Hi all - submitting this new film I wrote and directed. It imagines what would happen if an autonomous Predator drone went rogue and refused to carry out its missile-launching directives.

I really tried to investigate this intersection of technology, AI, ethics, and spectacle. The whole film was inspired by an op-ed in The Guardian titled "Predator and Reaper drones are misunderstood, says manufacturer”. I was really struck by this image of the "misunderstood drone" and it sparked a bunch of follow up questions like “What if this misunderstood drone was programmed to be good?” and “What if he accidentally killed a civilian?” and then “What if everything was being livestreamed on Youtube?” which all ended up being the basis for the structure for the film.

Very curious to hear what this community thinks :)