Thread: Most Convincing AIs in Literature?
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Old 08-03-2011, 10:14 PM   #19
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Are you limiting to literature, or is film okay too?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is an imperative in SF literature, and Bladerunner in film. It raises the very human questions of mortality, and the question of life after death ("I want more life...").

The Terminator and The Matrix are the most famous modern examples of "Cognitive Simulators" gone mad. Our fear of our own creation.

I actually consider the metaphysical questions raised by these three films to be the most important asked in terms of AI. It's too bad scientists are pursuing AI unabated, with no question of the moral or philosophical consequences. Fiction is the only area that explores such questions.

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