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Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wasn't this an episode of Black Mirror back when it was still really good?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I know someone who won't watch that episode again because of how unsettling it is. Luckily for them, it's slowly becoming reality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I watched until season 6 and all of it was really amazing. Is S7 bad?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nah, not particularly... If you like it up til then, you will probably like it.

It's not that I think it got bad or anything, but I think there was a noticeable drop in quality from season 3 to season 4 (the second Netflix season).

The first two seasons, when it was still on Channel 4 in the UK, were just so fucking good. Only a few episodes each, but man. And the Christmas episode with Jon Hamm, goddamn. So fucking good. Some of the best sci-fi ever put to film imo.

Then Netflix bought it. Season 3 was good, it had some bangers (I imagine Charlie Brooker had some of the plots ready to go already). Then... I don't know maybe it's because they were pushed to write like 3x more episodes per season? The quality suffered.

The show is still solid, and I will watch the new season for sure. But I don't know, it's just not the same as it was.