Imagine the Future

     Philip K. Dick was a prominent Science Fiction writer from around the 1950’s to the 1980’s. His importance to the Science Fiction literature and film field cannot be overstated. During his life, he published 44 novels and 121 short stories, all with great importance to the sci-fi world (Pierce-Bohen, 1). Many of these stories show alternate realities and/or artificial intelligence and are the basis for many popular books and films today.       One example of this is seen in his book-to-movie adaptation of Blade Runner. This movie shows the dangers of creating robots that are hyper realistic because it shows that robots may not be able to experience emotions in the same way as humans, therefore making them extremely dangerous because they are capable of almost anything, except guilt and remorse for their actions. This movie manages to highlight the dangers of futuristic technology with the inhumane humanistic robots, but it also shows the benefits ...

  Alan Turing Code breaker and math genius of the 20th century Helped break the code from the germans in WWII Was discriminated against because he was gay Put in jail and forced to undergo chemical castration Created the first computer Turing test Can a computer answer questions and act like a computer What is artificial intelligence Computers that can solve problems faster than humans without natural intelligence AI is impossible without data Need to have pattern recognition All data saved to a cloud so all robots would be capable of each task Blade Runner Imagining what the future of technology will be Director - ridley scott Very electronic music When extremely realistic robots return to earth they are destroyed Common theme in many of these movies - close up shots of a human eye Shows the life that humans have that robots do not Appears to take place somewhere in asia Some technology seems rather old Tvs, computers Some is extremely advanced Robots Very futuristic city High bui...

  Begins with shots of nature and primitive animals Shows how much humans have evolved (especially to be able to travel to space) Monkey “playing” with the bones of a dead animal Shows that animals will use one another for enjoyment Contrasts with them beating up a live monkey with the same bones And killing it Jumps to futuristic space scene Of a spaceship designed like an airplane Very futuristic view of spaceships Lots of room Voice print identification Cute chairs Lots of workers Almost like an office area with a view of space Includes video chat tech Unsure if that was available at the time Each worker has their own tablet Main characters are likely elite They are served by staff They wear nice, clean clothes Worker moves in a very robotic way Dehumanizes her and separates her from the elite Shot of the ship flying over a planet parallels the opening scenes with the monkeys Astronauts seen on a set like area  Could be based off of the controversy that the moon landing was...

When asking Siri questions that only humans can answer, I tried to keep in mind that a human must be behind the answers in some way because at the current time artificial intelligence is unable to act independently. The first question I asked was “How are you?” With this question, I did not expect Siri to be able to answer because it is a form of technology and should therefore not be able to express emotions or feelings. The answer I received the first time I asked was “I’m fine, how are you?” The second time I asked the response was “I’m happy to be here.” These replies are obviously pre-entered by the humans who created Siri, and they simply cycle through. The next question I asked was “What is your biggest pet peeve?” I asked this question as an attempt to stump Siri because as a machine, it has never experienced anything, and it cannot feel emotions such as annoyance. The answer Siri gave me was “Hmm… I don’t have an answer for that. […]” This supports my thoughts that Siri woul...

 although this movie was supposed to be "futuristic," it still has a lot of past ideas  ex: women are property and serve men; the elite live about ground while the poor live below;           women  (Maria) cares for the children; lower classes aren't important, only work to serve the elite humans are behaving like machines underground resembles choreography planes, trains, and cars are depicted well for how old this movie is machines also depicted well, but do not require as much human interaction as suggester elite adults seen in suits, poor children seen in dirty "leisure" clothes heart machine runs the city futuristic architecture one character willing to risk his life for a machine shows that machines are more important than human lives mad scientist - fake, robot, hand; hunchback; has inverted pentagram which depicts evil in comparison Maria - shown totally clean and with candles and crosses behind her to show she is angelic very good de...

  Love, Death, and Robots "The Dump"     This specific episode of Love, Death, and Robots  depicts a future in which an entire city has succumbed to pollution and is deemed inhabitable by the government. While this may be a bit of an over exaggeration, I do not believe that this vision is entirely inaccurate or absurd due to the current state of pollution already seen in the world. One scene in particular that I found to be very interesting was when the main character was fighting a monster constructed of trash after it dragged his friend away. It was clear that the character only fought because he was being directly affected by the pollution. Before it became personal, the man did not care about how the trash was affecting others or the environment. I believe that this is the directors way of showing that we must fight harder against the pollution issue now (even if it is not affecting us directly) because people are suffering, and it will eventually become too big ...