Latvian Television’s ‘Latvian Code’ (Latvijas kods) documentary strand offers a kaleidoscopic picture of life in modern Latvia, and comes complete with English-language subtitles.
The documentary “Ielāde” (Loading) observes the time when robotics and artificial intelligence are becoming an integral part of everyday life.
The film follows a society that is learning to live with technologies that are becoming an integral part of everyday life in schools, shops, work and leisure, even in church. Without interfering, just being present and observing, the film captures everyday and often comical moments: how students get acquainted with a telecommunications robot, how an automatic holy water dispenser welcomes believers in church, and elsewhere someone learns to drive a car in virtual reality.
These seemingly simple observations provoke important reflections – how do we feel when faced with the seemingly unstoppable ‘progress’ of technology? “Ielāde” is an ironic, but at the same time gentle observation about evolving society.
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