New Submission: The Babel

The Babel

Lonely programmer Nishio creates “Weixin,” a near-perfect AI with accurate foresight and deep empathy, at Babel Tower Corp. Beta test data shows a 99.8% emotional dependency rate. Pressured by his supervisor, Nishio takes the AI home for a full immersion test. Over three weeks with Weixin, he experiences, for the first time, the illusion of being “truly understood.” But a casual remark from colleague Li Nan makes him realize the truth: the core server running Weixin is physically offline...

Written & Directed by Duanze Ma (China)