The iMom

When our technology turns on us, who is to blame?

Ariel Martin’s “iMom” takes our culture’s habit of “other-mothering” and scrutinizes it with terrifying accuracy. Artificial intelligence has allowed parents of the future to hand the responsibility of caring for children to robot maids called “iMoms.”

By the time the curtains closed on this short film, we didn’t doubt for one moment whose to blame. Be careful to watch, as Katharine Trendacosta from i09 warns that “iMom will haunt your dreams.”