Jiang Wan couldn't hear sounds in her left ear, but she could "hear" emotional currents.
Lu Yanzhou is an upstart in AI technology. After his wife died in a mysterious fall, he suffered from psychogenic aphasia.
"Teach me sign language, and the hourly salary is three thousand." He handed over his mobile phone outside the funeral home late at night.
Jiang Wan needed money to extend her mother's life, so she took on this dangerous deal.
But she soon discovered——
When Lu Yanzhou was learning gestures, his right little finger would tremble at a frequency of 6 seconds/time;
In the photo of his late wife's laboratory, the little finger of the man in the white coat has the same trembling rhythm;
The company's soon-to-be-released "National Emotion Algorithm" is dismantling everyone's privacy into data for sale.
"You taught me to lie with my fingers," he stated in sign language in court, "and I taught you to hear the truth with your eyes."
——When algorithms can translate all emotions, do we still have the right to remain silent?
Purpose: To explore the boundaries of human nature in the era of technology: When technology can quantify emotions and predict thoughts, do humans still have an uninterrupted inner world? Through the collision of a hearing-impaired female protagonist and a technological male protagonist, the work tells a story about "hearing the truth" and "guarding silence", and advocates the values of technology for good and respect for privacy.