Ad Lucem
4.7/5
Critic Rating
The year is 2032, and the revolutionary tech company AD LUCEM O.I. has over 10 million subscribers. Their Corporeal Augmented Reality Assistant, or CARA for short, is a massive success. CARA isn’t just another listening device. It’s a virtual assistant, helmed by a live operator, who responds to the wants and needs of their clients in real time – the way only a human can. With an update to this game-changing technology on the horizon, the company’s CEO is poised to capture the fame and fortune she’s always dreamed of. But it is quickly revealed that her determination to “mainta...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Lucy White • Irish Independent • Sep 12, 2024
"Fiona Shaw is one of our greatest living actors and brings her signature quality to Ad Lucem...but her character Francis is pivotal...as with all the best contemporary AI cautionary tales – on screen, Ex Machina and Her – the well-meaning tech goes rogue, challenging its founding principles, while also exploring what we sacrifice in the way of privacy when compulsively engaging with digital media."
Score: 5
Alice Florence Orr • PodcastReview.org • Dec 1, 2023
"Ad Lucem asks all the right questions about artificial intelligence while leaving enough ambiguity for another series to follow."
Score: 3.75
Michael Bergonzi • Audio Drama Reviews • Sep 21, 2023
"A thriller with an identity problem. Does it at least stick the landing on its ideas of human connection?"
Score: 5
Stephen O. • Podcast Delivery • Aug 21, 2023
"This gripping thriller explores what happens when the boundaries between technology and reality become increasingly blurred in the relentless pursuit of human connection...this may be a fictional account centered on the unravelling of humanity’s desire to connect, but it does a fantastic job blurring the lines between our current day and the not-so-distant future it takes place in."
