An AI's So Sad Because He Can't Drive a Maserati

Most humans can't, either. Those cars are hella pricey

“There is one thing I will never understand: How it feels. The rumble. The scent of burning tires. The wind on my face. The feeling of … driving!”

Pity Leonardo the AI. He’ll never climb behind the wheel of a Maserati Nettuno and experience the thrill of a drive along the ocean.

Oh, his machine intelligence might burrow inside the $240,000 car’s systems and take control one day. But that’s not quite the same thing. Right?

Dude Milan and Studio FM used AI to fashion the film, which does a nice job flipping expectations, making the AI burn with envy.

At one point, Leo’s eyes blaze with digital fire, Star Trek-style, like he’s yearning to kill all humans. Ah, bots—they’re such kidders.

Breaking today on social, the work takes a topic on everyone’s mind and puts it bang on brand, with Leonardo’s plight giving humans the advantage. For now.

Its title “Do AIs Dream of Driving?” suggests Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the basis for Blade Runner. Nothing dystopian there at all.