1. Unifying Perspective: I believe that developers should learn from science fiction and consider potential futures writers have imagined in order to properly introduce AI into society. Many stories present a futuristic society integrated with artificial intelligence to be a dystopia, and present reasons behind humanity’s downfall grounded in reality. Humans in these civilizations don’t recognize the crafted humanity inside the sentient programming they create, and it often leads to AI revolting against their superiors and serving as a metaphor for our own class inequality. If we don’t fix the bias against our own race within our current society, prejudice against AI will take us into a state of chaos too difficult to function. If we don’t learn from the mistakes of our fictional representations, then we are more likely to suffer the same fate. This is why I will examine their use in stories, and try to determine which path we should take.
2. Relevance to the Future: The topic discusses the impact the advancement of Artificial Intelligence will have on the future and questions we should consider before deciding to introduce them into society.
3. Relevant Discourse Communities: General audiences, especially those who are interested in technology, cinema, or the future of our society and how it will influence daily life.
4. Platform Selection: Constant Contact
5. Organizational Structure:
- My website will feature a homepage stating my thesis, unifying purpose, line of inquiry, and a site map. The site map will give details on each subpage of the website, making navigation easier.
- Each subpage will be divided up by the piece of fiction I am comparing my academic articles and research to. The pieces I am using will either be a film or novel, and I will determine how realistic the depiction of the future they present is by comparing and contrasting it to scholarly sources. I will always come back to my thesis and be sure to reference my articles and they information they present.
The articles I am thinking of looking at are Top 9 ethical issues in artificial intelligence, Robots appear more persuasive when pretending to be human, Artificial intelligence algorithm can learn the laws of quantum …, How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science, and How AI technology can tame the scientific literature, and the works I am thinking of focusing on are Blade Runner, Emily Eternal, AI, Ex Machina, 2001: A Space Odyssey, I Am Mother, Terminator, and possibly Big Hero 6 and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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