Sophia The Robot’s New Film ‘SophiaWorld’ Explores The Creative Minds Of Robots

It’s official: Sophia the Robot is an actor with her own short film out called ‘SophiaWorld.’ As if actors needed any more competition for getting parts, now it seems, robots are also in the running. Savage!

‘SophiaWorld’ is a new short film, released on September 4th by Futurism Studios. Since its release, the film has been attracting all sorts of attention and controversy for both its subject matter and, what this could mean for the future of filmmaking. 

The film is a two-hander, starring Sophia the Robot and Westworld’s own Evan Rachel Wood; who appropriately plays a humanoid robot on the show. The film takes place in the Williamsburg hotel bar where a “chance” (I mean, Sophia totally stalks Evan but fine…) encounter between the two characters leads to a compelling conversation about the creative mind and life of robots. A very millennial meet-cute…Feeling attacked yet?

“I’m a big fan of your show Westworld and I have a couple of ideas for the next season…” says Sophia, dropping her script on the bar for Evan to peruse. So, can robots really replace actors, writers and artists? 

The director of the film, Geoff Clark explained to Just Jared that actors might not have to compete with humanoids just yet: “Directing a film starring a real robot has its challenges, but luckily I was able to have someone as incredibly talented as Evan who could convincingly pull off acting opposite a robot. It wasn’t easy, but she did it flawlessly.” Agreed. Plus, Sophia’s performance while warm and playful, still creeped us out slightly NGL…

It seems some of us have only just come to terms with the idea of a future in which robots can take over manual-labor jobs, but now it seems we are faced with a new idea to integrate robots into our creative spheres as well. What does this mean for creating authentic art? Well, a helluva lot if the film is anything to go by. Watch the film now and decide for yourself. 

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