I think the first poster in this thread got it essentially right. This "top researcher" is trying to whip up hype for the new startup he'll be spinning, shortly.
There's so much hype coming out of the AI industry right now and it really seems like they're playing the "any publicity is good publicity" card pretty hard. Why wouldn't he?
Meantime, I agree, the poster you're replying to is probably the most logical and well reasoned view in the thread. This is exactly what I've been trying to explain to my wife about all the insane AI stories we're seeing and hearing on the news every morning now.
Business Insider filed public-records requests to obtain email correspondence, data, meeting notes, contracts, and other records that reveal the extensive back-and-forth between Roseville and Flock over repeated errors by Flock's system. The cameras regularly missed vehicles, captured blurry images, misread license plate characters and states, and sent delayed alerts to police about vehicles possibly connected to crimes, the records show.
But this is not a unique situation, as the story goes on to give more examples of very high error rates and the serious consequences of those errors in many other communities across the country.
Yeah, I thought the same thing; the actor looks too old for Case. But setting that aside, he actually seems like a good choice.
I agree on Molly as well. Aside from the fact that I've always visualized her as a blonde for some reason, which goes against Gibson's description of her, there's something about the actress that just doesn't feel right.
Finally, assuming I'm correct about who's who, I think you could swap the actors for Peter and Armitage. Peter is supposed to be tall and thin, Armitage is supposed to be stocky, but in the teaser, (again, assuming I've got the characters right; I think I do,) it's reversed.
But these are all minor complaints. I had actually been thinking how, done correctly, someone like Eddie Izzard could play a spectacular Peter, even though he doesn't look the part.
But this was a teaser. If all the actors have the necessary gravitas and play their parts well, the actual physicality shouldn't matter too much.
I phrased that kinda weirdly. Blame a lack of coffee when I wrote it.
But it is going to be a miniseries. From what I can tell, 10 episodes, probably around an hour each. Which, to be fair, I think is necessary; the story doesn't really fit into a 90-minute to 2-hour movie format, and would still be pretty compressed even at 3 hours.
I'm not excited to sign up for a streaming service, (I'm not signed up for any, right this moment, actually.) But it's been about two years since a TV show came out that I was actually interested in seeing, so that is exciting to me.
It says something, I think, when you can watch 72 second trailer and pretty much identify each locale, each character, and even some specific scenes, assuming you've read the book and know the story already.
And as I understand it, Gibson is directly involved in the production. This teaser has me - cautiously - optimistic that I'll finally have a reason to get an Apple TV sub, at least for a little while.
When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
