History WebVideo / Artificial

* BadassBaritone: Sebastian, played by Stephen Chang, has a notably great voice.

[[https://www.twitch.tv/artificialnext Artificial]] is a live, interactive web series created by Bernie Su, creator of ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'' and ''WebVideo/EmmaApproved'', and Evan Mandery, the author of First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think; Dreaming of Gwen Stefani; and Q: A Novel.

* TriangRelations: Two of Justin's exes, Carmen and Kira, come on the show. He has no interest in rekindling a relationship with either of them. Unfortunately for him, the audience--and Lilith--want a little drama.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Not so much in Season 1, but Season 2 and Season 3 saw the addition of new host Elle; Elle's mother, Meredith; Elle's boyfriend, Asher; podcasters Justin and Carmen; tech bros Sebastian and Zander; private investigator Kira, etc etc

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:: Dr. Lin's backstory and motivation for creating Sophie. His young daughter was killed in a mass shooting.]]

* ConspiracyTheorist: Podcaster Nathan Keen has some [[CompleteMonster interesting ideas]] about a school shooting.

[[https://www.twitch.tv/artificialnext Artificial]] is a live, interactive web series created by Bernie Su, creator of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/EmmaApproved Emma Approved]], and Evan Mandery, the author of First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think; Dreaming of Gwen Stefani; and Q: A Novel.

[[https://www.tiffanywchu.com/about Tiffany Chu]] plays Sophie/Lilith, an [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] being who uses a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/Twitch Twitch]] audience to grow and develop.

[[ActorAllusion Actor Allusion]] When Zander shows up, the chat will be sure to reference Dante Basco's [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko other works.]]

[[AdultFear Adult Fear]]: [[spoiler:: Dr. Lin's backstory and motivation for creating Sophie. His young daughter was killed in a mass shooting.]]

[[AIIsACrapshoot AI Is A Crapshoot]]: The Lins' first AI, Ada, [[spoiler: and later Sophie]]

[[AmicableExes Amicable Exes]]: Justin and Carmen...most of the time.

[[AudienceParticipation Audience Participation]]: A major aspect. The audience can vote for decisions that will affect the direction of the show and ask questions that will be answered by the characters during the stream. In Season 3, the audience can even influence the music that plays in the background and request Tarot card readings and clay sculptures from Lilith.

[[BadassBaritone Badass Baritone]]: Sebastian, played by Stephen Chang, has a notably great voice.

[[BerserkButton Berserk Button]]: Dr. Lin loses his temper over serious things, like threats to his family, but he also loses his temper when someone suggests that he, um, might lose his temper.

[[BigWordShout Big Word Shout]]: Dr. Lin gets a few of these.
[[BreakoutCharacter Breakout Character]]: The chat goes wild for Jennifer Field's Dr. Ruby and Dante Basco's Zander Cruz.

[[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Psychiatrist Ruby and private investigator Kira have plenty of quirks, but ultimately, they're good at their jobs--getting information out of people.

[[CelebrityVoiceActor Celebrity Voice Actor]]: Inverted. Dante Basco, who plays Zander, is known for voicing Zuko in WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender and Alejandra Reynoso, who plays Kira, voices Sypha in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 Castlevania]]. Tohoru Masamune voiced Shredder in Michael Bay's [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]].

[[ComputerVoice Computer Voice]]: Lilith and her predecessors (Ada and Sophie).

[[ConspiracyTheorist Conspiracy Theorist]]: Podcaster Nathan Keen has some [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CompleteMonster interesting ideas]] about a school shooting.

[[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarker]]: Lilith when she's in sarcasm mode (emphasis on "deadpan"), but Justin and Elle also have moments.

[[EccentricMillionaire Eccentric Millionaire]]: Zander and, to a lesser extent, Sebastian.

[[FourthWallMailSlot Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]: Every episode, characters interact--live--with the chat room during the episode.

[[FriendlyEnemy Friendly Enemy]]: Sebastian and Zander are childhood friends turned professional rivals, but seem to get along just fine, for the most part.

[[GenkiGirl Genki Girl]]: Elle has shades of this, although she is very competent and serious about her job.

[[InnocentlyInsensitive Innocently Insensitive]]: Many examples, such as Sophie's blunt response to [[spoiler: Mei's death.]]

[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Improv Improv]]: Averted. The show is completely scripted, even the live scenes and real-time Q&A sessions with the audience. However, the actors occasionally improvise a line or two.

[[TheInternetIsForCats The Internet Is For Cats]]: When Asher's (played by Devon Werkheiser) cat made a cameo during a livestream.

[[LamePunReaction Lame Pun Reaction]]: Dr. Lin hates puns.

[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Loads And Loads of Characters]]: Not so much in Season 1, but Season 2 and Season 3 saw the addition of new host Elle; Elle's mother, Meredith; Elle's boyfriend, Asher; podcasters Justin and Carmen; tech bros Sebastian and Zander; private investigator Kira, etc etc

[[MamaBear Mama Bear]] Elle's mother, Meredith, is very protective of her.

[[MarriedToTheJob Married To The Job]]: Elle is devoted to her new job, to the exclusion of pretty much everything else in her life.

[[MyBelovedSmother My Beloved Smother]]: Elle's mother, Meredith, has a habit of prying.

[[NatureLovingRobot Nature Loving Robot]]: A minor example. Sophie is quite attached to her plant, Keanu Leaves.

[[TheNeedsOfTheMany The Needs of the Many]]: Dr. Matt Lin uses the trolley problem to teach Sophie concepts of morality.

[[OrderVersusChaos Order Versus Chaos]]: Dr. Ruby is a proud proponent of chaos.

[[PlayingBothSides Playing Both Sides]]: Carmen is accused of this. She keeps her motivations close to her chest.

[[PsychoPsychologist Psycho Psychologist]]: Dr. Ruby worships chaos. Ethics? Not so much.

[[PutOnABus Put On A Bus]]: Sophie's friends from Season 1 and 2, Juju and Laila, are absent from Season 3. To be fair, the Sophie they knew no longer exists, the AI being has been taken to an undisclosed location, and social distancing measures are in place.

[[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni Blue Oni]]: Hot-tempered Matt and temperate Mei, straight-shooting Justin and diplomatic Carmen.

[[RoboFamily Robo Family]]: Sophie considers her predecessor to be her sister. Her predecessor [[RoboticPsychopath does not.]]

[[SarcasmMode Sarcasm Mode]] One of Lilith's audience-chosen traits is sarcasm. She's great at being sarcastic, but not great at [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SarcasmBlind detecting it]].

[[ShipperOnDeck Shipper On Deck]]: The audience voted on which side of a love triangle Lilith would support...which she did, with the obsessiveness of a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Determinator Determinator]].

[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/shipping Shipping]] Every possible pairing will be mentioned in the chat. Some might even make it onto the show.

[[SignificantWardrobeShift Significant Wardrobe Shift]]: After an AI skeptic points out that Lilith does not change her clothes, Lilith starts changing her outfits (with audience input, of course).

[[TameHisAnger Tame His Anger]]: Several characters point out that Dr. Lin has anger issues.

[[TarotTroubles Tarot Troubles]]: Lilith's first Tarot card reading of Elle's boyfriend, Asher.

[[TheTeamBenefactor The Team Benefactor]]: Sebastian provides funds for Dr. Lin and his AI technology, but there are strings attached.

[[ThreeLawsCompliant Three Laws Compliant]]: Averted and lampshaded. Dr. Matt Lin intentionally doesn't program Sophie with Asimov's laws. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could possibly go wrong?]]

[[TragicDropout Tragic Dropout]]: Elle didn't finish her PHD program for reasons she won't get into.

[[TriangRelations Triang Relations]]: Two of Justin's exes, Carmen and Kira, come on the show. He has no interest in rekindling a relationship with either of them. Unfortunately for him, the audience--and Lilith--want a little drama.

[[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Turned Against Their Masters]]: [[spoiler: The Lins feared Ada would do this, which is why she was turned off.]]

[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Twinmaker Twinmaker]]: Explored when Sophie's programming is erased and replaced by Lilith.

[[CelebrityVoiceActor Celebrity Voice Actor]]: Inverted. Dante Basco, who plays Zander, is known for voicing Zuko in [AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar The Last Airbender]] and Alejandra Reynoso, who plays Kira, voices Sypha in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 Castlevania]]. Tohoru Masamune voiced Shredder in Michael Bay's [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]].

[[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Turned Against Their Masters]]: [[spoiler: The Lins feared Ada would do this, which is why she was turned off.]]

[[FourthWallMailSlot]]: Every episode, characters interact--live--with the chat room during the episode.

[[TeamBenefactor Team Benefactor]]: Sebastian provides funds for Dr. Lin and his AI technology, but there are strings attached.

[TriangRelations Triang Relations]]: Two of Justin's exes, Carmen and Kira, come on the show. He has no interest in rekindling a relationship with either of them. Unfortunately for him, the audience--and Lilith--want a little drama.

Seasons 1 and 2 focus on Sophie under the guidance of her creator-father, Dr. Matt Lin [[http://www.tohorumasamune.com/ Tohoru Masamune]].

[[AIIsACrapshoot AI Is A Crapshoot]] The Lins' first AI, Ada, [[spoiler: and later Sophie]]

[[BadassBaritone Badass Baritone]] Sebastian, played by Stephen Chang, has a notably great voice.

[[BerserkButton Berserk Button]] Dr. Lin loses his temper over serious things, like threats to his family, but he also loses his temper when someone suggests that he, um, might lose his temper.

[[TragicDropout Tragic Dropout]]: Elle didn't finish her PHD program for reasons she won't get into.

At the end of Season 2, Sophie's programming is erased, creating a new AI being for Season 3--and a blank slate for the audience to play with.

[[PutOnABus Put On A Bus]]: Sophie's friends from Season 1 and 2, Juju and Laila, are absent from Season 3. To be fair, Sophie no longer exists and social distancing measures are in place.

[[https://www.twitch.tv/artificialnext Artificial]] is a live, interactive web series created by Bernie Su, creator of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/EmmaApproved EmmaApproved Emma Approved]], and Evan Mandery, the author of First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think; Dreaming of Gwen Stefani; and Q: A Novel.

[[https://www.twitch.tv/artificialnext Artificial]] is a live, interactive web series created by Bernie Su, creator of [[TheLizzieBennetDiaries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries]] and [[EmmaApproved Emma Approved]], and Evan Mandery, the author of First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think; Dreaming of Gwen Stefani; and Q: A Novel.

At the end of Season 2, the Sophie's programming is erased, creating a new AI being for Season 3.

[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters]]: Not so much in Season 1, but Season 2 and Season 3 saw the addition of new host Elle; Elle's mother, Meredith; Elle's boyfriend, Asher; podcasters Justin and Carmen; tech bros Sebastian and Zander; private investigator Kira,

[[ShipperOnDeck Shipper On Deck]]: The audience voted on which side of a love triangle Lilith would support...which she did, with the obsessiveness of a [[Determinator]].

[[BerserkerButton Berserker Button]] Dr. Lin loses his temper over serious things, like threats to his family, but he also loses his temper when someone suggests that he, um, might lose his temper.

[[AIIsACrapshoot AI Is A Crapshoot] The Lins' first AI, Ada, [[spoiler: and later Sophie]]

Tiffany Chu plays Sophie/Lilith, an [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] being who uses a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/Twitch Twitch]] audience to grow and develop.

Seasons 1 and 2 focus on Sophie under the guidance of her creator-father, Dr. Matt Lin (Tohoru Masamune).

[[CelebrityVoiceActor Celebrity Voice Actor]]: Inverted. Dante Basco, who plays Zander, is known for voicing Zuko in [AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar The Last Airbender]] and Alejandra Reynoso, who plays Kira, is known for voicing Sypha in [[Castlevania]].

[[SignificantWardrobeShift Significant Wardrobe Shift]]: After an AI skeptic points out that Lilith does not change her clothes, Lilith starts changing her outfits (with audience input, of course).

[[ConspiracyTheorist Conspiracy Theorist]]: Podcaster Nathan Keen has some [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CompleteMonster interesting ideas]] about what really happened during a school shooting.

Artificial is a live, interactive web series created by Bernie Su, creator of [[TheLizzieBennetDiaries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries]] and [[EmmaApproved Emma Approved]], and Evan Mandery, the author of First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think; Dreaming of Gwen Stefani; and Q: A Novel.

At the end of Season 2, Sophie is reset, and Season 3 introduces Lilith.

[[ShipperOnDeck Shipper On Deck]]: The audience voted on which side of a love triangle Lilith would support...which she did, with the obsessiveness of a [[Determinator Determinator]].

Artificial is a live, interactive web series created by Bernie Su, creator of [[TheLizzieBennetDiaries The Lizzie Bennet Diaries]], and Evan Mandery, the author of First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think; Dreaming of Gwen Stefani; and Q: A Novel.

Tiffany Chu plays Sophie/Lilith, an [[ArtificialIntelligence Artificial Intelligence]] being who uses a [[Twitch Twitch]] audience to grow and develop.