Humans is already a big hit for Channel 4 and is coming to AMC.
Here’s what makes its low-key approach to sci-fi so brilliantly effective…
Warnings: contains mild spoilers forHumansepisodes one and two.
It presents a near-future where a new breed of robots called Synths are both cheap and commonplace.
They clean our schools, look after our elderly and do our cooking and cleaning.
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Humanspresents a believably ordinary world where robot technology is both a blessing and a curse.
The idea of doing that, you know, made sense, perfect sense.
To have a little clicking box make all the decisions wasnt a vicious thing to do.
But it was too bad for the human beings who got their dignity from their jobs.
ButHumans second episode also shows where a Synths limitations might lie.
We see the plight of Niska (Emily Berrington), a Synth sex worker capable of human emotion.
There are also suggestions that accountants and journalists could be replaced by computers.
A long-form article recentlypublished byThe Atlanticexplores the ambivalence of what it calls A world without work.
So far,Humanshas brilliantly encapsulated our ambivalence towards the technology that already envelops us.
Dr Millicans affection for his surrogate son, Odi, and his hatred for the Nurse Ratched-like Vera.
Humansairs on Saturday nights on AMC,
