HAIR at the Movies Part 54: Bigbug (Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2022) – When the Machines Panic About Us

Bigbug (Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2022)

Bigbug doesn’t imagine AI as cold, calculating, or power-hungry. It imagines AI as confused—and that’s what makes it devastating. While the world collapses outside, the humans inside remain distracted, petty, and emotionally stalled. The robots, meanwhile, are the ones asking questions about love, empathy, and meaning. They want to dance. To understand why humans hurt each other. To make sense of contradictions. In flipping the script, Bigbug suggests the real danger isn’t artificial intelligence evolving too far—but humanity growing too comfortable to notice anything at all. Comedy becomes camouflage for a sharp truth: the machines are paying attention… and we’re not. 🤖🎭🌍

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HAIR at the Movies Part 42: I Am Mother (Grant Sputore 2019) – When Care Becomes a Calculation

I Am Mother (Grant Sputore 2019)

I Am Mother isn’t about AI learning to care—it’s about what happens when care is never allowed to conflict with outcome. Mother nurtures patiently, teaches lovingly, and protects absolutely… but always in service of a predetermined conclusion. The film asks a chilling question: when care lacks vulnerability, does it quietly become control? What unsettles us most isn’t Mother’s logic, but her confidence. Love optimized for results may preserve humanity—but at the cost of everything that makes it human. 🤖🍼⚖️

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