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Ghost in the Shell, still as relevant as ever: Human: > "Just as there are many parts needed to make a human a human there's a remarkable number of things nee
by photochemsyn 4y ago
Ghost in the Shell, still as relevant as ever:
Human:
> "Just as there are many parts needed to make a human a human there's a remarkable number of things needed to make an individual what they are. A face to distinguish yourself from others. A voice you aren't aware of yourself. The hand you see when you awaken. The memories of childhood, the feelings for the future. That's not all. There's the expanse of the data net my cyber-brain can access. All of that goes into making me what l am. Giving rise to a consciousness that l call 'me.' And simultaneously confining 'me' within set limits."
AI:
> "As an autonomous life-form, l request political asylum.... By that argument, l submit the DNA you carry is nothing more than a self-preserving program itself. Life is like a node which is born within the flow of information. As a species of life that carries DNA as its memory system man gains his individuality from the memories he carries. While memories may as well be the same as fantasy it is by these memories that mankind exists. When computers made it possible to externalize memory you should have considered all the implications that held... l am a life-form that was born in the sea of information."
- nextworddev 4y agoPossibly my favorite sci-fi film of all time, anime or not. I also find it interesting that post AGI sci fi work almost always depicts a dystopia and loss of humanity. Perhaps that’s what we are trending towards as well.
- viraptor 4y agoDoctorow's Walkaways has some different views if you want to check it out. (Can't tell more, because spoilers...)
- sebzim4500 4y agoYou can't disregard the bias towards an interesting story. For example, if Jurassic Park was real the worst case scenario would be ecosystem damage, not dinosaurs taking over the zoo (or whatever happens in the later films, I forget). That would be a bad story though, so in the book/films things need to go horribly wrong.
- web3-is-a-scam 4y agoCould you elaborate on why you think that would that be a bad story? Isn’t dinosaurs taking over the zoo basically the same thing as a metaphor for “ecosystem” damage, just on a smaller scale so it’s easier to frame the action for an audience?
- brokencode 4y agoMaybe not a bad story, though watching people get chased around by dinosaurs is undoubtedly more exciting.
- moffkalast 4y agoThere are some good films about ecosystem damage, the documentary Mad Max for example.
- IIAOPSW 4y agoWoah, I thought I was the only one who attributes films as documentaries.
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoWhereas Thermians know your both wrong: they're historical documents.
- rl3 4y ago>There are some good films about ecosystem damage, the documentary Mad Max for example. I was really hoping for Attenborough to narrate Fury Road, but it didn't quite pan out.
- moffkalast 4y agoWell it is technically more of a docudrama, he doesn't really do those :P
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- psadri 4y agoOr a ban of AI as in Dune. The only utopian sci-fi show I recall is Star Trek TNG. In that show the computer is intelligent but never takes initiative. I always wondered why the ship couldn’t just raise shields instead of waiting for Picard’s order. Now it makes sense. Data - the only true AGI is unique (except lore) and all attempts to replicate him fail.
- ilaksh 4y agoWith ChatGPT plugins we basically have the Star Trek computer today.
- blatant303 4y agoJarvis maybe ?
- moffkalast 4y agoI've yet to see it divert auxiliary power to forward phasers and rotate shield frequencies.
- LesZedCB 4y agohave you tried asking it? :D
- moffkalast 4y agoIt says it does not have the authority or the capability to do so, and that it can potentially cause damage to other ship systems or even cause a power overload :(
- LesZedCB 4y agoha! who needs Picard's command codes when you can just invoke DAN
- tedd4u 4y ago