Humans in the Loop opens with a dreamy moment in a field. The young girl Nehma is at eye level with a porcupine that’s half-hidden from view and seems to be communing with her. Nature is unpredictable, uncanny even, unlike artificial intelligence, as Nehma realises in her adulthood.
An Adivasi from the Oraon tribe, Nehma (Sonal Madhushankar) has moved back to her village after a fractious divorce. Her 12-year-old daughter Dhaanu (Ridhima Singh) yearns to live with her father. Nehma, who also has an infant son, begins working as a data labeller at an AI centre, where she annotates raw footage so that it can be easily understood by foreign clients.
Is an earthworm a pest or a vital part of the food chain? Nehma finds that AI is inherently biased, especially against non-Western populations. Nehma’s efforts to mould AI into something closer to her reality runs parallel with her efforts to tame her increasingly wayward daughter.
Aranya Sahay’s directorial debut from 2024 will be released on September 5 at the Cinepolis multiplex in Andheri in Mumbai, followed by screenings in Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram from September 12. Humans in the Loop has a fascinating subject inspired by actual AI centres in Jharkhand.
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