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Viewers recognize that the virtual assistants are fictional, manipulated behind the scenes by producers to spark contestant drama.
The idea behind this practice isnt anything new.
What results is a confusing assortment of hookups and wellness-retreat rituals.
But this power is more corralling than responsive.
In an interview withGlamour,executive producer Viki Kolar said that they included Lana because [A.I.]
is literally everywhere around us.
Its kind of governing us; its taking over.
The players live together in an apartment building but are unable to meet face-to-face.
Players scheme and manipulate and confess to become the top influencer.
The underlying system of the Circle app functions like a maze.
The use of fake A.I.
aims to cloud that interaction.
Yet the producers ofToo Hot to Handlesabotage the potential of their own tool.
And that is perhaps the most robotic thing about it.
