Goldfish Have No Memory
by Pauline David-Sax
FULL LENGTH, approx. 75 min. Selected for the 2021 Women's Voices Festival (Mad Cow Theatre). When Eric’s twin sister Ava dies unexpectedly, he uses his skills in robotics to create a replica based on the data Ava has left behind. As Ava-22’s machine learning progresses, Eric is at first comforted by having his sister back in his life, then dismayed as he discovers that the artificially intelligent version of...
FULL LENGTH, approx. 75 min. Selected for the 2021 Women's Voices Festival (Mad Cow Theatre). When Eric’s twin sister Ava dies unexpectedly, he uses his skills in robotics to create a replica based on the data Ava has left behind. As Ava-22’s machine learning progresses, Eric is at first comforted by having his sister back in his life, then dismayed as he discovers that the artificially intelligent version of Ava has no need for him. Goldfish Have No Memory asks whether technology can mitigate grief and what it means to truly know someone.
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