Author: Alex Cho
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Final Photo Series: Art & Consciousness
As a follow-up to my initial mid-term project, which focused on a photo series depicting how AI depicts consciousness, I compared how human artists and generative AI portray consciousness. Through this comparison, I aimed to extract critical insights and observations from the generated results.
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Stanford’s Take on AI
A couple of days ago, this year’s AI index, a project under the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), was released. The index is run by the AI Index Steering Committee, a team of experts from various fields, ranging from academia to industry. This year’s report highlights key trends such as the growth of…
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The Future Is Now
https://apnews.com/article/ai-military-jet-air-force-test-307be2e5153f883aed032cb6676d08f2 How far are we into the future, really, when we talk about Skynet exploding us all with nuclear bombs? Surely, humans won’t be stupid enough to go that far with AI, right? According to The Pentagon, it’s coming, perhaps much sooner than we are comfortable with. The US Air Force is undertaking a test…
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Overreading the Future
Upon reading Nick Bostrom and Carl Shulman’s work, “Propositions Concerning Digital Minds and Society,” I’ve become aware of our current “attempts” in preparation for a post-AGI society. It’s an unusual sensation to live in a time when such ideas- about giving rights to “beings” we humans created – are being discussed and contemplated. One can’t…
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Behind Blade Runner
Watching Blade Runner (1982) in a theater with booming speakers and a large screen offered a vastly different experience than viewing it on a 15-inch MacBook. The immersive sound of Vangelis’ musical score enhanced the atmospheric mood of Ridley Scott’s world, allowing for a renewed appreciation of the film’s composition. The diverse and engaging cinematography,…
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Is Technology Ever Neutral?
In light of our recent conversations regarding racial issues and the biases embedded within artificial intelligence, I would like to share a short documentary produced by Vox that I came across on YouTube. The documentary sheds light on the racial biases inherent in AI and how algorithms often produce biased results. The video provides numerous…
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Photo Series: Consciousness
Exploring how we define “consciousness” through generative AI. Text prompts are shown underneath the images. Images generated by Microsoft Designer “Image Creator”
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Weizenbaum Now
The Guardian article, titled “Weizenbaum’s Nightmares: How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI,” provided me with a historical journey that shed light on the origins of AI. Reflecting on AI today, I’m struck by the current boom in this ultramodern field, which seems to have emerged primarily in the last decade. However,…
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Exploring Consciousness
The Latin phrase “Deus ex machina,” translating to “god from the machine,” refers to introducing an external force, whether a person or thing, to resolve an unsolvable problem. Alex Garland pays homage to this concept with his science fiction thriller film, appropriately titled Ex Machina (2014). The omission of “Deus” or “god” from the title remains ambiguous,…
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Week 3 Searcher Blog
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/26/17283314/2001-a-space-odyssey-music-stanley-kubrick-50th-anniversary Music is a big component in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), considering the sparse 40 minutes of dialogue spread across the nearly two-and-a-half-hour cinematic journey. The profound stillness of space, coupled with the serene and deliberate pace of visuals, starkly contrasts the impactful role of sound and music, ultimately placing a significant emphasis on…