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 …
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Blog Post #7
My topic of research is the current advancement of AI and what it means for the future of our society. It asks the question “How well will our future civilization and production of AI coincide with the fiction we write about it?”. I will use several sources to strengthen my argument, and I will produce …
Rhetorical Reflection Final Draft
Theme: My main themes are the same topics I decided to include in my personal manifesto about the future, as I consider them most important to me. The story I wrote is a mix of climate change and AI, and I focused on what could happen to our planet if we don’t make enough progress …
Pacific Clean-Up Final Draft
I’ve been assigned a job on the pacific coast, on an outpost in Cairns, Eastern Australia. The initiative is to clean up the great barrier reef, fixing the mistake our families had made decades ago. Our task is to clean up and dispose of the trash left in the ocean and surrounding reefs, a culmination …
Rhetorical Reflection
Theme: My main themes are the topics I decided to include in my personal manifesto about the future, as they are the most important to me. The story I wrote was a mix of climate change and AI, and I focused on what could happen to our planet if we don’t make enough progress in …
Pacific Clean-Up
I’ve been assigned a job on the pacific coast, on an outpost in Cairns, Eastern Australia. The initiative is to clean up the great barrier reef, fixing the mistake our families had made decades ago. Our task is to clean up and dispose of the trash left in the ocean and surrounding reefs, a culmination …
Blog #7
Both Drive and Mulholland Drive use cars as symbols used to represent the character’s ambition for freedom and escape from the cruelty of everyday life. In Drive, the character of the Driver surrounds himself with cars in every aspect of his life, throughout his career as a stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver. He drives in …
Personal Manifesto Regarding the Future
The Planet – Respect the planet as it respects us. – Work towards finding a sustainable balance between progressing in innovation and benefiting the Earth we live on. – Treat others, no matter how different they may be, as no less than human. – Dealing with global warming should be our first priority. – Cleaning …
Dialectical Journal for Emily Eternal (198-end)
“As soon as I say that, though, I wonder. For how many centuries would someone who exhibited traits like these either be branded a witch or product of sorcery and burned?” (235) Emily has learned to question her human creators and the decisions they may have made in the past. As she has gone on …
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Graded Blog Post #4: Dialectical Journal for Emily Eternal (99-197)
“Besides, you’ re riding shotgun with a holographic wonder woman supercomputer, right? They might outgun us, but they can’ t outthink us.” (146) These hundred pages are all about Emily’s complicated personal transition from automation to a seperate form of human being. In this quote, Emily is showing a bit of self awareness, acknowledging what …
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