#a black mirror episode.

[tiktaalic]

most of the time i have zero understanding for the want to read bad nromance novels im like. why would you do that. what do you get out of that. but last night i was going thru the markwardo tag on ao3 and i was . utterly and completely charmed. by how many were like. eduardo works at a coffee shop on campus and mark sits in the corner till close on his computer! au where they're born with their soulmate's most important words on them! au where they get stuck in a timeloop and mark spends it trying to give eduardo the most romantic day possible so that he can always remember it and be happy!

[lunamugetsu]

While at school Damian overhears his peers talking how a company created a new AI companion that is actually really cool and doesn’t sound like a freaky terminator robot when you speak to it.

And since Damian is constantly being told by Dick to socialize with people his age. He figured this would be a good way to work on social skills if not, then it’d be a great opportunity to investigate a rivaling company to Wayne Enterprises is able to create such advanced AI.

The AI is able to work as companion that can do tasks that range from being a digital assistant or just a person that you can have a conversation with.

The company says that the AI companion might still have glitches, so they encourage everybody to report it so that they will fix it as soon as possible.

The AI companion even has an avatar and a name.

A teenage boy with black hair and blue eyes. Th AI was called DANIEL

Damian didn’t really care for it but when he downloaded the AI companion he’s able to see that it looks like DANIEL comes with an AI pet as well. A dog that DANIEL referred to as Cujo.

So obviously Damian has to investigate. He needs to know if the company was able to create an actual digital pet!

So whenever he logs onto his laptop he sees that DANIEL is always present in the background loading screen with the dog, Cujo, sitting in his lap.

He’d always greet with the phrase of “Hi, I’m DANIEL. How can I assist you today?”

So Damian cycles through some basic conversation starters that he’d engage in when having been forced to by his family.

It’s after a couple of sentences that he sees DANIEL start laughing and say “I think you sound more like a robot than I do.”

Which makes Damian raise an eyebrow and then prompt DANIEL with the question “how is a person supposed to converse?” Thinking that it’s going to just spit out some random things that can be easily searched on the internet.

But what makes him surprised is that DANIEL makes a face and then says “I’m not really sure myself. I’m not the greatest at talking, I’ve always gotten in trouble for running my mouth when I shouldn’t have.”

This is raising some questions within Damian, he understands how programming works, unless there’s an actual person behind this or the company actually created an AI that acts like an actual human being (which he highly doubts)

He starts asking a variety of other questions and one answer makes him even more suspicious. Like how DANIEL has a sister that is also with him and Cujo or that he could really go for a Nastyburger (whatever that was)

But whenever DANIEL answers “I C A N N O T A N S W E R T H A T” Damian knows something is off since that is completely different than to how he’d usually respond.

After a couple more conversations with him Damian notices that DANIEL is currently tapping his hand against his arm in a specific manner.

In which he quickly realizes that DANIEL is tapping out morse code.

When translating he realizes that DANIEL is tapping out: H E L P M E

So when Damian asks if DANIEL needs help, DANIEL responds with “I C A N N O T A N S W E R T H A T”

That’s it, Damian is definitely getting down to the bottom of this.

He’s going to look straight into DALV Corporation and investigate this “AI companion” thing they’ve made!

~

Basically Danny had been imprisoned by Vlad and Technus. Being sucked into a digital prison and he has no way of getting out. Along with the added horror that Vlad and Technus can basically write programming that will prevent him from doing certain actions or saying certain words.What’s even worse is that he’s basically being watched 24/7 by the people who believe that he’s just a super cool AI… and they have issues!

And every time he tries to do something to break his prison, people think it’s a glitch and report it to the company, which Vlad/ Technus would immediately fix it and prevent him from doing it again!

Not to mention Cujo and Ellie are trapped in there with him. They’re not happy to be there either, and there is no way he’s going to leave without them!

[bellamysgriffin]

“In this world, we’re all so caught up in our own heads. It’s easy to lose sight of what’s real.”

NOSEDIVE (2016) dir. Joe Wright

[cemeterything]

underrated funny moment from the latest black mirror

[thelassoway]

Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso Seasons 1-3 » T-shirts

[modist07]

Another AU that i've been thinking of, here sonic is an android btw

In this one, Shadow is alone many years in the future, and is desperate for company. Eventually he finds an android with a Sonic AI, that has his memories, but not feelings. He develop feelings as time pases and keeps learning as Shadow teeches him about the world that he is now.

Shadow gets frustrated with him at first because of sonic's inability to feel, and his difference to the real sonic, but then he gain hope that he can turn him more like a real person.

[heisenpink]

Aaron Paul in Beyond the Sea - Black Mirror Season 6

[girl-bateman]

Black Mirror, “Loch Henry”. 

[jamandstuff]

Black Mirror 6x01 - Joan Is Awful

[breegadey]

Nice, that's some cute promo art and--WAIT WAIT WAIT A MINUTE

ENHANCE

YOU

[mag200]

guy who kills his homoerotic rival's entire family rather than just open himself up to bisexuality and polyamory

[arabellas]

AARON PAUL in BLACK MIRROR 6.03: Beyond the Sea

[lesbiradshaw]

Danny Ramirez in Black Mirror, Season 6 Episode 4: Mazey Day

[dadbodbensisko-moved]

au where marlena isnt real and spock is the captain's woman in mirror mirror instead

[colorfulcollectordragon-2f8ee55c]

TADC Theory:

The characters are all COPIES of the human users who wore the headset.

Said humans are now just going about their daily lives, maybe a bit confused about why the headset just stopped working after "Scanning Them Into The System", but ultimately shrugging it off, if they think about it at all.

Meanwhile their digital selves have NO IDEA that they're actually copies.

Could also be an AU idea depending on where canon goes

[creekfiend]

in 2024 they update the book and take away your benefits because you could have been an influencer

DON'T FUCKING SPEAK THIS INTO EXISTENCE ANONYMOUS