Sci-Fi Short Film “Perfectly Natural" | DUST

For Wanda and Zach, Future Families is a lifetime opportunity: a virtual parenting system that gives their baby access to a better life. But they soon realize this technology may come at a higher cost.
"Perfectly Natural" by Victor Alonso-Berbel
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For first-time parents Wanda and Zach, Future Families is a lifetime opportunity: a virtual childcare system that gives their baby access to a better life. Sponsored by the company where Wanda works, this technology allows her to leave her son connected to a virtual version of herself while she works additional hours.
The possibilities are endless: the baby can learn anything that Artificial Intelligence teaches him, has medical support and is always taken care of by the virtual mother.
Who hasn’t believed that technology would make their lives easier-only to find there’s often a downside? Wanda will soon realize that her company has a secret agenda, and this technology may come at a higher cost.
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Want more DUST? Check out the latest short film "LIMBO" and get lost with us: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnPbmnimfrKGh7s One man's search for his kidnapped daughter causes his reality to unravel.

[@agentburningbutters3655]

How about more “dusting” other than just “dust” Right?

[@rtazoentertainment]

@DUST, 6:55 shows phone in right hand, mug in left. 7:07 shows women acknowledging phone in hand (out of frame). 7:10 mug in right hand, left hand empty

[@decentgrocerybag4003]

Teacher: Your son’s behaviour in class is unacceptable. Mom: Have you tried turning it on and off?

[@wilsondsouza1512]

Epic!

[@0ShiftingParadigms0]

Hyped Apple 🤣🤣 😱

[@jajanananajajahahaba7220]

You made me laugh thanks

[@kartoffelwaffel]

on and off? leaving it off? I can see how that might fix the problem

[@decentgrocerybag4003]

kartoffelwaffel How dare you outsmart me in my own turf?!

[@grace7699]

Can you imagine waking up one day and suddenly these people are their claiming they are your real parents and the life you thought you had was all digital because your parents didn’t want to put up with you

[@callmewaves1160]

I think you missed the point of this. The parents didn't do it because they didn't want to put up with you. The company she worked for got her to do it so she could work more. You can clearly see the mother's distress at not seeing her child for such prolonged periods of time.

[@grace7699]

Oh no this is just hypothetical.

[@ziyayousuf7423]

@@callmewaves1160 there is no point in it, yes she was realising that she is doing something wrong but was not taking action against it, she just keep her baby in that box again just for the sake of some extra money which was insane.

[@23washere99]

There*

[@azurii1056]

Ziya Yousuf it was a five year contract and I doubt the baby would be back to normal if they just took her out of the box. There was a scene with the dad watching his daughter holding the virtual parents’ hand. She couldn’t see the real life dad and the real life dad couldn’t see the virtual dad even outside of the box

[@pray_with_me_today]

This broke my heart. I hope humanity never disintegrates and becomes like this. Awful.

[@giannamccord]

Pray With Me this tech isn’t even possible

[@pray_with_me_today]

@@giannamccord today its not. Who knows what 20 years from now will look like.

[@giannamccord]

Pray With Me it’s never possible

[@paintedpony2935]

We already have. It's called "social media" and TV

[@sarahoshea9603]

It's essentially alry like this. They just used fancy tech to make the allegory

[@andreamartinez6503]

The scariest part of watching this movie is seeing how few people realize that the boss is the evil one in the story. She's essentially forcing the mom to dedicate herself to work instead of creating a work environment that allows her to be a mom to her child. Future Families is nothing but another tool for employers to exploit their employees.

[@Klm49]

YES!!! Her boss was Evil! I was so angry at the boss when she said she had never used future families and wanted to go natural with her kids that I had to turn off the film until I could calm down!!

[@korsekil]

Bingo. This isn't an analogy for phones taking over children or anything, it's a dystopian world abusing the conveniences of technology to further exploit its workforce.

[@ImmaterialDream]

@@Klm49 The mom is just as much evil if not more. Prioritizes her job over her child. Also i love how this film blissfully ignores the dad. He clearly had he time and wanted to be with the kid. Why not be a stay at home dad with mom working? Ooooo because MOTHERS should raise a kid, dads are useless. This is a fking huge double standard to this day. I think the mother is the worst because she basically forced the dad to accept her decision because she wanted to look good at her workplace. He literally had ZERO say. Thru the whole film all he says are questions to her " are you sure ? " and accepting her SELFISH decision. And he is the only one watching the child grown with sadness as the mom just absorbed into her work. He is not a saint either because in the end he let all that happen. But acting like everything is the boss's fault and poor mom had no other choice is not true. Clearly the dad had the time , all this happened because the company wanted her to work more, she cared more about appearances and performance than her child and dad just accepted everything she said. Everyone is a piece of trash here.

[@Fi2h3r]

Thank you, I was going mad reading all the comments putting all the blame on the mom

[@niahslife340]

The moral of the story: what’s the point of having a baby if somebody else is going to take care of it.

[@joelrebollar7055]

The point would be for the human race to continue?

[@ProJC]

@@joelrebollar7055 bad point

[@pgibsonorg]

The growth rate is perfectly fine, we don’t need to be individually concerned about making more babies, they always make more.

[@ProJC]

@@confusedasian2212 It doesn't need to advance in such away where your child is ripped out of your arms basically to learn like this. Sure this is superior to what school does, but it's done completely wrong.

[@mimimimz6719]

@@confusedasian2212 Why not just build AI for what you're proposing. Human life is more than what you're describing.

[@7saany]

wait how is the kid supposed to eat and get his diaper changed virtually?

[@alijaved7402]

smart

[@signalinthesky8312]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ An over-glorified Tamagotchi?

[@riggs20]

That was my big question! No diaper changes for 19 hours?

[@Sylviapolaris-beijixing]

Exactly what I was thinking about. Maybe neurological app with no need eating and changing diapers....

[@lizlovesafrobeats]

@Its birdcatkity but the body of the baby still needs basic nutrients to grow and build vital tissues even if it's in a coma a food reservoir should had been required, alot of things doesn't make complete sense in this movie

[@_NightOwl]

I feel this is basically an analogy for the way some parents are too busy or disinterested in their own children that they let technology raise them such as a cell phone, tablet, computer, or KZbin. This video just stretches this concept into the near future and to the extreme. If you bring a life into the world you now live for more then yourself, you need to take an active part in your children's life and not just hook them up to the internet. They end up learning life lessons from some KZbinr just trying to sell toys with no real interest in how your child turns out. Soon we will see a whole generation raised by KZbin trying to figure out why they don't even know their parents or have a bond. If your child would rather watch Ryantoysreview then actually play with toys or spend time with you then you have a real problem.

[@ljfherping3430]

Thank you! So many people need to hear this.

[@bread2951]

Thats sad. Basically, that our truth now. Gen Z is learning social skills from YT. We are learning how to deal with troubling friends and annoying siblings from our phone and most importantly, we are living life through VLOGS.

[@wzae___]

Tldr: care for your child physically

[@mayuriparmar2342]

Well said! Need to be learned..

[@barbarab1513]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@akurle5270]

Okay but seeing the little girl walking alone with her hand being held by a nonexistent parent was so creepy and eerie-

[@e.s.6275]

I didn't even get that bit.

[@Su_Akemi]

Didn’t even realize, that makes the video even sadder TuT

[@AR01279]

I cannot even with her boss! She recommends the program, but doesn't even use it. Not to mention the poor leadership.. If you ask your employees to stay late, you should stay late too.

[@daphne3631]

That was the point. Thats how the society is. They won't think twice before pushing you into the ditch they know is there

[@DragonSpirit520]

Well of course she wouldn't stay late. She needs to go spend real time with her kids.

[@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678]

Can we say feminist movement? Which destroyed and made the women in the home feel belittled, unappreciated to the point that they went on antidepressants, alcohol or drugs. Many ran away from their familiesor imploded their lives because feminists told them they should have done more. When a 24 year old daughter is having to tell her mother that raising 3 kids was the most important thing she did, plus everybody else's latchkey child that was in the neighborhood and the youth groups that she helped lead. That she had helped build the future of our schools, gotten rid of dead weight school board and modernized our school district. Yet here she was so depressed that she thought she'd done nothing with her life because she didn't have a degree or a job outside the home that the little shop she ran with her girlfriend for 10 years didn't count as other wasn't a corporate job. What a disgusting system the women set up. And who were these women who did this to their own sisters? They were already wealthy or upper middle class privilege highly educated women who made sure that other women knew that they should be outside the home, earning a living in allowing someone else to raise their children, thus forcing the parents to abdicate responsibility to leftist teachers to raise the children. They're not even supporting each other in the #METOO MOVEMENT now only the women with money have any say and they're telling us what to do. what a bunch of hypocrites

[@janosk8392]

ValiantsFelines McCarty Feminism is a middle class issue, what we all need is true ethical respect for self and other/s.

[@janosk8392]

Naire K Which appeals to parents who are stressed, fatigued, poorly educated and overwhelmed by daily existence often resulting from genuine psychosexual trauma and (often unintended) neglect of our young.

[@mohammadshohan7030]

I don't know why, but it hurts to see the child alone in that crib for hours at a time living the most valuable years of its life in a virtual world

[@bk-bm2tk]

@@notsoinsaneguy usually a person most innate personality manifests because of their environment as a baby/child, so yeah I'd called it the most valuable.

[@llothar68]

@@notsoinsaneguy Almost all of your intelligence and character is developed in the first 4 years of life, thats why this are the most important years of your life.

[@santiv4]

notsoinsaneguy scientifically they ARE the most formative and therefore the most valuable years of your life. you develop much of your personality and yourself during these years. you develop your brain emotionally and mentally, and you develop your body to learn how to walk and you learn to speak. they are factually, scientifically, the most valuable years of your life. the rest is mostly adjustments that slowly piece and shape you, but the first few are where you’re not supposed to always be in a crib. you clearly don’t know how to remotely care for a baby and the importance of actually caring for the baby

[@blinded3928]

Dam bro that deep that baby didn’t eat any food and was only in some pirvy arms of a fake mom

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

lol - then you remember this is exactly what is being done to every child and teen in USA... brain - linked into their cell phones, and oh - us too - on Their Tube.

[@jenneh8816]

I can't imagine not being at home caring for my kids, especially so young. It just doesn't feel right lumping them off to some other person (or machine!) so i can follow a "career". Even with a little less money, I'd be much happier at home. I don't need luxuries.

[@Sweetheartbabez]

Her boss is so selfish. She recommends the program to Wanda when she herself has not even used it because she does not agree with the practices. Then uses it against her in order to get her to work more OT. Wow. I wish the couple had read the fine print.

[@ChannaChannaChanna]

Exactly what the Technocrats are doing , they don't expose their kids to social media , even though they make them.

[@Gaze73]

It's like Zucc being anti-vaxx privately but still banning anti-vaxxers.

[@matthewtuckey]

She kinda reminds me of Steve Jobs, who doesn't let his kids use Apple products.

[@bettinaanddbugelites2237]

Imagine if they forgot to pay the electric bills

[@mhodges118]

😂😂 love it

[@workingmomnc3013]

Lmaof!

[@lloydvicedo1340]

The crib mechanism has this huge design, which I believe is almost unnecessary if they just need the software to virtually update their child. So I guess it's safe to assume the tech has a backup power supply.

[@bettinaanddbugelites2237]

Now imagine a virus

[@cynthiapowers3469]

maybe they have solar lol ,id be more concerned with a computer kidnapping my kid

[@tesscrelli783]

"If you need me, I'm here for you." **proceeds to leave best worker to do overtime by herself**

[@koketsoritchie1728]

Tess Crelli and recommends something she does even use herself

[@rebekahw.8990]

I was rooting for her to quit her job

[@allisonjames2923]

You haven’t heard the empty management key phrases before? My manager does it regularly. “Let me know what I can do to help” “ok, this reasonable thing for no cost” “No. but let me know if I can do anything for you” 🙄

[@Mahadev19373]

The more I see this channel, the more I'm afraid of future technologies.😂

[@daz3462]

The song , going loco down in alcapoko is I stay too long

[@shifasultana6913]

🤣

[@ericswain4177]

While informative its also desensitizes people to the near future to make it all acceptable and "NATURAL" !

[@naishipae]

@@ericswain4177you’re the only one who seems to have gotten the truth. Aside from desensitizing, it’s also prophetic.

[@Simon-iy7mt]

Transparent screens everywhere, guess it MUST be the future.

[@edbailey7533]

"Please connect your baby." Chilling...

[@bebopbang7268]

Ed Bailey it’s like the baby is some kind of technology, which in a way the little guy is. Man that creeps me out!

[@olymolly3637]

i feel like the baby & young children who's been connected with the service as the extension of the tech... or, lord forbid, accessories or experiment subjects for the companies to see where humanity will go with their tech advancement in the near future. it's like they're waiting for the time when humans essentially become merged with tech seamlessly, or something.

[@ashutoshthakur4325]

Okkk dear

[@NenadKralj]

LOL - you wanted technology; you will get it (give it a time) "baby steps" (4 now) !!

[@user-bl1cbrA9o]

"Unplug the baby". Twilight Zone coming true!

[@momkatmax]

I am glad that the father was showing second thoughts toward the end at least. Dads are a part of nurturing too.

[@gulnaz4573]

quidhUxt

[@TedEhioghae]

And at the beginning also: "Are you sure about this?" or something like that.

[@kaluchijioke]

u see that woman's hypocrisy, when the dad was having alone time with the baby mum objected that it had interrupted the scheduling of teaching, but she was not ready to follow the same rule when she picked the baby and the AI had pre-warned her.

[@jasminevaliente96]

And she wasnt lol

[@jasminevaliente96]

@@kaluchijioke yea funny it took her boss saying they dont use it for their own kids for her to realize she made a mistake

[@princessjasmine4183]

This was painful to watch. I can't just imagine how would I leave my baby alone for so long 😭

[@Jobe-13]

What’s even more depressing is knowing that some version of this WILL exist in the future.

[@Da.VoidWalker]

its a possibility but most likely would be impossible

[@Tryst46]

@@Da.VoidWalker Wouldn't be too surprised if it starts with compressed learning using an implant or something. Great idea to begin with until the governments learn that they can brainwash the baby into whatever they want it to be, including someone who never votes for anyone else.

[@Gaze73]

Don't worry, we'll get fried by a solar flare before that happens.

[@sisigabs3140]

This will birth the of the Meta generation , kids that think The Metaverse is the real world, and the real world is optional

[@ellaelliott4415]

If it does, it won’t be everywhere and I hope most people have more common sense but yes it is terrifying

[@OniKitsuChi1962]

Man this was like watching a black mirror episode.

[@kryssi8239]

Kage Tenkou Ai my thoughts exactly

[@salty7535]

@@kryssi8239 Same.

[@sherifhassan9791]

spot on kage....

[@harleyperdue4449]

Only, in my opinion, better written and executed.

[@wackapoodle7164]

I was facing symptoms from Black mirror withdrawal, glad I found this

[@destree5315]

Mom: Oh no my baby stopped working! He probably stayed in the bath to long.. *Have you tried putting him in rice?*

[@ucheokaforxox8355]

Have u tried turning it off then turning it back on?

[@eileenmartinez4741]

😆😅😄😂

[@GlowingMpd]

Uvic _ Have you tried learning the difference between “to” and TOO?

[@ucheokaforxox8355]

@@GlowingMpd lmao😂

[@jasmineward7897]

oh my

[@juanpablorobayo3437]

The moment they mentioned “look your employer ID” The moment the boss said “let’s see if you meet all your quotas” The moment the boss said “well you have plenty of help now there, don’t you?” Fuck

[@jknoimnot372]

And nice jacket

[@daz3462]

See u In town

[@ayonmalik]

Moral: If you find any selfish BOSS like this, just Slap that boss and done.

[@luisa.d.7706]

@Ibérico Ser de la Naturaleza... "Boss" significa, "jefe(a)" en inglés...

[@inbetween8210]

Now slap like button 😀

[@AJ-em2rb]

yeah, lots of folk commenting on disinterested parents, but the company paying for a nanny then expecting overtime in return while management foregoes the nanny altogether is the real social commentary here

[@raeanna451]

As a mother nope nope nope, now excuse me while I go hug my baby.

[@stephaniebaldwin39]

Rae Anna 🙌🏻❤️

[@zaphodbeeblebrox3986]

As a father too. This vid really bummed me out.

[@lazylemonislazy5956]

I would do the same if I had a child

[@bluebeam1120]

I just had a baby myself I agree hell to the NO

[@violethaye6987]

Shaun Gould hey Shaun, I’m wondering where the fathers are in that situation? Wouldn’t you think a reasonable parent would object to their children being exploited like that? Unless all those beauty pageant girls have no fathers, I’m not sure why anyone else in the family isn’t interjecting in that matter.

[@auraleec6564]

The fact that she took the baby from the father to put him back in the machine. Like girl, don’t you want to spend time with your baby?

[@sherifhassan9791]

She wants of course but at the same time wanted the best for her baby(which is uploading more languages&skills on that crib of doom) in this world of high competitiveness everyone wants their newly born to be ready for the job market even when they are still in the womb. Its scary but its out there.

[@blueravenstar4162]

@@sherifhassan9791 yes. But there are also other harmful stuff she could use in technology if she wants the baby to learn more languages. She just needs patience and the heart and mind cooperation. She should think before acting. She could of just used Duolingo

[@Moonwatery]

Shes scared that it can get broken

[@auraleec6564]

Sherif Hassan but the child has its whole life to learn those things. 30 mins with him won’t hurt.

[@auraleec6564]

HalloIchBinDieGabi I don’t think that was the part about the damage and stuff. I think that was only during the upgrade.

[@flickanrimsky]

Wanda's boss: we need you here. Wanda's baby: am i a fucking joke to you, mama?

[@sunitafisher4758]

🌸 you can lose precious moments or time with loved ones, especially your own children. Once you lose that time you can’t gain it back and it’s lost forever. So utilise your time wisely for loved ones. Work commitments or high tech devices are no substitute for the love from a parent. The way they focused on the avitar mother towards the end having her own way really creeped me out, that wicked smile of satisfaction gave me goosebumps 😳

[@littlelunarisasmr]

"My name is Connor. I'm the baby sent by CyberLife."

[@leefelixsegg2666]

littlelunaris ASMR RA9

[@piffy3901]

🥺

[@alexanderfoster4111]

Lol

[@thelastblackcat9937]

Lol imagine that, just a baby Connor with a tie and diaper showing up at your door! And going ‘My name is Connor. I’m the baby sent by Cyberlife’ in a serious baby voice!

[@mayamellina]

Hey i know this script! 😂 😂 😂

[@jamalivanheerden6657]

the computer can embed anything into the childs mind... can make the child into anything it wants... now, whos controlling the computer?

[@youresoold1216]

AI might have been controlling the computer.

[@mochabeloved7765]

Jackson Landreneau but who is controlling the AI? Or is the AI controlling itself?

[@omninulluser343]

I think the point Jamali is trying to make is that a hacker or virus or some other kind of malware can take total control of the computer and thus the baby's mind. Attackers could implant ideas or steal information (what ever information an infact might have) like inception and extraction from the movie "Inception."

[@jamalivanheerden6657]

precisely

[@dragonslayer101]

Cyber life.

[@Pancake310]

Such a brilliant visual 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💯💯💯💞💞to help us understand we are destroying as we create. These parents would do anything to give their baby the very best life.But quickly found that this method stole their experience of loving their baby from them. SOOOO DEEP!!!!! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💛AND TRUE if we don't remove some of this technology from our children and do the parenting our selves. Her job took further advantage of her and had less respect for her feelings as a new mother. We will be further enslaved if we don't wake up. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!💞💞💞💞💞

[@PARTISANSDESTROYINGTYRANNY]

What working parents have to experience everyday. Some have to take a huge risk and have a stranger take care of their baby. Not knowing if they are making the right decision.

[@yeahcaitleenwow5583]

😱😱😱😱😱 *She recommended something that she doesn't even use*

[@Greendragon434]

Yeah Caitleen wow That was the best part of the whole thing, and, I think, the real point. The elite class tries to convince people it's fine to be away from your children all the time so you can work all the time to generate more profit for the oligarchs, but THEY who have the means OF COURSE raise their family the natural way, thus proving they are lying about it being fine for your children.

[@meganisabear5033]

Yeah the boss made herself look suspicious in my eyes.

[@sem1precious]

Kinda like the Facebook developers not allowing their kids to use social media. Very telling.

[@felixnkrumah3560]

@@Greendragon434 you forgot your tin foil hat?

[@Greendragon434]

felix nkrumah Tinfoil hats are for people who believe in lizard people, planet x, secret mind-control, etc etc. Meanwhile, exploitation of labor is a cold, hard fact.

[@hamzacavus2932]

the kid actor played his role very well

[@MamaDoetMeeTV]

Hahaha

[@ingwiafraujaz3126]

He did. He was very natural.

[@botspider159]

Yes

[@RyanTheHero3]

Ingwia Fraujaz One could say, perfectly natural?

[@julesverne3157]

Talking about your brain right?

[@164_hritikbanerjee8]

When he grows he will too send his parents to an A.I who will play role of their son

[@PANDEMONIUMBIATCH]

Is this a camp camp reference?

[@xxsupastarxx]

I’m crying my eyes out. This could so easily become reality and soon. Humanity is on a downward spiral to accepting these disturbing unnatural ways of life.

[@troyjones2687]

Exactly. All the tech we have now with cell phones and the internet would have seemed like magic 40 yrs ago but now it’s normal.

[@aalluubbaa]

Technology is almost always good but it's up to the users to decide how to use it. Don't blame Einstein for the atomic bombs. Thank him for nuclear power plants. You live in a concrete building shelters you from thunderstorm and snow. You have clean water, clean food and when you loved one gets sick, you have medicine and healthcare system which people from the past could only dream of, to almost always save them. Humans are not going downward spiral. The reason that we can all watch a short film like this for free is BECAUSE OF technology. Techs are just tools. Humans are better off using a knife to cut food or things. Just don't use it as a weapon.

[@ericswain4177]

While informative its also desensitizes people to the near future to make it all acceptable and "NATURAL" !

[@laurenwoods4199]

I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope this doesn't happen for real.

[@user-fo3zp1zk1h]

Really look around dear ...its happening ...maids are more close to child now adays and they know the behaviour moods of child more than mother but its the fault of mother and father sometimes those maids spoil the child also

[@Pam-up1ud]

Lol it's already happening babe.

[@terry9238]

Those are HUMANS. People who could afford nannies have always had them; what’s new and scary in this story is the lack of real human contact, and the parents not getting to hold the baby even when they’re home.

[@SunaAoimori]

dont be dumb

[@peachyaqricot2494]

if it does happen you'll most likely be dead by the time it does

[@joannot6706]

I will forever love black mirror vibes.

[@SPiiiLTMILK]

Joannot Fampionona I was looking for comments saying about black mirror , amazing show

[@valley_robot]

This is my new black mirror , love this

[@RM-cw1ix]

Have you seen the other shorts by this team, "Dust"? The one about dating in 2025 and the other about "future boyfriend". They're ALL so BlackMirror, and lead me to this one... Some of them are lighthearted and humourous, but they ALL have that BlackMirror vibe, I LOVE it

[@StephJ0seph]

I wonder what black mirror will look like 100 years into the future...

[@khushboosingh8000]

It was scarry, I really hope that it would never came to reality.

[@keithnash4252]

It has got to be said, time and time again, GREAT ACTING!!! Good job on choosing actual great actors!

[@danielleluma4681]

That boss is something else “We don’t use it we wanted to go naturally” I would of been left and went home.

[@leoalexart]

If only we could all leave our jobs on a whim and leave from sunlight and fresh air!

[@dale7208]

"Would of been left"? *would've left Elementary level English lesson, provided to you for free tonight. :)

[@ariffansar4994]

@@dale7208 why u is meaning a English for free?

[@vladdracul5072]

@@dale7208 That's too much for many people nowadays. I've tried.

[@Sweetheartbabez]

@@dale7208 lmao

[@iinxva5161]

Is this a lost episode of black mirror?

[@1shonice]

iinova1 yes my thoughts exactly

[@rachelnh2078]

Kinda reminds me of the archangel episode. You seen that one?

[@zoha5818]

@@rachelnh2078 exactly what i thought

[@yaelfeder9042]

Ikr?

[@johns3937]

No

[@biashacker]

The look at the end is what sold the movie.

[@russman3787]

I like how the second future families guy said literally nothing. Honestly, adds to the realism.

[@lexb1075]

This really got me thinking about how technology is literally raising today's children. Kids on cell phones at the dinner table. Using TVs or iPads as babysitters in order to keep the kids busy while parents are being more "productive". It's a mad world.

[@aditikumari8405]

Alexis Belluzzi then break the cycle, why don't you?

[@soniaanahi2882]

I think this is more about the public school system

[@lexb1075]

@@aditikumari8405 we don't have iPads, TV, etc at our house, so I'm trying!

[@aditikumari8405]

Alexis Belluzzi no TV? That's good, man. Pls, do spend time with your kids. They'd appreciate it way more than these technologies.

[@lexb1075]

Thoughtfulmuffin yes

[@2degucitas]

I don't see how a virtual program can feed and diaper a baby. He just seems to be asleep all the time.

[@Arkylie]

Yeah, 19 hours of update means how much pee and poop, how much lack of nutrition, how many bed sores? This seems like it'd work better if he were in some sort of liquid-filled chamber with tubes sticking out of him :\

[@okbye562]

Yeah i didn’t get that part

[@moggless2871]

@@Arkylie like matrix

[@jonathanrocha5274]

@@Arkylie I loved the Idea 🤣

[@moggless2871]

@Grace like matrix

[@oluwatobiafolabi2344]

This was absolutely terrifying. Heartbreaking too

[@selinazarzour3266]

Where his mom was thinking before she gave her baby to an unknown machine and stuck software in its brain. This science fiction reflects the actually real world. Because the point of science fiction is not to say that we Should be aware of technology, but rather to offer the same benefit on problems that exist in the real world. What an amazing and attractive movie!!

[@robertjones7231]

There aren't many sci-fi films that show true emotion. This one certainly has emotion. I loved the acting but not as much as I love DUST! 👍

[@marisabrown6915]

Thank you!! I loved that it had emotion as well.

[@kylenoe2234]

Where is this emotion you speak of? I saw nothing but forced emoting...poor acting skills

[@kassidysauls5424]

Dude unc all the way

[@bubbly7137]

Dust was just the poster, this is made by USC students

[@gloriaarevalo6803]

@@kylenoe2234 The producers are USC students and the actors are volunteer actors. They're doing a great job.

[@lavenderotaku2481]

Wanda: **Puts Max back in the machine** Husband: **Tries to comfort her** Wanda: **Walks past him out of the room** Me: LADY. HUG YOUR HUSBAND. GEEZUS. HE LOVES YOU TOO YA KNOW!

[@zephari]

I think there's some symbolism in the way the couple barely interacts, even when they are sleeping next to each other they aren't really physically touching. Disconnect from other people happens even without virtual reality.

[@erickhide4440]

She act just like my wife..

[@mcmarc4924]

How do you get these big letters dude ?

[@crnadusa9726]

Yeah of course he loves her, but in this moment, nobody would care abt that, i mean imagine that you can't hug your Child whenever you want, thats heartbreaking specially as a Mother ...

[@anaalina5964]

​@@crnadusa9726 That's pretty selfish. She didn't care when the father wanted to hug the baby, she put him back in. But when it's happening to her she's being all dramatic. She was the one who choose Future Family, but acts like a victim, when there is no damage being done. The baby is happy. She should be happy that the baby is happy.

[@EBThisThat]

Object lesson: never let technology replace what can be done naturally.

[@flickanrimsky]

except android maids. those are handy (not for raising your kiddo though)

[@EBThisThat]

@@flickanrimsky 😆

[@joey-wankenobi7002]

@@flickanrimsky just make sure to be nice to it or it will be like Detroit become human

[@meoff7602]

It's more about balance. If you can literally download knowledge into your child's brain at a time when the brain his most prime to receive that information it is actually a huge advantage.

[@joey-wankenobi7002]

@@meoff7602 i would rather just take care of my kid

[@sss-ib7mk]

That baby is so calm and freggen precious

[@gendygoblin8391]

Stuff like this manages to be scarier than some horror movies. Great work on this short.

[@amer5106]

Ikr. Im in a dark room and my heart is racing..

[@arfauzia6240]

Wow i like the dad character better than the mom

[@sydenham2232]

That's because he doesn't do anything.

[@etherealelf]

100% agree

[@randomhuman2602]

Same tho

[@lancebitoy8912]

@@ooey3178 Do you agree with the program there in?

[@lancebitoy8912]

@@ooey3178 cool

[@bhavykhatri2669]

The looks at the end were horrifying. The motivations of AI were suspicious. With the advent of technology we loose a lot but something aren't worth loosing.

[@riz67]

This is such an amazing concept !! An entire 2 hour movie can be made out of this !

[@nandanabr8325]

😂and let ruin it

[@squoop.filmss]

*Sooo...Detroit: Become Human*

[@TheWorgenGamer]

I was looking for this comment

[@ki-rn9kk]

Squoopie i was searching through the comments for this- omg i found it-

[@astroellies5448]

Baby: Become Android

[@violetthedragonoviannature1013]

@@astroellies5448 YAS!

[@violetthedragonoviannature1013]

YAS!!

[@abibo134]

Imagine growing up thinking you had the perfect family but instead lived under a machine.

[@malena5026]

army stay your life could be only a simulation. Black mirror damn.

[@mollybrix6334]

Matrix

[@shubhamnagargoje6244]

Your current life may be digital

[@1..0w0..3]

@@shubhamnagargoje6244 If it was digital, then it's actually terrible. Not just because it is digital, mainly because of how disappointing it is despite it being a digital one.

[@JB52520]

@@1..0w0..3 That's relatable. You'd think we'd be living like Q, not (in my case) with brain damage and poverty in a declining country on a dying world.

[@jsnl247]

Any kids that has no parents or has been abandoned when they were an infant would really benefit from this. So much better than the foster care system.

[@cledwynstafford4819]

..you are at work and you leave your baby with your more available self. Love it.

[@aneela9199]

At this point, I don't even know if it was a sci-fi short film or horror short film lol. Le Gasp, it was both.

[@octaviablue1790]

Dystopian

[@aneela9199]

@@octaviablue1790 yeah more likely

[@sarahprunierlaw9147]

totally both

[@pqlasmdhryeiw8]

That's Black Mirror in a nutshell.

[@meredithbalogh8671]

Ah, that's panic attack inducing.

[@toasega]

"It is MY baby!" And where was this thinking BEFORE you gave YOUR baby over to an unknown machine and stuck software in its brain?

[@zephari]

She was manipulated into thinking Future Families was the best thing she could do for her kid.

[@jheat585]

Unfortunately with the influence of technology today, 'software' is already programming the minds of our kids...

[@diablominero]

Are you trying to tell us that you've never in your life realized after doing something that it was a horrible mistake, that you'd been misled or misjudged risks?

[@bastbo3225]

Jenny DK ok boomer

[@toasega]

@@diablominero Huge difference between something like "Oh, maybe college wasn't such a great idea" and "Hey, maybe STICKING ELECTRODES IN MY INFANT'S HEAD IS A GREAT IDEA"

[@Speedluva1]

This was beautifully done, well written, and truly upsetting. We should never underestimate the value of human interaction.

[@rockinrobin05]

Watching this made my "Take care of baby" instincts go off

[@rugdg13]

something like this would be good for abused children or abandoned children that need constant care and rehabilitation. But i can see how this could get out of hand easily.

[@thecookingnerd8384]

rugdg13 true

[@Rivracost3]

no.......they would have atrophied muscles and bed rash.

[@Rivracost3]

not to mention how fake memories of avatars that are NPCs would only further fuck up and confuse them. This is obviously an all around bad idea.

[@BumbleBliss]

@@Rivracost3 Would you rather reality? Cause last time I checked, thats what fucked them up in the first place. If people weren't evil, rude, bad, deceitful etc. to begin with, we wouldn't have this problem so don't blame the people who are seemingly good natured, trying to deal with the majority of society and people as a whole.

[@jandersontolentinogandra4173]

Bumble Bliss at least reality isn't fake,i would prefer living a rough real life than a manufactured one

[@soul832006]

An excellent short film highlighting the dangers of letting AI take over. Those parents found they have no valuable memories of raising their child and taking him to those nice places. He is being raised by a surrogate family. So what happens to the child as they grow up and realise their true parents and surrounds weren't this wonderful perfect world that they were seeing in the machine? A baby is learning at an incredible pace every day. They may not consciously remember but the experiences are building up their neural development. Familiarity with other languages during the developmental years helps with language learning as they get older. The fundamental flaw of this system is that no baby will lie still for 19 hours straight. Nor will they sleep that long. It would be harmful to their health to go without food etc. What happens when baby wakes up for nappy change? Also, lying on the crib is not going to develop the muscle/coordination that comes from crawling and furniture surfing. Babies learn from the 5 senses and they absolutely need those experiences for normal brain development. Again I ask what's going to happen to these children who are raised by a machine and not their own parents? Both the child and the real parents will suffer. New mothers will fall into post natal depression from the disconnection with their child. That can be quite serious and lead to very bad outcomes for both mother and child.

[@scoobysdad3350]

Matt NA u seem like a lot of fun at party’s

[@soul832006]

@@scoobysdad3350 I am actually. I don't normally go on a rant like I did here.

[@soul832006]

@@scoobysdad3350 Being a new dad I had strong opinions about it. That's all.

[@coradrake6836]

I'm sorry but I do not have the time nor patience to read all of that.

[@Greendragon434]

I like rants, and people who have strong opinions are more interesting to talk to at parties. And, I agree, the main flaw with the whole premise is that the child is expected to be sitting in one place all day. Couldn't get into the story because of this. If it was AI parents *physically* raising the child so the parents could work more...it would have been a better story.

[@candycane45]

Done well. Decent acting. Good storyline and creepiness factor. Thought provoking.

[@Woolie.]

I like that virtual parenting system, so the real parents have enough time to sleep, work and their own hobbies. My mother had aprreciated it if it had given this in 1970.

[@alexstarr1682]

"I just want to hold my baby!" How I feel when my laptop is updating Okay but really, this is amazing, and super creepy and just really well done, I've never seen any of these before but damn it reminded me of a thing from Black Mirror and it was great! And those are students? It all looked so professional!!

[@ramirenriquez6795]

this is why you learn how to say "No" no matter what generation you're in.

[@rainbow4567]

Yes, even if your the next generation

[@akrai719]

that last moment smile was SCARY🥴

[@KomalSharma-vu4hr]

Moral of the story... We shoud not trust someone blindly.. we should always read between the lines.. No one in this world is that much generous without selfish motive.. like her Boss.

[@syxalite]

Though there indeed are generous people who aren't selfish

[@KomalSharma-vu4hr]

@@syxalite Yes dear... many who can differentiate between wrong ad right.

[@boomerrob9223]

Sad thing is, when this comes along people will go for it .

[@leesimone2]

Yay!😥

[@lachtay4736]

My mum would never let us near a machine. But your probably right about a lot of families...

[@anon0268]

Yep, exactly how it happened with everyhting that we use now. People just go with it.

[@ihatethisusernameupdate]

If people do such a thing, the government should take away the kids before it’s too late.

[@spectralight8412]

The pin has to get attached to the baby's head, I think stuff like that has to get medically approved before going public.

[@HuffleJam]

This would be a good episode in BlackMirror

[@sliceofbread6929]

I agree

[@scouttyra]

This is like bit of Arkangel, bit of White Christmas, maybe bit of nosedive

[@sunflowermilkshake8816]

HuffleJam yes it remeber me of ark angel.

[@joditubat7991]

Sometimes we over think our children's future. Best is not a good option but seeing them well is an overall package.

[@fatmayo2293]

Finally! I can comfortably think about having many kids. At first, let them be digitally run while I'm busy not doing that. Then progress in family labor skills, be it physical or mental side. Afterward, I tax them until my last day. Inspiring video!

[@playaycampo]

The boss making slaves out of their employees.

[@dadevi]

Yeah. I knew it was a setup when she said she didn't use the program for her kids.

[@samuelwhite8516]

"We're here to help you. Please connect your baby." 🔌👶🏼

[@redriding_inthehood3146]

When she said we want to help you please connect your baby it gave me the chills

[@NN-rn1oz]

The true villain was the mom. And I'm not talking about the one in the simulation.

[@ItsMzPhoenix]

@Ileana Vargas Pansy?

[@user-pz6kq2tv9m]

@Dio Brando you don't even know what you're talking about lol. You don't get help from the container you're in, you seek that outside.

[@Anotherrobloxanimator]

Mom: *completely fine with turning kid into a robot* Dad: *searching for divorce papers intensifies*

[@guestny9515]

No mom realizes mistake later

[@mayuriparmar2342]

Op

[@ruesurnameunimportant4816]

he didn't exactlyyyy fight it??

[@ImperiuStar.]

is some ironicly, but the school, the actual, real and very, very, old schools, is do that with the childrens, make the low robots to the Companies and the fabric.

[@angelicelly_904]

Except... he literally agreed to It

[@sw33ts0ur4]

I would barely trust other people to hold my child, let alone stick glowing orbs to its head.

[@Traytriunetheomnist]

that's correct

[@wakaneut]

I"m sorry, due to a small bug in the software, your baby will be a psycopath later.

[@bryanellis3125]

Wakane I’m sorry, due to the blackout this afternoon all knowledge of English has been corrupted, but don’t worry we have installed the France update to your child for free as compensation, your child is now fluent in French!

[@earlgrey4013]

Bryan Ellis due to small virus, your child has the potential of becoming a serial killer , since the genes have been injected into the child’s bloodstream. There are 38000 hours till your child performs the act of ending a humans life.

[@anaalina5964]

Well it's either glowing orbs or possibly abusive/neglectful nannies. Which would you rather choose?

[@davialtrought6454]

I love the way they care for their baby

[@learnexcelwithfun4716]

I love the concept taken by DUST. It's the reality now. We are building machine but now we are acting like machine. We are giving training to our children about coding which helps to resolve the problem for a machine but We forget to teach our child about the life coding which help them build their life be better. 😥

[@a.mp.m7340]

Man as soon as that 19hrs7minand32sec was over with I'd snatch my kid right up. Get my refund bcus it's under the 30days clause and raise my own damn kid.

[@janiecechan2078]

you can hear 5 year contract when the delivery people leave

[@Prod._By_Kyoto_Beatz]

A.m P.m The bot did say that you might cause neurological damage to the baby if you don’t let the update happen sooo... it ain’t their fault if your baby becomes brain dead or becomes insane lol.

[@_angry_chair_]

Why👏do👏you👏recommend👏something👏that👏you👏don't👏even👏use👏

[@1..0w0..3]

You: Why👏do👏you👏recommend👏something👏that👏you👏don't👏even👏use👏 That boss lady who did that: To make M-O-N-E-Y that'll help me raise my babies by natural means unlike the other poor folks.

[@em-or7qc]

It's not real lol

[@cobradragon-wt4tp]

Worker productivity. The company's giving employees the service so they dont worry about caring for their kids anymore, basically tricking them into doing more work.

[@nobody-iw1fb]

Just fyi I clapped after every word as I was reading it lol 😂😂😂

[@mroie]

Why she get an kick back

[@darko086]

As a father, this was scary for me.

[@melaninqueen6012]

Woooow, a baby that doesnt EVER cry.. i want him😍🥰

[@riggs20]

Reminds me of those families that are stressing over getting there 6-month-old pre-enrolled in the most exclusive preschool so they can start learning Mandarin and Calculus by age 2. 😉

[@NayLouise24]

The stressing and over the top Kindergartens part is ridiculous but introducing kid to foreign languages before age two does amazing things for their brains. There's alot of studies done on the brain functions of bilingual children. It's interesting to read.

[@manofthehouse6333]

Dang they already got the iphone 47s and the macbook unlimited lmao

[@sriramc5742]

Perfect advise or anything for this generation. We are already entered the virtual world!!

[@hollyperrin7353]

For those who find this disturbing, please realize that this IS the reality that you are presently living in.

[@jukeboxnotes7873]

When the peeps made this, I bet they thought transparent phones will be so cool Impossible to find if you lose it

[@geraldfrost4710]

I bought a camouflage jacket; now I can't find it.

[@turbovirgin_]

I'd still buy one as long as it had an aux jack

[@akagrimreaper6702]

You prolly could teleport to it or somthin

[@kaevarohan241]

gerald frost i ‘m in a camaflaughre jacket

[@nikokareno4156]

There is no problem with finding my transparent phone. I will use my teleportation technology... Wait, that was in the pocket of the invisible jacket... And, where is that again? Is technology always convenient?

[@Aisyen]

Imagine seeing a girl laughing at a swing all by herself thinking her father/mother is pushing her... Yeah, a one-way ticket to Malaysia is fine

[@olymolly3637]

Malaysia? er... welcome? A Malaysian here, hello.

[@py7hon05]

Me toooo

[@athenahii6137]

Umm welcome to Malaysia? 😂

[@mrnobody153]

What this had to do with Malaysia?

[@ennimations6502]

I don't understand the malaysia part lmao why malaysia....

[@girl.in.rikshaw]

There's is no alternative of human emotions,love and care

[@cronchycorgocat1376]

10:19 oh no don’t you dare start playing that fricking music. I’m gonna start crying.

[@shaow1789]

Wasted opportunity to be an actual 1:30 hr film. The kid tho he cute as hell

[@_rubywillow_]

shadowstorm 313 totally agree this would make a great feature film

[@marisabrown6915]

Let's make it a full length feature!!

[@canwenot5017]

You may not have heard this, but full length feature films cost a shit ton of money. Shorts are accessible to creatives not contracted with conglomerates.

[@_rubywillow_]

elven bitch ohh makes sense thanks

[@canwenot5017]

@@_rubywillow_ Man, you're being so polite and I was such a smartass. Sorry for the aggressive tone. People are shitty on the internet and sometimes I get caught up in it...

[@charda.w80]

Ok! I get some point here. The boss recommend her staff the 'future family' but she did not even use it!???? I think the boss taking an advantage so her staff could work more for her instead thinking her staff have family too. And yet, she asked her staff to stay overtime and saying 'im here for u' but she's leading home and leave her alone... The boss also said 'its different and its just went natural for us'.. i could see the boss being selfish. She think that she is the only mother who need to spend time with her childrens but she never think her staff also a Mother who's desperately want to do the same with their family... i can see the staff is so stress because she couldn't spend time with her baby. Correct me if i were wrong.

[@lizebartsch7674]

But the mother made the final choice, she's guilty, but it's sad

[@ChenLiYong]

I think this is a mock on how CEOs of mobile tech mostly don’t even allowed their child to get ahold of mobile devices.

[@jacquelinel3081]

Emmanuel Rayyan Hmmmm that’s quite interesting 🤔

[@nguyen_tr]

Of course, the boss always want employee work hard without concerned about her/his family

[@Movie2Documentary]

I think you're wrong. The problem is a baby being 19 hours stuck on the machine without food???

[@user-yf1qm9qq8v]

In China we don’t use virtual parents, we left babies to their grandparents, what’s more, we do care if he learn to speak Chinese XD

[@Undubbedriah]

do i supposed to laugh

[@fernandoaldana2164]

In China your Gourmet is shit...not saying ours is better.