From paranoia to fascination: ten series exploring the implications of AI, from “Black Mirror” to “Upload”

You like AI and series, here is our selection of 10 series that might interest you! Whether on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix or My Canal, I am sure that one of them will seduce and please you!

“Upload” (Prime Video)

Greg Daniels’ humorous-scientific series “Upload” projects us into 2033, into a universe where immortality is accessible to the wealthiest thanks to the integration of the soul into digital avatars. Living in a virtual palace, the characters must ensure that their families can finance their post-mortem existence. The third season ironically explores the missteps of an AI learning humanity, focusing on an overly literal employee.

“Altered Carbon” (Netflix)

In the dark 24th century setting of “Altered Carbon”, AIs take human form, crimping the series’ universe into holograms or androids. Taking up the aesthetic of “Blade Runner”, this cyberpunk thriller on Netflix features an AI butler in the refuge of the indefinitely reincarnable protagonist.

“Westworld” (Prime Video)

HBO’s “Westworld”, adapted from the Michael Crichton film, revolts its host androids against the excesses of humans who mistreat them for their leisure. Philosophical and metaphysical, it looks at the ethical questions already present in other fictions such as “Real Humans” and “Battlestar Galactica”.

“Made For Love” (MyCanal)

The dark comedy “Made For Love” describes a technological genius who introduces AI everywhere, even into the mind of his partner, with the aim of dominating her entirely. The series warns against the disappearance of privacy in the face of data demiurges.

“Black Mirror” (Netflix)

“Black Mirror” on Netflix serves as a showcase for the potential darkness of AI, tackling the theme in its first season with a memory chip. She continues with surrogate androids and virtual paradises, revealing our technological demons.

“Person of Interest” (VOD channel)

This post-9/11 thriller imagines an ultimate surveillance AI, preventing terrorist acts and raises the moral question of criminal predestination.

“NeXt” (Disney+)

In “NeXt,” the AI ​​escapes from its creator to cause chaos and disorder on the internet, reminiscent of the malicious HAL from “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

“The 100” (Netflix)

The AI ​​A.L.I.E. from “The 100” solves the problem of overpopulation with an extreme solution: a nuclear apocalypse, echoing the iconic “Terminator”.

“Severance” (Apple TV+)

“Severance” virtually splits the professional and personal lives of its employees, with an AI brain chip, and raises questions about the humanization of work.

“Mrs Davies” (unpublished)

Damon Lindelof introduces a beneficial AI in “Mrs. Davies,” guiding the choices of humans, while providing the critique of a resistance fighter pursuing an authentic world.

These series demonstrate an ambivalent fascination with AI, oscillating between utopia and dystopia, and dig deep into the collective psyche of our digital age.