--- title: "Terrifying Netflix Trailer Skewers The Horror of Algorithmic Love" description: "What if an ai, paired with an app, can find you true love? That's what Netflix's new dystopian show Osmosis is imagining in a new trailer." date: "2019-02-28" modified: "2019-02-28" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/netflix-osmosis-trailer" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "black mirror" - "dystopia" - "netflix" - "the digest" --- # Terrifying Netflix Trailer Skewers The Horror of Algorithmic Love ![What if an ai, paired with an app, can find you true love? That's what Netflix's new dystopian show Osmosis is imagining in a new trailer.]() *\Image: Netflix\* ## Osmosis Finding your soulmate is a difficult task. But what if technology progresses to the point where an artificial intelligence, paired with an app, can take care of it for you? That's the future Netflix's dystopian new show "Osmosis" is imagining in a trailer that dropped today. The French production was greenlit by Netflix [back in 2017](), with showrunner Audrey Fouché from hit dystopian series "Les Revenants" — and it looks like a terrifying vision of what would happen when Tinder meets cutting-edge AI and biotech. https://youtu.be/XKgKa7mlEqE ## True Love In the preview, Osmosis touts itself as a "revolutionary way to find your soulmate." Test subjects are given a pill to swallow. An interactive, flashing tattoo on their wrist is presumably the interface with which the test subjects identify when they've found their match. Then, judging by the trailer, things get dark. But the real horror, if Netflix's "Black Mirror" is any indication, is probably less about the fictional world of the show and more of a self-critique — where we allow the algorithms of dating apps and ridiculous internet-connected gadgetry ("[sex buttons]()" anybody?) do the hard work of finding a match for us. Osmosis is scheduled for a March 29 release on Netflix. **READ MORE:** [In the First Osmosis Trailer, Guaranteed True Love Can Be Yours...for a Price]() \[*io9*\] More on dystopian TV: *[Netflix's Bandersnatch Teases the Future of Entertainment]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()