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Reading one of the interview articles Gilligan sums up the concept as "The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness." From that I can see it going either way, perhaps affirming that negative emotions are a defining characteristic of human life, or the opposite. Carols wife was definitely a sponge for her negative emotions and I think now that the only people she is left with either wont or literally cant handle negativity (For now, I suspect her mirror in Paraguay will show up in some point to give her a taste of her own medicine) she is beginning to spiral. I suspect next episode she will begin to take advantage of the hive mind in an attempt to push it to its limits.

https://www.polygon.com/pluribus-episode-3-chatgpt-ai-vince-gilligan/

But Vince Gilligan says that wasn’t what he was thinking of when he wrote Pluribus. In fact, when he first came up with the idea for the series, ChatGPT didn’t even exist.

“I wasn't really thinking of AI,” he says, “because this was about eight or 10 years ago. Of course, the phrase ‘artificial intelligence’ certainly predated ChatGPT, but it wasn't in the news like it is now.”

However, Gilligan says that doesn’t invalidate my theory.

“I'm not saying you're wrong,” he continues. “A lot of people are making that connection. I don't want to tell people what this show is about. If it's about AI for a particular viewer, or COVID-19 — it's actually not about that, either — more power to anyone who sees some ripped-from-the-headlines type thing.”

Seehorn takes it one step further, suggesting that the beauty of Gilligan’s work is how well its relatable storytelling maps onto whatever subject the viewer might be grappling with at the moment.

“One of the great things about his shows is that, at their base, they are about human nature,” she says. “He's not writing to themes, he's not writing to specific topics or specific politics or religions or anything. But you are going to bring to it where you're at when you're watching.”