Author: Jennifer Jiang
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Human crisis – Is AUTO really The Villain in the movie WALL.E?
In the universe of WALL.E (Stanton, 2008), Earth was deemed unsuitable for human habitation in 2110 after the so-called “Operation Cleanup” mission failed. That same year saw the creation of AUTO, when Shelby Forthright, the CEO of Buy n Large, and world leaders decided to relocate all humans off Earth and instructed AUTO to…
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Neuralink and The Matrix – Searcher
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Wants to Make ‘The Matrix’ a Reality. It Has a Lot to Prove First. – WSJ An Integrated Brain-Machine Interface Platform With Thousands of Channels – PMC (nih.gov) The discussion about The Matrix was primarily centered on virtual reality and the concept of human perception prior to Elon Musk’s ventures into this…
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Do we understand AI chess? – Searcher
[1712.01815] Mastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm (arxiv.org) What about a Leela(Chess) Zero? · Issue #369 · leela-zero/leela-zero · GitHub The exploration of limits in artificial intelligence (AI) naturally incorporates AI chess into broader discussions concerning the development of AI technologies. A notable paper I encountered discuss the continuous…
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Predestination and grandpa paradox – searcher
Time Travel and the Predestination Paradox in The Terminator Universe | Fandango Groovers Movie Blog (wordpress.com) The film The Terminator discussed about more than just the potential dangers posed by AI. It presents a narrative where, if we consider time to flow linearly, the emergence of AI progresses steadily without intervention or alteration. In contrast,…
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Week 10 Reader’s blog
The concept of limiting access to advanced intellectual property has been deeply rooted in our consciousness from the outset, influenced initially by fears of extraterrestrial beings, lost civilizations such as Atlantis, and superpowers from outer space. As our technological capabilities have expanded, this apprehension has transitioned from mythical entities to more tangible concerns, notably artificial…
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week 8 Viewer blog
The film They Cloned Tyrone initially did not strike me as being particularly concerned with Artificial Intelligence. My first impression was that it leaned more towards themes of mass manipulation or, more accurately, mass conformity. However, as I delved deeper into the narrative, a realization dawned upon me. If we view the drug within the…
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Video essay: What M3GAN tries to inform us
The concept of “Dullness” in visual media has intrigued audiences and critics since the invention of motion pictures. Maxim Gorky’s critique in the black and white soundless motion picture highlighted an inherent desire for more engaging and vivid experiences, denouncing early films as dull and eerily devoid of life. This critique underscores a fundamental human…
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Week 6 Searcher Blog
DEMON SEED From the Author – Dean Koontz It was peculiar to read the original author’s perspective on Demon Seed. Contrary to expectations, the author wasn’t focusing on AI issues. Instead, the use of metaphor or symbolism served primarily to explore the concept of AI fascism, or more broadly, fascism. The author’s notes reveal that…
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Week 4 Reader Blog
Introduction In the 2020s, convolutional neural networks, graph neural networks, and K-means clustering emerged as important elements in the evolution of AI and machine learning. The engagement with complex machine learning models over the past decade has offered profound insights into the distinctive contrasts between the idealized notions of artificial intelligence and its practical realities.…