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Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lecture no. 11 from the course: Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy
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Taught by Professor David K. Johnson | 36 min
Sentient machines have been a staple of sci-fi for decades. Although here you will focus on a few key stories, you will also take a look at the long history of intelligent machines in film and TV—as well as get a glimpse into our very possible future—examining the ways we conceive of the mind and the implications of artificial intelligence. Machines can calculate, but could they one day be sentient?
24 Lectures
1
Inception and the Interpretation of Art
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of 34 min
2
The Matrix and the Value of Knowledge
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of 33 min
3
The Matrix Sequels and Human Free Will
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of 34 min
4
The Adjustment Bureau, the Force, and Fate
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of 32 min
5
Contact: Science versus Religion
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of 34 min
6
Arrival: Aliens and Radical Translation
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of 34 min
7
Interstellar: Is Time Travel Possible?
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of 34 min
8
Doctor Who and Time Travel Paradoxes
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of 35 min
9
Star Trek: TNG and Alternate Worlds
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of 33 min
10
Dark City, Dollhouse, and Personal Identity
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of 36 min
11
Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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of 36 min
12
Transcendence and the Dangers of AI
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of 35 min
13
The Thirteenth Floor: Are We Simulated?
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of 33 min
14
The Orville, Orwell, and the “Black Mirror”
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of 34 min
15
Star Wars: Good versus Evil
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of 33 min
16
Firefly, Blake’s 7, and Political Rebellion
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of 34 min
17
Starship Troopers, Doctor Who, and Just War
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of 35 min
18
The Prime Directive and Postcolonialism
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of 33 min
19
Capitalism in Metropolis, Elysium, and Panem
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of 34 min
20
Snowpiercer and Climate Change
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of 36 min
21
Soylent Green: Overpopulation and Euthanasia
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of 34 min
22
Gattaca and the Ethics of Reproduction
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of 32 min
23
The Handmaid’s Tale: Feminism and Religion
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of 36 min
24
Kubrick’s 2001 and Nietzsche’s Ubermensch
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of 38 min
