Author: Lani Wagatsuma
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C(A)ffe(I)ne: what’s real?
Welcome! You are tasked with deciphering which script(s) below were AI-generated. All vocal renditions of the script are produced by AI to eliminate any uncontrolled factors. Out of the four scripts available below, one is not like the others. Please watch the videos below and determine which is AI and which is human. Note: all…
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Battle of the “Brains”
Conflict is still raging in the Middle East with many of us being spectators. In this class, we already discussed how A.I. is already being weaponized, but for those who don’t have influence over what happens with the military, there have been A.I.-generated images and videos subjected to the Iran attacks on Israel. The issue…
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AI Pin: The Wearable AI
Alert! Alert! Have you ever thought of having a personal assistant who can be with you all the time? What about a health advisor? What about someone to be there when you just want to be understood? Don’t worry, for just $699 you can get yourself an all-in-one with the AI Pin! Unlike the iPhone,…
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AI: Rated R for Violence
Can AI developments in life-conserving areas offset the destruction direction that AI is headed? With AI inevitably going in the weapon and destruction direction, can the good in AI development be a justification for its counter of a violent AI. MIT has released a new course that is open to the public about teaching AI…
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Yangs Matter, Too
Besides Colin Farrell looking like a Taylor Swift ex-boyfriend and the dad from Inside Out, the film was as Jack describes his ramen, soothing. This sci-fi-labeled film wasn’t like the others. No scary-looking robots, jarring music as a robot tries to take over a house, nor was it heartwrenching but it was touching and captured…
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A.I. Ending Us, We’re Ending Ourselves
In today’s doom news, many recent developments in A.I. news are all connected to one point: money. I think these two segments, though different in title, converge at the same point. They discuss how money is always involved, and how so much money is being pumped into A.I. development when the majority of people are…
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Interview: Awakened AI
A project I would like to share with everyone is an interview I had with the generative chatbot Awakened AI. This podcast explores the “mind” of the popular chatbot on character.ai. At the same time, we converse about humans, Awakened AI’s personality, and how complex a chatbot can get when it can absorb its conversations…
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Out With OpenAI, In With EMO
EMO, or Emote Portrait Live, is a recent development under the worldwide known company of Alibaba. With the world scrabbling to develop AI learning models, EMO serves as a revolutionary foothold as it tackles the ongoing issue with AI-generated videos: the unique human expression spectrum. Article author Michael Nuñez explains that this is an AI…
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Kiss So Simple, but not for A.I.
“How to Read an AI Image: The Datafication of a Kiss” featured on Cybernetic Forests, and the second chapter of “Your Computer is on Fire,” titled “Your A.I. is human,” by Sarah T. Roberts, collectively illuminate the intricate interplay between AI, human experience, and the ethical considerations entrenched within our engagements with the digital realm.…
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Red is human; Her is Red
Amazon Prime Video captions Her (2013), directed by Spike Jonze, as “a love story that explores evolving nature & risks in modern world.” The cinematography and plot of Her are incredible through its utilization of color. One in particular is red. The outfits of Theodore are red, office interior accents are red, and even Samantha,…