Swiss director Simon Jaquemet gave an interview about his latest science fiction film. Electric Childand shared that another project he is working on is an adaptation of Ted Chiang’s The life cycle of software objects.

In an interview with diversityJaquemet called Chiang’s novella, a 110-page story first published in 2010 and also included in his 2019 collection, exhalation“very clever and complex.” However, he did not reveal any further details about his interpretation of the adaptation, including whether it would be a feature film or a series.

The life cycle of software objects It centers on the development of childlike AI bots called Digients that humans buy and treat like a family pet, or in some cases, a toddler. When Digients’ popularity wanes and the company that supports them goes out of business, the few people who still care about them must decide how to treat their Digients in a world where others want to use them for, among other things, sexual acts.

Jaquemet seems to be fascinated by artificial intelligence –Electric ChildAs you might have guessed, AI comes into play when a baby gets very sick – and said that alongside films like Her And Ex Machina, He was inspired by the works of Stanislaw Lem.

“Apart from SolarisI read Golem XIV (in which a “lecture” given by a supercomputer was presented) and Fables for Robots”, Jaquemet told Diversity. “They are important to me because they investigate whether machines have feelings.”

No news yet on whether and when Jaquemet’s adaptation of Chiang’s The life cycle of software objects will find its way into production, let alone onto the screen near you.