Culture Chat: ‘Sunny’ has its circuits crossed

Life and Art from FT Weekend

Forhecz Topher

Tv & Film, Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 601 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

‘Sunny’, a new robot-comedy series, came out on Apple TV+ last week. It stars Rashida Jones as an American expat in Japan, who enlists the help of a cute robot to find out what happened to her late husband. What questions does the show raise about our relationship with tech? And what do we want to see in shows that ponder AI? Lilah's joined by FT columnist and crypto sceptic Jemima Kelly and FT money editor Nathan Brooker to figure it out.

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Links (all FT links get you past the paywall):

– The FT”s review of Sunny by Dan Einav: https://on.ft.com/4d3914j

– Madhu Murgia’s piece Lilah referenced on how different cultures, including Japan, have depicted AI: https://on.ft.com/4d1nOgt

– Nathan Brooker is on X @ncbrooker. Jemima is @jemimajoanna

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0:00.0	Hi, listeners, this is Lila. Before we begin, I want to remind you again about a short survey
0:05.8	that we're running. We're doing it to hear a little bit more about who you are and what you
0:10.3	like about the show. Anyone who takes part before August 29th will be entered into a prize draw
0:15.1	for a pair of bows, quiet comfort, 35 wireless headphones. There's a link to the survey and terms and conditions for the
0:22.4	prize draw in our show notes. And we really appreciate the feedback. So thanks to everyone who's
0:27.4	participated so far. Welcome to Life and Art from FTE Weekend. I'm Lila Raptopoulos, and this is
0:35.3	our Friday chat show. Today we are talking about the new Apple TV Plus show, Sunny, a robot comedy thriller that
0:43.0	ponderes the humanity of AI.
0:45.2	The show is set in the near future.
0:47.4	It stars Rashida Jones as Susie, an American expat living in Japan, who's just lost her husband
0:53.5	and son in a plane crash.
0:55.6	As she's grieving, a cute little domestic robot shows up at her door named Sunny.
1:02.4	Hi-de-Mashtay, Susie, son. I'm Sunny. Bring it in. Okay.
1:07.9	Robots can be of great comfort. I don't want a robot.
1:11.9	I hate robots.
1:13.3	Sonny was created by your husband.
1:16.1	I'm confused.
1:17.6	Masa works in refrigerators.
1:19.9	You are also laugh riot.
1:23.7	What are you hiding for me?
1:28.2	Maybe I could help figure this out.
1:30.6	What ensues is an unlikely friendship between Susie and Sunny and a mystery as they try to find out what happened to her husband and who he really was.
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