Secrets of ‘Sunny’: How TV’s Coolest AI Robots Came Alive

In Sunny, it’s a robot that steals the show.

The Apple TV+ black comedy chronicles the tumultuous relationship between Suzie (Rashida Jones) and her eponymous domestic robot, Sunny (voiced by Joanna Sotomura). Sunny’s not your average clunky, gray robot with delayed reactions. She’s a domestic assistant with impressive dexterity and emotional intelligence.

In Japan, where the show is set, this AI bot arrives on Suzie’s doorstep from her husband's electronics company as a consolation gift after he and their son disappeared in a plane crash. At first a surrogate companion, Sunny becomes a central character as significant as Suzie.

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