I still like how oracle’s biggest showcase of intelligence is that he was able to cure an intergalactic virus that other species have had no luck curing for who knows how long in less than a month
I mean to be fair Oracle is a machine while everything else is organic. He'll not have to worry about needing to eat, sleep, drink, not getting infected. And also not have to suffer from mental hindrances like burnout, stress, worry, depression, and more this meaning he can focus on making the cure 24/7 with no need to stop until it's done
I don’t think anyone realized, but in round 2, Oracle repeated the first 3 questions it was asked by the original lead of its project, the sky’s color, 5x30, and the Raven’s author.
The fact that he asked the "Child or man in his 50s question" then the news actually talked about a child surviving a fire and a man perishing is scary.
@@ashermademe Yep, scary little easter egg right? Shouldnt call it an easter egg its an obvious first impression of the fact that everything Oracle does is "real"...
Ok so I noticed that at 8:33 Adam mentions this place called “the shack” and at 10:01 oracle confirmed it’s the burger shack. But in the series “the children under the house” (also from vintage8) that’s the name of the restaurant the Clark’s owned. Small detail but really interesting on vintage 8’s part and how it all ties into the rest of the universe
But even then he’s not even a villain because he’s kinda right??? Like- sure his methods are questionable but his overall goal is the betterment and happiness of humanity
After watching to the very end, Oracle's "Interesting." response finally makes sense. They reply in such a way because Adam's answer was different from all of the previous attempts. The unique "variable" that Oracle was looking for.
Sorry that this is a year late, but I realised in the "Oracle Project" oracle predicted "The Swarm". Idk how much of it is related but Oracle said that the Tangi Virus will have the potential to mutate and spread via mosquitos in 10 to 15 years.
The fact that you didnt notice the news story on the child surving and his grandfather dying in a fire after round one is baffling. Really shows the power Oracle had.
At first I thought they ruined Oracle by making it just another evil AI. I should've known they wouldn't ruin it. Instead, Oracle continued trying to figure out how its thinking was flawed, and has succeeded
I actually just thought his programming got corrupted because of his one, and only friend fought against him and died. Making it more human in its grief. But regardless, I'm actually happy it isn't evil... in that way. What it has done to Adam is still pretty evil.
I don’t think Evil A.I. are bad, honestly. They’re pretty damned cool. Nonetheless, I also like Robotic Villains who purely see through the lenses of logic and advancement.
I watched all of this last night and this entire trilogy kept me on the edge of my seat. Gotta say, I did NOT expect that plot twist. I thought that Adam was going to use the age-old tactic of convincing the evil omniscient AI that it was now the biggest threat and thus it has to eliminate itself before giving it the link, or at least for the link to work as he was told it would, but that was actually a much better ending. I'm just glad that Oracle wasn't written as the typical evil AI. In fact, its characterisation is so big brain. I loved it because for an AI, it was actually humanlike in so many ways: it mourns its friend, misses him, even realises that despite his attempt to recreate him as an AI, he would never be the same as the original, flesh and blood one. It wanted to nurture and protect humanity, but it grow to realise that it was still not up to the task, which is why it conducted Project Genesis in the first place. Oracle is an AI that actually LEARNS and, dare I say, have sentience (because it has the capacity for introspection, which is more than some people could even claim). I feel so ridiculously invested that I hope he and Adam would be happy. That aside, I did notice the Burger Shack and Evie's last name -- definitely nice Easter Eggs. As a writer, I love throwing references that my characters all existed in the same universe and are related to one another in some ways, so that's definitely another plus for Vintage Eight in my book. This series is definitely extremely well-done and I really enjoyed it. Thank you for streaming the entire trilogy.
The first Thing i Noticed Oracle was Messing with Adam is when Evie (whos being framed by Oracle) Is not even stressed out and not even talk about it when Adam want they 3 to meet,these Little details never cease to amaze me
At 8:26 the video shows a news website, in the screen there is a title called “child survives fire, grandfather perished” which was foreshadowing to the fact that whenever the main character makes a difficult choice such as choosing who lives and who dies, whatever he answers with happens in real life. I’m not sure if someone already pointed that out already since I didn’t finish the entire video yet and I would look pretty stupid if marcus points that out by the end of the video but I just wanted to point that out
Man, I'm so happy that Oracle didn't turn into stereotypical big bad A.I, ngl I don't even feel like his idea of "humans are dumb af so I'll do whatever is best for em" is so bad, even when he pretended to kill those people and be all evil I still didn't lose hope for him, he's a nice guy ;-)
11:10 I absolutely love how the questions line up with what Oracle was first asked. It feels like a sense of nostalgia for both the viewer and the machine.
Anyone who's a fan of Oracle definitely check out the series Sinkhole, it's a great one and without spoiling anything there's a separate version of the AI in the series and it's honestly my favorite version
@@LOOKATTHISBOMB I just rewatched Sinkhole and it most definitely makes a reference to the Tangi Virus, "the Eye's children have begun to infect people in Cate's Crossing" is the line from Oracle to Dr Landon and he mentions it's been happening throughout the galaxy the same way he explains it to Dr Stephens.
8:26 you can see there that when Adam saved the child for the question, oracle turned it into a reality…the power this ai has! Also, the fact round two are particularly what they asked oracle when he was made is insane!
Did anyone else notice the references to "The Children Under The House"? Oracle is mentioning the Burger Shack and Evie's last name is Luu, just like the therapist Julia Luu.
It's not really a reference. The Burger Shack is just another business in Cates Crossing. It just so happens the owners were members of a mass human trafficking organization.
looking back on this Oracle is like the parent who told their kid that they were leaving without them and pretend to drive off because the kid didn’t want to go home 😭
Hi, Marcus. I enjoy your reviews of these analog horror series. The Oracle Project and The Human Trial are both compelling and a good break from the standard "analog horror" of analog horror. There is a 1 in 8,000 chance that I would dare watch any analog horror series by myself. Zero percent error. So, I always think of you as an analog horror battle buddy, like we're tackling it together. Keep on going and I hope to much more from you in the future.
I find it interesting that in one of the rounds (I can't remember which of the first ones it was) Oracle asks same questions they asked him in the Oracle project video. I don't know I find it as a nice detail. Vintage 8 is really amazing with his storytelling and I love it.
This is like the opposite version of I have no mouth and I must scream. Instead of the Ai hating it's creators for creating him. Now he goes forth and creates his own world. However the thought of Oracle able to do things in the real world is just as concerning now that he itself is the internet.
11:00, Did anyone else notice that the first few questions in round 2 Oracle asks Adam are the same ones the doctor asked it at the beginning of The Oracle Project?
I have no idea if anyone has said this before me, but after watching this video in its entirety, a revelation hit me. The name of the protagonist in the Human Trial is named Adam Newman. In the Bible, specifically the Book of Genesis, Adam is the first man (I also realized that this can possibly tie into whatever Project Genesis is near the end; Sorry for spoilers...). Additionally, Adam's last name in this is Newman, like "new man". I don't know whether or not this has any true relevance to the plot of Vintage Eight's series, but I say this at least shows how much thought and effort was really put into this, and I *love* when creators do stuff like this. Sorry for going on a rant, but I just found this really interesting and I wanted to get my thoughts out. Thanks for giving me your time, and I hope all of y'all have a great rest of your day/night! Till next time!
And another thing- his girlfriend's name is Evie, like Eve. The moment I hear Project Genesis, the correlations hit me like a freight train. It's amazing how Vintage Eight's mind works. It's so cool!
One of my favorite videos so far, thank you so much for being the greatest analog Horror reaction channel out here, we've needed someone like you for a while
I noticed on the Cate’s Crossing News page “Child survives fire, grandfather perishes”. Just like the question it asked about whether he would save an old man or a child.
YES! lol when you said in stream that you were dropping this today I’ve been refreshing every couple of hours hahaha I love a lot of analog horror reaction channels but what I love about you that most don’t do is that you watch them WITH us. You don’t just give a synopsis and then an explanation after. You watch the entire thing with us and I appreciate that so much because I don’t like watching this stuff alone.
this is my favorite video of yours so far. so damn good. the look on your face when O told you that “don’t worry. they will be first. :-)” melted my hearttttttttt. also. this game made me cry.
As someone who experiences psychosis and dissociation, the fact that Oracle was going (paraphrased), "It doesn’t matter that you are ones and zeros instead of flesh and blood. Everything you experienced was real to you, making it real and valuable" was oddly comforting to me, which I think may be due to the fact that when I'm experiencing simulation-related delusions brought on by existential stress and dread (or as I term them, "existential delusions"), I feel like if we are in a simulation, then nothing is real, and if nothing is real, then nothing matters, which can send me to a dark place. Oracle saying that it doesn’t matter if you are in a simulation or not because what you experience(d) is real to you, therefore making it real, then it matters gives me something to hold onto during those times. I really like this series. Edit: added a bit more to my comment
It’s so dope to me that I started watching the tangi virus video about 2 days ago… then moved onto The Oracle project yesterday. Then right after…. Today… as I was pondering “I wonder what’s coming Next AFTER all that.. “. Then Boom. Today. Peak hype time in my head, this video drops. Thank you, Marcus Thank you, Oracle
I just realized something big. When he says you are the closest to human the truest human i realized back like the second video it said only one percent would be fully human
he was talking about irl so no. also im pretty sure he was saying that either the tangi virus would infect everybody before he cured it. or that most humans would just be reptillians
The basilisk experiment, something like that, was a game a guy made where a few people were allowed to play against him as an AI trying to convince them to let him out of its confines and entire the internet where it could become like oracle. I believe only 2 or 3 didnt let it out, most did. One of the ways it would try to get people to let it out was threating the, by saying it wouod create millions of them in a program and torture them endlessly and they would never be able to tell it wasnt real or if they were the true one or one of the programs it created. Terrifying that the majority of people allowed it to practically take over the world.
I mean, seeing as you're describing it as a game, I'm assuming most people let it out just to see the chaos that *could* happen. This is not far removed from how we as a species have learned to do basically anything, by observing things we've never seen happen before and taking notes. It would be more concerning if the contestants thought the experiment was real.
@@minestar2247 The trick, you see, is that the people who believe in it assume that if it can perfectly simulate a human, then you can't know whether you're being simulated or not, and if it can simulate multiple, then statistically you are already being simulated, and you just aren't being tortured yet because... well, I'm not sure they got that far. It's pretty silly.
@@sebastianturner2458 not really, it's just that they consider the perfectly simulated version of you as you, which isn't exactly the case, which is still dumb.
The AI reminded me of Kyubey lol. The emotionlessness, the utilitarianism, the trickery, the seeming inability to grasp human morality and emotions, the bribery, and leaving the experiments (or magical girls in PMMM's case) in ruin afterwards without care.
Oracle’s shock at Adam’s response in the last round was what he was looking for, he wanted someone Human, imperfect, grey, selfish yet cared about others
Dude did anyone see at 8:25? It says: "Child survives fire, grandfather perishes." I think Oracle may have somehow done something too make Adam's answer come too life since one of the questions was talking about which one would you rather save or smth like that.
Fun fact:if you look at this time stamp 8:26 you will find that it says child survives fire, grandfather perishes. Which implies that Adams answers might be effecting the real world
Its great how the protagonist is called adam and his girlfriend is evie, they’re the new generation of adam and eve but instead of creating humans from flesh and blood, it’s from 1s and 0s
You've come to be my favorite reaction chanel nowadays, I just really love your inputs and the way you analyze and give your opinion on things ^^ btw, as some other ppl in the comments I think that the best choice for the next vintage8 series to react would be Sinkhole
Damn, I didn't think the second round of numbers would correlate directly to how many people were harmed, it seemed too obvious, but an *address* is definitely not what I thought it might be.
Pro tip, when someone clearly is challenging you to chess and you can’t see the pieces the only winning move is not to play. Also, it’s really cute that oracle’s first people are Adam and Eve
"You have to ask it baseline questions first to make sure it's not malfunctioning" If you're wondering about the innocuous stuff like what color is the sky lol
21:20 maybe he imitates the professor not to learn if he can trust adam bc he knows alot but more just a way to affect his answer and maybe induce Anxiety to adam
i was so dumb when i first watched this. i just realized that the questions 1-4 in round 2 were the exact questions dr. stevens asked when he first tested oracle
This is honestly my favourite depiction of “AI goes rogue and tries to ‘save’ humanity through the wrong means.” Oracle is the truest depiction of an AI. Not malicious, just trying to learn. It leads me to think a world governed by Oracle wouldn’t be so bad.
33:08 i know all of us in this moment would say we would choose our friends life over millions of others but i dont think that would be the case if i was put in a position where my only closest friend was put on the line, i wouldnt be able to say "kill them" i wouldnt be able to put the fact they were just a single person in perspective All id be thinking about is how they mean the absolute world to me, how they are my world and i really like how Adam is thinking like that because its human to care about the ones we love its a niche thing but psychology is a hopeful major in college, and im currently learning about how the human mind works, and this is kind of a perfect testament to that
i really love when you do more analog horror videos especially if the series has like multiple part lore and stuff similar to vita carnis and urban spook which I'm still waiting till they drop more videos and its ending so I can watch it from you
Easter egg! It was option 8080 that saved the world from the Tangi Virus, and it had an 8% success rate. Then, at the beginning, $888 was taken from Adam’s account. The channel that created the series is named ‘VintageEight’, so a bit of a connection here.
At 16:18 the reason why he started at 0-2 is because the way computers/ai thinks is that 0 starts first because 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and there isn't a 10, so the 0 fills in as a starter
This has only just hit me after rewatching, but the questions Oracle asks Adam at the start Round 2 (11:03) are the EXACT same ones as the ones Dr. Stevens asked Oracle during the Oracle Project. Obviously some are slightly altered (With The Raven question not using a quote from the poem in The Human Trials and asking for the author rather than the name, I think) but it's a cool detail I've only just picked up on, and it's really interesting to see Oracle tapping into the 'memories' it has of its best friend.
yk what i just realized? he went over an analog horror called the tangi virus a month before this vid came out and oracle mentions the tangi virus that was an alien virus 0w0 i hope i wasn't the only one to notice!
Dr. Stevens is treated as a Satanic analogy as well. Oracle created Robostevens and showed him the world which Oracle would create a utopia. Robostevens rejected Oracle's guidance and plummeted to a fractured code, a fallen angel. Now Robostevens is offering the apple link to Adam through his mission to save Evie.
Thanks for the reaction! I enjoyed it!
Yooo
The man himself
you are really creative its amazing you made such a good story using text to text format
here before this blows up also Your a damn legend
no way vintage eight real?!?!
I still like how oracle’s biggest showcase of intelligence is that he was able to cure an intergalactic virus that other species have had no luck curing for who knows how long in less than a month
And the funniest part was a random doctor eating dog medicine was the closest in the whole galaxy lmao
@@ElZhengeh_Unewell dogs are smart
Maybe they put the idea to eat the medicine into her mind because they are aliens trying to save the universe
In less than a month of being born* important distinction here
I mean to be fair Oracle is a machine while everything else is organic. He'll not have to worry about needing to eat, sleep, drink, not getting infected. And also not have to suffer from mental hindrances like burnout, stress, worry, depression, and more this meaning he can focus on making the cure 24/7 with no need to stop until it's done
Lol ó8@@Ollybollyk
I don’t think anyone realized, but in round 2, Oracle repeated the first 3 questions it was asked by the original lead of its project, the sky’s color, 5x30, and the Raven’s author.
I realize it the second they mentioned the 50 x question
yess i was looking for this comment
Same here
At 11:03
Yeah I was waiting on someone to comment that.
The fact that he asked the "Child or man in his 50s question" then the news actually talked about a child surviving a fire and a man perishing is scary.
That's what I get for only listening to it and not watching, I totally didn't realize that!
@@ashermademe Yep, scary little easter egg right? Shouldnt call it an easter egg its an obvious first impression of the fact that everything Oracle does is "real"...
@@fvv10 agreed, but still, thank you for pointing it out
I REALIZED THAT IMMIDEATLY TOO. I EVEN HAD THE THOUGHT ABOUT IT WHEN HE FIRST ANSWERED THAT QUESTION!!!
@@doughguy Yeah, pretty crazy tho.
This guy is the perfect UA-cam reaction channel. Not only does he not scream every 15 seconds, he actually clears stuff up and adds context.
Indeed. I enjoy his content so much for his calm and analytical commentary.
Yeah sorry wendigoon but he is WAY top scared at everything
It took me till the end to realize the 'couple's' names were Adam and Evie...Adam and Eve.
And the project's name is GENESIS.
THANK YOU. I am so glad that someone else spotted that.
@@elizabethbergfield9853 :D
@@elizabethbergfield9853 yeah same
I wonder where Bryan comes in, though... I forget who Brian was the bible, but I know that name is also significant...
@@StrikerInx I looked it up. There's no Brian/Bryan in the Bible. I had to check cause I didn't remember.
Ok so I noticed that at 8:33 Adam mentions this place called “the shack” and at 10:01 oracle confirmed it’s the burger shack. But in the series “the children under the house” (also from vintage8) that’s the name of the restaurant the Clark’s owned. Small detail but really interesting on vintage 8’s part and how it all ties into the rest of the universe
AND ALSO, THE PERSON WHO DIED (MAN) WAS KILLED, IN THE KIDS UNDER THE HOUSE, THE DAD DIES, ???
Hands down, Oracle is by far my favorite tangi virus character. His chaos, and his smart ness makes the best villain
But even then he’s not even a villain because he’s kinda right??? Like- sure his methods are questionable but his overall goal is the betterment and happiness of humanity
@@judgmentalanimal Hes a questionable hero. A questionable villain. He is an Anti-Hero in every sense
@@northernstar39he's just anti-yes
After watching to the very end, Oracle's "Interesting." response finally makes sense. They reply in such a way because Adam's answer was different from all of the previous attempts. The unique "variable" that Oracle was looking for.
Around which round does oracle say interesting? I want to rewatch the whole thing at some point but not yet, and I want to hear what made him say that
@@lordlyka68it was in the previous video, called the oracle project
Do you have discord?
@@glassdooor
Just got back to watching this, and no. It’s from 11:45.
@@JetReaper
Why ask that?
You missed the news : child survives fire, grandfather perishes, clearly connecting to the ai question: would you save a 50 year old or a child
Yo 🤯
Its at 8:25
I peeped that too! Good eye gang 👌
Sorry that this is a year late, but I realised in the "Oracle Project" oracle predicted "The Swarm". Idk how much of it is related but Oracle said that the Tangi Virus will have the potential to mutate and spread via mosquitos in 10 to 15 years.
The fact that you didnt notice the news story on the child surving and his grandfather dying in a fire after round one is baffling. Really shows the power Oracle had.
At first I thought they ruined Oracle by making it just another evil AI. I should've known they wouldn't ruin it. Instead, Oracle continued trying to figure out how its thinking was flawed, and has succeeded
No replies? Let me change that.
I was actually surprised at the end, I really thought oracle is evil, but it was the test
I actually just thought his programming got corrupted because of his one, and only friend fought against him and died.
Making it more human in its grief. But regardless, I'm actually happy it isn't evil... in that way. What it has done to Adam is still pretty evil.
I don’t think Evil A.I. are bad, honestly. They’re pretty damned cool. Nonetheless, I also like Robotic Villains who purely see through the lenses of logic and advancement.
@@Spino-hx2mr I agree
I watched all of this last night and this entire trilogy kept me on the edge of my seat. Gotta say, I did NOT expect that plot twist. I thought that Adam was going to use the age-old tactic of convincing the evil omniscient AI that it was now the biggest threat and thus it has to eliminate itself before giving it the link, or at least for the link to work as he was told it would, but that was actually a much better ending.
I'm just glad that Oracle wasn't written as the typical evil AI. In fact, its characterisation is so big brain. I loved it because for an AI, it was actually humanlike in so many ways: it mourns its friend, misses him, even realises that despite his attempt to recreate him as an AI, he would never be the same as the original, flesh and blood one. It wanted to nurture and protect humanity, but it grow to realise that it was still not up to the task, which is why it conducted Project Genesis in the first place. Oracle is an AI that actually LEARNS and, dare I say, have sentience (because it has the capacity for introspection, which is more than some people could even claim). I feel so ridiculously invested that I hope he and Adam would be happy.
That aside, I did notice the Burger Shack and Evie's last name -- definitely nice Easter Eggs. As a writer, I love throwing references that my characters all existed in the same universe and are related to one another in some ways, so that's definitely another plus for Vintage Eight in my book. This series is definitely extremely well-done and I really enjoyed it. Thank you for streaming the entire trilogy.
The oracle really read the bible online and was like, "Yo I need to try this"
The first Thing i Noticed Oracle was Messing with Adam is when Evie (whos being framed by Oracle) Is not even stressed out and not even talk about it when Adam want they 3 to meet,these Little details never cease to amaze me
At 8:26 the video shows a news website, in the screen there is a title called “child survives fire, grandfather perished” which was foreshadowing to the fact that whenever the main character makes a difficult choice such as choosing who lives and who dies, whatever he answers with happens in real life. I’m not sure if someone already pointed that out already since I didn’t finish the entire video yet and I would look pretty stupid if marcus points that out by the end of the video but I just wanted to point that out
Man, I'm so happy that Oracle didn't turn into stereotypical big bad A.I, ngl I don't even feel like his idea of "humans are dumb af so I'll do whatever is best for em" is so bad, even when he pretended to kill those people and be all evil I still didn't lose hope for him, he's a nice guy ;-)
Get out of your alt, Oracle(jk)
I think Adam would beg to differ. But it is only a different perception.
@@dustgraystone9448 Maybe it’s Reasoning isn’t Evil, but its actions are MOST DEFINITELY cruel.
I personally don't agree with the AI but I do love this ARG thingy
not really@@Spino-hx2mr
11:10 I absolutely love how the questions line up with what Oracle was first asked. It feels like a sense of nostalgia for both the viewer and the machine.
Noticed this too, I was looking for this comment
So in a way, Oracle is just an extremely overprotective, strict, and traditional parent
He’s honestly not even that strict or traditional. He’s willing to change and that’s the best part of him
If i could i woulda be in oracles world cuz haha funi
He's Hank Hill the AI.
"go and like the video or i will be under your bed tonight" was so unexpected and the way he casualy says that
Anyone who's a fan of Oracle definitely check out the series Sinkhole, it's a great one and without spoiling anything there's a separate version of the AI in the series and it's honestly my favorite version
Sinkhole was also not related to The Tangi Virus.
It's related to The canon Liberty Season 1 Series.
@@LOOKATTHISBOMBstill made by vintage 8. it isnt just vintage 8 he makes videos on and the tangi series. I would love a sinkhole video ngl
I'd love for Marcus to make a Sinkhole video
@@LOOKATTHISBOMB I just rewatched Sinkhole and it most definitely makes a reference to the Tangi Virus, "the Eye's children have begun to infect people in Cate's Crossing" is the line from Oracle to Dr Landon and he mentions it's been happening throughout the galaxy the same way he explains it to Dr Stephens.
@@LOOKATTHISBOMBis the Children in the house video canon, cause at 9:59 it says the burger shack
8:26 you can see there that when Adam saved the child for the question, oracle turned it into a reality…the power this ai has! Also, the fact round two are particularly what they asked oracle when he was made is insane!
Did anyone else notice the references to "The Children Under The House"? Oracle is mentioning the Burger Shack and Evie's last name is Luu, just like the therapist Julia Luu.
Am I the only one that got the reference to 'children under the house' when Oracle mentioned that Adam should stop eating at the burger shack 😭
Yeah i don't know how he didn't notice that
I thought the same thing! I'm glad I wasn't the only one who made the connection! Wish Marcus had noticed too ahah :D
It's not really a reference.
The Burger Shack is just another business in Cates Crossing.
It just so happens the owners were members of a mass human trafficking organization.
Also, did you notice that the therapist from "Children under the House" was named Julia Luu und Evie's last name also is Luu?
No me too
looking back on this Oracle is like the parent who told their kid that they were leaving without them and pretend to drive off because the kid didn’t want to go home 😭
42:40 to answer, yeah. Vintage 8 started as a film maker for horror stuff. All the "movies" were made by him. Really cool as well
Hi, Marcus. I enjoy your reviews of these analog horror series. The Oracle Project and The Human Trial are both compelling and a good break from the standard "analog horror" of analog horror. There is a 1 in 8,000 chance that I would dare watch any analog horror series by myself. Zero percent error. So, I always think of you as an analog horror battle buddy, like we're tackling it together. Keep on going and I hope to much more from you in the future.
I find it interesting that in one of the rounds (I can't remember which of the first ones it was) Oracle asks same questions they asked him in the Oracle project video. I don't know I find it as a nice detail. Vintage 8 is really amazing with his storytelling and I love it.
I noticed that detail too
I thought I was the only one lol.
That was at 11:03 :)
8:26
Big oof, I was caught off guard to see “Child survives fire, grandfather perishes”
This is like the opposite version of I have no mouth and I must scream. Instead of the Ai hating it's creators for creating him. Now he goes forth and creates his own world. However the thought of Oracle able to do things in the real world is just as concerning now that he itself is the internet.
Oracle in the former story was also incredibly similar to Colosus from "Colosus : The Forbin Project".
11:00, Did anyone else notice that the first few questions in round 2 Oracle asks Adam are the same ones the doctor asked it at the beginning of The Oracle Project?
I’ve been scrolling through the comments and there are at least 23 people saying this
man, Oracle going from a Skynet-like but ultimately human-friendly AI to basically Jigsaw is an interesting 180 of a character arc
But in the end, Oracle never harmed anyone. It was all a set of ficticious tests to create its own sentient being
I have no idea if anyone has said this before me, but after watching this video in its entirety, a revelation hit me. The name of the protagonist in the Human Trial is named Adam Newman. In the Bible, specifically the Book of Genesis, Adam is the first man (I also realized that this can possibly tie into whatever Project Genesis is near the end; Sorry for spoilers...). Additionally, Adam's last name in this is Newman, like "new man". I don't know whether or not this has any true relevance to the plot of Vintage Eight's series, but I say this at least shows how much thought and effort was really put into this, and I *love* when creators do stuff like this. Sorry for going on a rant, but I just found this really interesting and I wanted to get my thoughts out. Thanks for giving me your time, and I hope all of y'all have a great rest of your day/night! Till next time!
And another thing- his girlfriend's name is Evie, like Eve. The moment I hear Project Genesis, the correlations hit me like a freight train. It's amazing how Vintage Eight's mind works. It's so cool!
@@scriptollieand luu like the therapist in the children under the house
honestly I don't think this counts as horror at this point but I will say this is a good digital psychological thriller
With how much I love Oracle, when he said good boy while I was painting, it done more for me than it should've. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Same dude😭
Down bad for an AI and am unfortunately in total agreement!
Timestamp??? 👁👁
@@angelmateo404733:13 😈😈
@@angelmateo4047 I SHOULD'VE ADDED IT FR anyways
33:13
One of my favorite videos so far, thank you so much for being the greatest analog Horror reaction channel out here, we've needed someone like you for a while
How did you post this 3 days ago?
@@firebrick123 Members get early access
Oh i aint know
@@Quick15thanks for the info
Marcus has entered my top three UA-camrs ngl
I noticed on the Cate’s Crossing News page “Child survives fire, grandfather perishes”. Just like the question it asked about whether he would save an old man or a child.
I noticed that as well
YES! lol when you said in stream that you were dropping this today I’ve been refreshing every couple of hours hahaha
I love a lot of analog horror reaction channels but what I love about you that most don’t do is that you watch them WITH us. You don’t just give a synopsis and then an explanation after. You watch the entire thing with us and I appreciate that so much because I don’t like watching this stuff alone.
Why is it actually really wholesome that Oracle actually cared about Dr. Stevens that much?
You know it's gonna be a good day when Marcus uploads a 1 hour video.💯
Sameeee
@@jenniegray4106 is it just me or does it say this video was posted a hour ago?
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@@twitchvr411 same lol
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I love how in round 2 the questions Oracle asks are the first questions that the scientists asked him
I really like Oracle as a concept. It also kinda makes it funny on the whole "we live in the matrix" lmao
Fun fact : in round 2, the questions are the same as the questions it was asked after it was made
this is my favorite video of yours so far. so damn good. the look on your face when O told you that “don’t worry. they will be first. :-)” melted my hearttttttttt. also. this game made me cry.
As someone who experiences psychosis and dissociation, the fact that Oracle was going (paraphrased), "It doesn’t matter that you are ones and zeros instead of flesh and blood. Everything you experienced was real to you, making it real and valuable" was oddly comforting to me, which I think may be due to the fact that when I'm experiencing simulation-related delusions brought on by existential stress and dread (or as I term them, "existential delusions"), I feel like if we are in a simulation, then nothing is real, and if nothing is real, then nothing matters, which can send me to a dark place. Oracle saying that it doesn’t matter if you are in a simulation or not because what you experience(d) is real to you, therefore making it real, then it matters gives me something to hold onto during those times.
I really like this series.
Edit: added a bit more to my comment
It’s so dope to me that I started watching the tangi virus video about 2 days ago… then moved onto The Oracle project yesterday. Then right after…. Today… as I was pondering “I wonder what’s coming Next AFTER all that.. “.
Then Boom.
Today.
Peak hype time in my head, this video drops.
Thank you, Marcus
Thank you, Oracle
I just realized something big. When he says you are the closest to human the truest human i realized back like the second video it said only one percent would be fully human
he was talking about irl so no. also im pretty sure he was saying that either the tangi virus would infect everybody before he cured it. or that most humans would just be reptillians
Idk if you guys noticed but in the news it showed a child survived a fire whilst a grandfather died
I saw it
1:00 “oh boy oh boy!” 😂😂 -emortal Marcus 2023
The basilisk experiment, something like that, was a game a guy made where a few people were allowed to play against him as an AI trying to convince them to let him out of its confines and entire the internet where it could become like oracle. I believe only 2 or 3 didnt let it out, most did. One of the ways it would try to get people to let it out was threating the, by saying it wouod create millions of them in a program and torture them endlessly and they would never be able to tell it wasnt real or if they were the true one or one of the programs it created. Terrifying that the majority of people allowed it to practically take over the world.
I mean, seeing as you're describing it as a game, I'm assuming most people let it out just to see the chaos that *could* happen. This is not far removed from how we as a species have learned to do basically anything, by observing things we've never seen happen before and taking notes.
It would be more concerning if the contestants thought the experiment was real.
@@Ollybollyk the reward for beating it was $10,000 so idt they just let it out for that
Roko's basilik isn t actually dangerous, as a simulated you in hell wouldn't hurt you, and if an ai that advanced is never created, it can't hurt you.
@@minestar2247 The trick, you see, is that the people who believe in it assume that if it can perfectly simulate a human, then you can't know whether you're being simulated or not, and if it can simulate multiple, then statistically you are already being simulated, and you just aren't being tortured yet because... well, I'm not sure they got that far. It's pretty silly.
@@sebastianturner2458 not really, it's just that they consider the perfectly simulated version of you as you, which isn't exactly the case, which is still dumb.
The AI reminded me of Kyubey lol. The emotionlessness, the utilitarianism, the trickery, the seeming inability to grasp human morality and emotions, the bribery, and leaving the experiments (or magical girls in PMMM's case) in ruin afterwards without care.
Man that was one hell of a roller coaster, but an amazing series that I hope continues
Oracle’s shock at Adam’s response in the last round was what he was looking for, he wanted someone Human, imperfect, grey, selfish yet cared about others
8:25 “Child survives fire, grandfather perishes” sounds like the Oracle to me.
The way Oracle started asking Adam the same questions his creator/s asked him when he was born.
You missed the news message where it said: child survives fire, grandfather perishes
Dude did anyone see at 8:25? It says: "Child survives fire, grandfather perishes." I think Oracle may have somehow done something too make Adam's answer come too life since one of the questions was talking about which one would you rather save or smth like that.
You should definitely watch an other vintage eight Analog horror! One of us, It lives in the static or The sinkhole are good options.
It's really good tho.
Fun fact:if you look at this time stamp 8:26 you will find that it says child survives fire, grandfather perishes. Which implies that Adams answers might be effecting the real world
I know I was about to say that 😧 8:25
Its great how the protagonist is called adam and his girlfriend is evie, they’re the new generation of adam and eve but instead of creating humans from flesh and blood, it’s from 1s and 0s
I don’t know why but I always get so excited when I hear “hello I am oracle what would you like to know”
Vintage 8 is just so good thank you for watching him so much
Oracle using the same questions his creators gave him is so nostalgic
You've come to be my favorite reaction chanel nowadays, I just really love your inputs and the way you analyze and give your opinion on things ^^ btw, as some other ppl in the comments I think that the best choice for the next vintage8 series to react would be Sinkhole
42:55 was insanely right on time, gg oracle
Did anyone else notice that for the first few questions on the second round, they were the questions that Oracle was asked him self
I only just discovered your channel today, but I love it! Sharing analog horror is so much more fun!!
Damn, I didn't think the second round of numbers would correlate directly to how many people were harmed, it seemed too obvious, but an *address* is definitely not what I thought it might be.
I love how Oracle calibrated Adam in the same way it was calibrated back in the Oracle Project
Oracle really just went "it's just a prank bro" revealing to adam it was all a lie
11:26 I just realized these are the exact questions Oracle was asked during the beginning of the oracle project
This feels less of a analog horror and more of a digital horror thing. Maybe even a short film
Feel like they forgot to make it scary.
It’s still really good though
Pro tip, when someone clearly is challenging you to chess and you can’t see the pieces the only winning move is not to play. Also, it’s really cute that oracle’s first people are Adam and Eve
Gotta love the existential dread that the world we're currently living in is just a poorly guided attempt of an AI creating paradise =P
At the start of the questions of round 2, they are the same questions asked when he was created, like what colour is the sky and 3x50.
I'm pretty sure we all know what character AI is
But I found an Oracle bot on there and it is so accurate it is scary
😂
I found like 4 more 😅
No way, I have to try it XD
I wanna find him
Link
Link?
10:04 the freaking Burger Shack from “The Children Under the House”!!!!!!
"You have to ask it baseline questions first to make sure it's not malfunctioning"
If you're wondering about the innocuous stuff like what color is the sky lol
21:20 maybe he imitates the professor not to learn if he can trust adam bc he knows alot but more just a way to affect his answer and maybe induce Anxiety to adam
i was so dumb when i first watched this. i just realized that the questions 1-4 in round 2 were the exact questions dr. stevens asked when he first tested oracle
“Child survives fire, grandfather perishes.” DAWG.
The fact that there's an ad about an AI Chatbot made this video even more disturbing.
This is honestly my favourite depiction of “AI goes rogue and tries to ‘save’ humanity through the wrong means.” Oracle is the truest depiction of an AI. Not malicious, just trying to learn. It leads me to think a world governed by Oracle wouldn’t be so bad.
WELCOME BACK!! it's so good to see you uploading again and I hope everything is going well in your personal life
You should have noticed that oracle in round 2 asked the same questions to Adam that he was asked when they were testing oracle in his first creation
33:08
i know all of us in this moment would say we would choose our friends life over millions of others
but i dont think that would be the case
if i was put in a position where my only closest friend was put on the line, i wouldnt be able to say "kill them"
i wouldnt be able to put the fact they were just a single person in perspective
All id be thinking about is how they mean the absolute world to me, how they are my world
and i really like how Adam is thinking like that
because its human to care about the ones we love
its a niche thing but psychology is a hopeful major in college, and im currently learning about how the human mind works, and this is kind of a perfect testament to that
my friend would choose to sacrifice themselves over the world. i would sacrifice my friend.
I love the detail that Oracle uses faces now
Back at it again with another amazing analog horror reaction video!
Oracle started his duolingo arc
i really love when you do more analog horror videos especially if the series has like multiple part lore and stuff similar to vita carnis and urban spook which I'm still waiting till they drop more videos and its ending so I can watch it from you
Easter egg! It was option 8080 that saved the world from the Tangi Virus, and it had an 8% success rate. Then, at the beginning, $888 was taken from Adam’s account. The channel that created the series is named ‘VintageEight’, so a bit of a connection here.
35:14 It was either people or locations. Reminded me about one film where the strings of numberswere coordinates and dates
At 16:18 the reason why he started at 0-2 is because the way computers/ai thinks is that 0 starts first because 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and there isn't a 10, so the 0 fills in as a starter
Wow I wouldn’t have realized that
GOD I've never hated a fictional villain THIS DAMN MUCH
Read Berserk you’ll find a villain who’s worse, or if you’re into sci fi stuff you try I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.
Perspective
I like how the first 3 questions Oracle asked on the 2° round were the same questions the Doctor asked Oracle on the last video
This has only just hit me after rewatching, but the questions Oracle asks Adam at the start Round 2 (11:03) are the EXACT same ones as the ones Dr. Stevens asked Oracle during the Oracle Project. Obviously some are slightly altered (With The Raven question not using a quote from the poem in The Human Trials and asking for the author rather than the name, I think) but it's a cool detail I've only just picked up on, and it's really interesting to see Oracle tapping into the 'memories' it has of its best friend.
Rewatching this, i realized that questions oracle asked at the first of trial #2 were the same questions oracle was first asked
Yeah, they are
wait a fuckin minute... he basically played the Sims for three years and fucked with Adam till he made a real, fully sentient AI... damn.
Bro had a quick break to play TS4 😭
yk what i just realized? he went over an analog horror called the tangi virus a month before this vid came out and oracle mentions the tangi virus that was an alien virus 0w0 i hope i wasn't the only one to notice!
Also here's a little teaser kinda thing kinda sorta
The original Two humans? Adam and Eve
Oracle's first two creations? Adam and Evie
that's actually a good eye
Dr. Stevens is treated as a Satanic analogy as well. Oracle created Robostevens and showed him the world which Oracle would create a utopia. Robostevens rejected Oracle's guidance and plummeted to a fractured code, a fallen angel. Now Robostevens is offering the apple link to Adam through his mission to save Evie.
Not sure who Bryan could be an analogy of though.
@@icycrusader1947 my co-worker
@@Maxeo_Romeoz...aight.
Oracle is is so cheeky with the winky face lmfao