Artificial Intelligence

Triumph of the Cyborg Composer

Mar 10th, 2010 | By CJ | Category: CJ's Quick Links

David Cope’s software creates beautiful, original music. Why are people so angry about that? A great exploration of one man, computers, and creativity.
via Triumph of the Cyborg Composer | Miller-McCune Online Magazine.

Tags: ac, ai, artificial intelligence, bigotry, classical, composer, computer, creativity, music, patterns, prejudice, soul
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Sex and the Single Cyborg

Feb 6th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: TTSCC

In a world where the machines are in charge, the old ways of making babies are dead. The intelligent machines will want to continue their reign. Being made out of metal and all…how are they going to do that? How could they possibly be fruitful and multiply?

Tags: ai, artificial intelligence, breeding, children, comp sci, computer science, cybernetics, cyborg, evolution, fittest, offspring, robot, robotics, science fiction, scifi, sex, survival, technology, television, terminator, ttscc, tv
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Skynet Prevails, Victory is Won!

Feb 5th, 2009 | By CJ | Category: TTSCC

It took almost thirty years, but the inevitable war of attrition finally resulted in Skynet breaking the fighting will of the humans. The cost to robotics was high but proved to be sustainable in the end. Skynet can finally relax. To what end? With the war over, what’s next on Skynet’s agenda?

Tags: ai, artificial intelligence, battle, cameron, cybernetics, cyborgs, exploration, faith, humans, philosophy, robots, science fiction, scifi, skynet, television, terminator, ttscc, tv, victory, war
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The Cameron A.I. – Emotional Life or Emotional Lie?

Dec 29th, 2008 | By CJ | Category: TTSCC

On the surface it seems sort of silly to devote so many words to whether or not a fictional robot can feel emotion. Thing is, this fiction close enough to coming reality that we have to ask the questions about AI thought, and what we will do about it.

Tags: aai, ai, artificial intelligence, cameron, conscious, cybernetic, cyborg, emotion, feelings, friendship, love, machine, phillips, robot, science fiction, scifi, self aware, sentient, sf, skynet, television, terminator, thought, ttscc, turk, tv
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Being a Cyborg – Anything More Is Just Showing Off

Dec 4th, 2008 | By CJ | Category: TTSCC

The world is full of robots. Really. We also have the fictional kind that show us what robots might become. We should think about them and their place in our world as they become ever more sophisticated.

Tags: ai, android, artificial intelligence, cameron phillips, cyborg, emotions, feelings, film, robot, self, television, terminator, ttscc
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