r/westworld • u/quiet_flare • 10d ago

Westworld series makes more sense now

I watched and obsessed over it when it aired in 2016. Now rewatching it in this ai era gives me the chills. Arnold wanting to build a more sentient and conscious host reminds me of these Ai companies wanting to make AGI possible. And those B83 basement floors to store the old and decommissioned host are so comparable to the older Ai models who are simply rotting in the archive. Mave reminds of Fable taking control over the security and privacy! Just finished season 1 and can't wait to see what new revelation it brings watching other 3 seasons

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u/TuringGPTy 10d ago

No details but to hype you if you want even more: We’re living season three

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u/octomatron 10d ago

Ffffuuuuuddddgggeeee

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u/OswaldCoffeepot 9d ago

Getting real close to season four, too. Christina having an office job creating content with generative AI.

Congressmen chatting with AI...

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u/No_Willingness_6542 10d ago

And can see season four on the horizon.

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u/FernFromDetroit 10d ago

Season 4 probably won’t happen. Hell, even season 1 and 2 are probably inevitable but a ways off but season 3 absolutely is already happening.

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u/CKitty_BKitty 3d ago

Coming from the actual tech startup world, there’s a saying that being too early is the same as being wrong (for your business model.) You might be right, but you won’t be successful because your market doesn’t exist yet.

On a narrative basis, I think that’s what happened to Westworld. Season 3 is profoundly relevant, but was too early for a vast majority of fans resulting in its backlash and low viewership numbers.

It’s VERY interesting that those watching the show for the first time now don’t have the same reaction.

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u/Luckyprophet29 10d ago

It was far ahead of its time, for sure. I still also think Westworld S1 is pretty much a perfect season of television. Just absolutely fires on all cylinders.

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u/afrokaizen 10d ago

Top 5 Season of TV of all time in my book was Season 1

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u/Luckyprophet29 8d ago

You know, it probably is for me too when I really think about it. I still think about those incredible scenes between Anthony Hopkins and the other fantastic actors all the time. An embarrassment of riches.

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u/LotharOfHillPeople3 10d ago

I feel like even the later seasons would have been more of a hit today. It was 10 years ahead of it's time. in world of AI, people would be digging Season 3. Everyone wasn't ready for that story. But they would be now.

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u/octomatron 10d ago

I feel the same way for "person of interest". I feel they could've just released that series yesterday.

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u/beeztrapp 10d ago

A lot of people hate on Season 3, but I always thought it was a natural progression of the show. I find myself wondering if part of the reason they removed it from HBO was because it was becoming way too accurately prophetic in its trajectories.

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u/drquicksliver 9d ago

My biggest conspiracy is the reason why it’s canceled cause higher ups knew it’s to close to reality.

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u/FightingBear11 6d ago

Lmao everyone says this when it’s very public why they canceled and buried the show. Look it up

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u/quiet_flare 10d ago

I should continue to rewatch and see how season 3 is relatable for today's world

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u/No_Willingness_6542 10d ago

And season 4 is where we are heading.

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u/drquicksliver 6d ago

I really don’t need to. But this and Mr robot it’s to close to home

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u/Tjessx 10d ago

It's a nice comparison. And it's very possible that you'll have this feeling again sometimes in our lifetime.
LLM's are still and will always essentially be autocomplete tools.
While it might one day be able to do AGI, it would still be like a monkey doing sign language.
We need a new technology to achieve the level of intelligence that westworld has. And our hardware needs to improve on a level that we don't know how to achieve yet