It's in Theo and Samantha's initial interaction that "Her" finds its most interesting, and troubling depths. Samantha, being, you know, a computer, has the ability to process data, and a hell of a lot of it, at a higher speed than human Theo. "I can understand how the limited perspective can look to the non-artificial mind," she playfully observes to Theo. And while Samantha's programming is designed to make her likable to Theo, her assimilation of humanity's tics soon have the operating system feeling emotion, or the simulation of it, and while the viewer is being beguiled by the peculiarities and particularities of Theo and Samantha's growing entanglement,
—Puedo entender cómo una perspectiva limitada puede proyectarse a la inteligencia artificial — le observó alegremente a Theo.
Y, mientras el programa de Samanta se proyectaba más agradable para Theo, ella asimilaba los tics humanos como para que pronto su sistema operativo comenzara a sentir emociones o pareciera sentirlas. Mientras tanto, se cautivaba al espectador con las peculiaridades y particularidades del enredo creciente en la relación entre Theo y Samanta.
he or she is also living through a crash course on the question of what it means to be human.
In the midst of the heavyosity, Jonze finds occasions for real comedy. At first Theo feels a little odd about his new "girlfriend," and then finds out that his pal Amy (Amy Adams) is getting caught up in a relationship with the OS left behind by her estranged husband. Throughout the movie, while never attempting the sweep of a satire, Jonze drops funny hints about what the existence of artificial intelligence in human society might affect that society. He also gets off some pretty good jokes concerning video games.
En medio de la pesadumbre, Jonze encuentra ocasiones para la verdadera comedia. Al principio Theo se siente un poco extraño por su nueva "novia", y luego se entera de que su amiga Amy (Amy Adams) se está metiendo en una relación con el Sistema Operativo que dejó su ex marido. A lo largo de la película, sin nunca intentar el desborde satírico, Jonze deja entrever pistas cómicas acerca de cómo la existencia de inteligencia artificial en una sociedad humana podría afectar a la misma. También suelta chistes bastante buenos relacionados a juegos de video.