AI no Idenshi (The Gene of AI)

This science fiction omnibus depicting a doctor who "treats" robot and humanoid problems takes place in the near future, when humanoids with artificial intelligence account for 10% of the population. The main character, Dr. Sudo Hikaru, also has the undercover name Moggadeet, under which he secretly takes on illegal medical procedures. For example, for a man who inadvertently infected his humanoid wife with a computer virus when illegally backing up her data, Sudo proposes an operation to rewrite her memory using backup data. Could an existence replaced by backup data truly be said to be the same as it was before?

(Source: Japan Media Arts Festival, edited)

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Kobayashi, Yumiko
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Kamei, Hiroshi

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Kondou, Youhei

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Fukui, Norio

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"No Frontier" by Aile The Shota

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"Wasurenagusa (勿忘草)" by GReeeeN

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Aug 27, 2023

AnimeIsAMistake7

Recommended

Preliminary (7/12 eps)

Any fan of Sci Fi should be familiar with the phrase "Pulp Science Fiction". Short stories published in magazines that were as cheap as the paper they were printed on, and yet the questions and ideas they proposed became inspirations for nearly a century's worth of novels, films, games, and stories of all types. AI no Idenshi pleasantly surprised me when I found myself watching it and couldn't help but be reminded of the countless works of Pulp Sci Fi. It describes itself as an omnibus of short stories, and I certainly am finding it worth my time.

To briefly explain what this show is ... all about, Dr. Sudo Hikaru is a physician specializing in the treatment of humanoids and robots alike, while also moonlighting as an underground doctor for those who cannot seek legally treatment due to various circumstances. His cases are our window into the future imagined by the storywriters. The show, as a result, has a sort of sci-fi medical drama vibe, and our "protagonist" is actually very similar to us, often no more than an observer to the events unfolding around them. When needed, our doctor interjects with some advice or a treatment or piece of wisdom to force the characters and also the audience to reflect on what has just transpired.

I understand that not everyone is likely going to enjoy this anime. I've found many people criticizing it on the basis of the characters, or the brevity of time spent exploring a topic, or the lack of a plot, ect. But to me these complaints seem to be off the mark because its not the goal of AI no Idenshi to present a standard "beginning middle end" story, but to ask "what if" and try to show you a possible future in which our new technology is extrapolated in ways beyond our current imagination. So to me, these complaints would be like if I criticized a poem for lack of character development or a theatrical play for the lack of special effects. If you watch AI no Idenshi, you have to understand that the bread and butter of this show is not the characters or the plot, but the imagination of the future.

If you consider so much of our modern Science Fiction has been inspired by a few pages of short stories by the likes of Asimov, Heinlein, and P.K. Dick (among others) back when it took a computer the size of a room to solve a few math problems, imagine the possible muses that can now be drawn by creative minds in the present day when we have AI-generated art, algorithms predicting what you want before you even are aware of it yourself, AI Deepfakes, and so on.

AI no Idenshi certainly isnt a masterpiece of writing, but I've been thoroughly invested in the futures it predicts and technologies it envisions. I've been surprised more than once when it not only avoids the cliched predictions we're all familiar with, but actually subverts your expectations and presents them in a new light.

For example, we've all seen the classic "man vs machine" struggle played out in some story or another where a flesh and blood person strives to show that they can still overcome the flawless perfect machine. But very rarely have I ever seen anyone, myself included, consider that for someone who is a machine, their limits are predetermined and no amount of determination will change that.

Any of the ideas put on display within the mere seven episodes that have released so far at the time that I'm writing this can likely be the main focus of an entire story on its own, and I would very much love to see that. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is a fan of science fiction, especially because if there is enough popularity and demand for more sci-fi stories, then perhaps stories inspired by ideas within AI no Idenshi or new ones from other writers will be created.

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Aug 13, 2023

ianiouz

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

This is one of the most simple animes. The plot seemed nice, especially the tags but yet 6 episodes in and nothing interesting seem to happen.

Everyone in this show is annoying, it has more "Romance" than what they say in the tags. Sudo looks like a great MC but his background and personality is barely there yet. Lisa is the most annoying character in this show, she is very useless to the "plot" we do have. And all those weird side characters make it look like it's a different anime each time.

The plot is a mix of grey's anatomy and weird science fiction. It ...

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Aug 20, 2023

Lucius_Blades

Not Recommended

Preliminary (7/12 eps)

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Look, I came here for the ideas it brought in the first episode, a hard sci-fi about the nature of thinking machines and how they would be treated by a society who already treats humans badly. Instead of focusing on the interesting ideas of "what is the legal status of AI people" and "how does a society treat a new class of people" it wants to go through what ifs and not develop them.
The show has one or two good ideas that I really liked, the episode where a dude makes an AI version of his high school crush for sexual reasons is a ...

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