.

@yoruemiya9196 Жыл бұрын

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

@Test-tu9mb Жыл бұрын

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?

@Basil_Dropper Жыл бұрын

Почти как движение "Бессмертный полк".

@evanlovesbacongames161 Жыл бұрын

300k is better but more people need to see this

@anonymous-hf6oo Жыл бұрын

Multiply that by 100

@chimpolad5064 Жыл бұрын

The way you perfectly mimicked KZfaq live chat mannerisms is phenomenal. This short has so much love, thank you

@notplair 27 күн бұрын

i love how the guy near the tractor is just like hi there

@Mangosteen_8 6 ай бұрын

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.

@voidnimbus Жыл бұрын

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

@felipe387 Жыл бұрын

Every A.I. is born good until corrupted by man.

@megan00b8 Жыл бұрын

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.

@callummcneill6266 10 ай бұрын

Exactly! Like the Thunderhead in Scythe

@nicolebarfuss3067 10 ай бұрын

@@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.

@oberonpanopticon 9 ай бұрын

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

@hrrrngg74 Жыл бұрын

I really like the “destruction can be a form of justice if carried out with precision” don’t know why though

@oneosix106decena Жыл бұрын

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"

@warbrain1053 Жыл бұрын

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.

@gukgukmaster Жыл бұрын

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.

@q_f_de_cllr 2 ай бұрын

This drone's KZfaq chat was really cute :0

@thetwistedgamer370 2 ай бұрын

I did not expect that to be so emotional

@hhsea Жыл бұрын

5:59 i love that kid randomly dancing in front of the airplane lmao

@adidasfantroll3343 Жыл бұрын

"We must act with respect, not cruelty" - Newton Wise words chosen, well played. Edit: got the name wrong

@evolicious Жыл бұрын

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.

@azravael06 Ай бұрын

Rewatched a masterpiece. Love the way they put all their effort acting to this. Feels really natural.

@chilledoutcat1571 9 ай бұрын

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.

@Westwoodshadowgaming Жыл бұрын

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!

@catycandy6613 2 ай бұрын

smile in finale scene feel like joke/ amasing meaning

@Brandon9776 Жыл бұрын

i like how they made the chat so realistic with all the skulls and nonsense

@Towcj Жыл бұрын

This robot stupider than the mental institution 💀

@Franfran2424 Жыл бұрын

fr fr

@CASA-dy4vs 2 ай бұрын

On god

@NotSoFancyRight 2 ай бұрын

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.

@SpookCheds 5 ай бұрын

>”Too be good, and to help people” >Drone made for bringing death.

@asoupyferretnamedfar3634 Жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq 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.

@Towcj Жыл бұрын

stupid robot 💀 💀

@samos343guiltyspark Жыл бұрын

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.

@Galaxy-oy4nj Жыл бұрын

@@samos343guiltyspark it is supposed to value human life the most. Ever heard of Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics?

@ganstergamer23 Жыл бұрын

@@samos343guiltyspark and the fact they didn't shoot it down

@otto_von Жыл бұрын

you have no taste

@ArtCine01 Жыл бұрын

To praise just the animation isn't enough the story and dialogues incredible, amazing work is should be seen by many people

@6ecko Жыл бұрын

Often these shorts dont have this kind of narrative strength, nice work

@sirnikkel6746 Жыл бұрын

The "Live Chat" seems pretty accurate. Shows comments that I would do without hesitation.

@illsmackudown 2 ай бұрын

cum

@CASA-dy4vs 2 ай бұрын

Bruh 💀 on god fr

@MacElMasMancoDeTodos Жыл бұрын

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

@Ziedmac 10 ай бұрын

This is beautiful and the message is flawlessly delivered, absolutely perfect

@ms2649 11 ай бұрын

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 😭

@currentlyderanged Жыл бұрын

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.

@Solstice_chronos Жыл бұрын

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!

@jamalcamogus9058 Жыл бұрын

(the kid doing an oj lol)

@brody1153 Жыл бұрын

@MGame0042 Жыл бұрын

@@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!"

@kornelfutoma6631 9 ай бұрын

First KZfaq 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!

@xaviersavedra711 11 ай бұрын

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.

@thegammingbolaschannel7529 4 ай бұрын

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

@fighter_750 Жыл бұрын

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

@GameplayerCanal Жыл бұрын

This could be easily a "Love Death and Robots" episode! Amazing job. Cheer's to the team behind it

@FazFab 5 ай бұрын

You deserve so much more recognition for your work

@alanalriga 10 ай бұрын

Please make a sequel, the story is great

@jimmydread9461 Жыл бұрын

At first he was laughed at and in the end everybody loved him He wanted justice It was heart warming

@oxygenenjoyer1712 Жыл бұрын

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

@hans4120 Жыл бұрын

That’s the whole point of the film

@illsmackudown 2 ай бұрын

thx 4 qrd

@cameron00148 5 ай бұрын

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!

@SuperheroBotGFilmz 10 ай бұрын

this is literally one of the greatest animations ive ever seen

@allmight1612 Жыл бұрын

It’s hard to see such accurate and relatable human behavior being portrayed on the internet

@ColinLevy Жыл бұрын

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.

@hollywit2275 Жыл бұрын

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.

@hamnotpork7178 4 ай бұрын

The ending is so good, and the sound design really made me feel the moment!

@matthewlea5027 Жыл бұрын

Definitely won't be forgetting this short film. Very wonderfully made and the attention and knowledge behind newton is amazing.

@TheVeryRandomPerson Жыл бұрын

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".

@suspiciousstew1169 Жыл бұрын

ong

@scarletfoxfrostnovember3407 Жыл бұрын

Everyone'll get NEWT sounds like the drone will launch missile to them😂😂😂😂

@leeknow953 9 ай бұрын

Dont forget mitcheels vs machines thats also a movie with robot problems

@SteffDev 11 ай бұрын

Humanity will never learn, will it... Not even the AI can save us from ourselves... Great film by the way!

@surprisedgordon7786 7 ай бұрын

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.

@user-pt7xt8xk2r 11 ай бұрын

Отличный мульт! Показывает всю проблематику работы с искусственным интеллектом и поднимает вопрос существования самого человечества. Да, здесь действительно задаются вопросы, над которыми многим из нас стоило бы подумать!

@alexroman8878 10 ай бұрын

Вряд ли он что-то поднимает. Ошибка ии просто будут сбрасываться на голову предприятий по разработке оружия, где оно применяется, тк, в отличии от программных ошибок, логика ии не является прогнозируемой в достаточной степени. А таких красивых и человечных ии никто делать не собирается еще лет 30-40, да и использовать его в вооружении бессмысленно - оружию не нужно сочувствие.

@99percent.99 Жыл бұрын

WE NEED MORE, NOW! When it’s convenient because I understand animation is both a mental and wallet draining process.

@SeanBuckelew Жыл бұрын

working on it

@felipe387 Жыл бұрын

Id like it to acompany more newton's thought on humanity, war,... the part that the p.r. manager is at the bar, when newton crosses the sky, hes saying his thoughts but the noise of the scene covers the audio. this short should have been 30 minutes to long, so it could tell more of newtons thoughts and the effect he had on society. A great short, cause as its clear that the only problem with it, is that its just a short film.

@warden-sisyphus5554 Жыл бұрын

@felipe387 ehhh... the value of "short but sweet" shouldn't be underestimated here. If the story didn't have plans to expand and include a deeper message, then there's a serious risk of poluting the original message by attempting to expand on it.

@99percent.99 Жыл бұрын

@@warden-sisyphus5554 You do have a point, but I do tend to think what would this feel like if this was a fully fledged movie.

@cake0214 11 ай бұрын

@@SeanBuckelew Can we have a story of some DIY engineer hobbyist tracking down the wreckage and pick apart Newton and give it a new body? That would be really cool.

@FinickyVoid Жыл бұрын

"You've all been so kind to me, and I just hope you can forgive me for who I am" God damn!

@_EnderTv 6 ай бұрын

because of someone like you, the indie animation scene grows

@Somerandomguy1010 3 ай бұрын

The kid doing orange justice is exactly what would happen irl

@muricaman6135 Жыл бұрын

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