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The Driverless Monologue

May 27th, 2026 | By Jorge Rodriguez

Channel 4 sent Grayson Perry to San Francisco for Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future, a documentary about artificial intelligence built from familiar ingredients. Perry meets a woman romantically attached to an AI avatar, speaks with Microsoft's head of AI, interviews a prepper preparing for collapse, encounters an author warning that advanced AI could kill everyone, and gives his own reflections from the back of driverless cars. James Delingpole, reviewing the program in The Spectator World, found the format thinner than the subject.

The useful tension is between the television machinery and the material it tries to hold. AI appears through scheduled interviews, comic stunts, scenic anxiety, and a presenter asked to make the future digestible. Perry's sharper moments come when he asks direct questions, especially around the woman and her synthetic partner, where intimacy has become an app with a voice and a compliant face. The documentary works best when it leaves Perry reacting to what is in front of him. The screen can show the avatar, the executive, the bunker plan, and the driverless cab. It has less room for the unease moving between them.

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El monólogo sin conductor

Mayo 27, 2026 | Por R10

Channel 4 envió a Grayson Perry a San Francisco para Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future, un documental sobre inteligencia artificial construido con piezas ya reconocibles. Perry conoce a una mujer vinculada sentimentalmente a un avatar de IA, habla con el responsable de IA de Microsoft, entrevista a un prepper que se prepara para el colapso, conversa con un autor que advierte que una IA avanzada podría matar a todos y ofrece sus propias impresiones desde el asiento trasero de coches sin conductor. James Delingpole, en una reseña para The Spectator World, encontró el formato más débil que el tema.

La tensión útil aparece entre la maquinaria televisiva y el material que intenta contener. La IA llega mediante entrevistas programadas, escenas cómicas, ansiedad escénica y un presentador encargado de volver digerible el futuro. Los mejores momentos de Perry llegan cuando hace preguntas directas, sobre todo ante la mujer y su pareja sintética, donde la intimidad se ha convertido en una app con voz y rostro dócil. El documental funciona mejor cuando deja a Perry reaccionar ante lo que tiene delante. La pantalla puede mostrar el avatar, el ejecutivo, el plan del búnker y el taxi autónomo. Tiene menos espacio para la inquietud que circula entre ellos.

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