Who Is Marvin Anthony From Netflix's Too Hot To Handle?
"The shows producers would have you believe that Lana is some AI created specially for Too Hot to Handle," says Victoria Song. "She has a distinctly robotic voice and is somewhat reminiscent of an Amazon Echo. She also says vaguely techy-sounding things about 'analyzing' contestants and calculating the 'probability' of which hotties are likely to form meaningful connections. Dont break the rules too often, the show tells its contestants. Lana can and does see everything. Look, of course, this is typical reality show artifice. At this point, weve all interacted with some kind of digital assistant to know that currently, even the best cant converse with humans in a natural waylet alone dispense advice, set up dates, and run social experiments on amorous himbos and bimbos. Of course, we all know in the back of our heads that Lana is a stand-in for Too Hot to Handles producers. Our Amazon Echos, Google Nest Hubs, and smartphones are always listening, and at the other end are humans paid to listen to snippets of our conversations to improve mysterious algorithms. Yes, but also no. Netflix would have you believe that Lana is a plausible example of whats possible. And even if you know better, a part of you buys into the idea of a future where youre chummy with your sassy digital assistant. This is a classic case of science fiction informing our expectations of how future technology will workand if past examples are any indication, thats not how things generally turn out."