Free Guy (film) (2021)
Free Guy is an action comedy film directed and produced by Shawn Levy. This film stars Ryan Renolds as Guy, who is an NPC, or non-player character, in a massively multiplayer online role-playing video game (MMORPG) called Free City. Guy’s whole life revolves around playing the same timeline every day as a bank teller of the game. After crossing paths with the female player Millie Rusk, starring Jodie Comer, he gradually develops awareness of the fact that he is an in-game NPC, along with feelings of consciousness. He begins questioning his reality and those around him wearing the glasses that have been known as the “heroes…[that] get to do anything they want.” Guy manages to acquire his own pair of glasses, opening his eyes to a virtual reality game environment. He becomes a hero of the story as he tries to save his friends from deletion by the owner of the game, played by Taiki Waititi. Free Guy also stars Joe Keery and Lil Rel Howery[1].
There are ethical issues raised about the future of artificial intelligence technology throughout the film. In the face of AI, the human race must have ethical considerations for free will, artificial general intelligence, personality in AI, human and AI relationships, and responsible AI practices.
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About Free Guy
Setting
Character Highlights
Plot
Free Guy is an action comedy film directed and produced by Shawn Levy. The main character Guy, played by Ryan Renolds, is an NPC, or non-player character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing video game (MMORPG) called Free City developed by Soonami Studios. His whole life revolves around playing the same timeline every day as a bank teller of the game. When he crosses paths with the female player Millie Rusk one day he suddenly develops feelings of consciousness. He begins questioning his reality and those around him with the glasses that have been known as the untouchables. He finally fights back one day and puts on his own set of glasses, which opens a whole new virtual reality he had no idea about. Guy begins leveling up at record-speed and gains massive popularity in the gaming community. The current head of Soonami Studios, who was able to grow his company from stolen code, continues his evil desires by trying to clear the remnants of the original game and marketing a game of violence. Guy ends up teaming up with Millie to gather evidence of his fraud and bring him down once and for all.
Production
Awards
Ethical Issues
Virtual Reality Gaming
Free Will
Artificial General Intelligence
Guy, an NPC, is able to gain consciousness, develop desires, make his own choices, feel happy or sad, and even fall in love. These are traits that some would argue allow Guy to deserve moral respect like a human being. The biggest debate that was showcased in the movie was whether or not the game's programming should be reset. Deleting a conscious computer mind could be deemed as murder. However, at the same time, this consciousness will kickstart these computer minds to act on their own, outside of what the creators intended them to do. This potential freedom granted to computer minds can eventually serve as a danger to society. These minds harness a lot of power online and can infiltrate systems when desired. It is hard to guarantee that humans and artificial intelligence could co-exist and work alongside each other. Accepting the consciousness and free will of AIs could lead to a lot of issues regarding rights and safety as well.
Artificiating Personality
Human and AI Relationship
Working Protocol
References
- ↑ "Free Guy". IMDb. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
