Blog Group 3

The Day Shion Came was a story that really got me thinking about our relationships with AI and robots. I often get caught up in the idea that we don't need them and that they will take over and defeat us one day. However, this story set my mind in a different direction. With the way Shion interacted with people from the nursing home and how she was able to have a "heart" without really having one, I saw AI in a different light. Many times the main character mentioned how much of a toll being a nurse took on their bodies and how they had to retire early. Through Shion's relationship with Kanbara and Isezaki, I saw that if we give them good memories and teach them why feelings are so important, why would they rebel? I think it all depends on the type of technology we are able to develop in the future. It also sparked my interest, why are we trying to recreate ourselves? If they are AI why dress them and make them look like humans? It makes sense now but in the future it...

I thought the that the final message of sending a message through storytelling is the key aspect of storytelling. There is always a deeper meaning behind what an author writes and the message that is received might not always be acknowledged but lies dormant sometimes. I enjoyed the happy outlook on future technology's because I see so many stories with the opposite. It has become a social norm to have technology betray human's but I think there is still hope for Yamamato's message of innovation.  I enjoyed the class very much, learning a lot from Yamamato in particular.  While there were some aspects that were hard to grasp early on in the quarter the class came together nicely at the end. Shout out to Noah for leading the class the latter half of the quarter. I thought he did a great job understanding where the students were at while pushing new material.

When reading story 6 what first came to mind when the androids were being introduced to the elderly guests was the 2015 sci-fi "Chappie". The film is about a security robot that gets new programming that allows it to think for itself. When the new programming has initiated a group of bandits must nurture Chappie like a baby. Having no knowledge about social norms or how to act to fit in. While looking very much so like an actual robot (no skin pigment, just a humanoid body cast in metal) he begins to act more human than the antagonist at the end of the film. The crux of the film is Chappie's inner battle between doing what he was programmed too (a security robot created with intentions to be lethal in the battlefield) and using his new free self which has learned to be peaceful. Chappie's improves himself from learning in real life not further program installations just like Shion " Install? Can't be done. Like I said, Shion's skill...

The seventh and final story of The Stories of Ibis brought many things to mind. The first was a minor japanese toyline with an anime tie-in and two games on the PSP called Busou Shinki . It focused around miniature robots called Shinki that participated in battles as a sport, much like the TAI battles of the story. Each shinki model started out with the same general personality, but they changed and grew in a unique manner as a result of interacting with their master. The main difference is that these shinki were primarily physical in nature, rather than digital. As such, the battles, while violent, were not to the death/destruction. The second connection was to (once again) the anime Sword Art Online . During the second season, the thought of how to bring the AI Yui into the ‘Real World’ is brought up. The main character points out that the key difference between what they call ‘Reality’ and the virtual worlds that so many people immerse themselves in is the amount of data. It just...

provide an overview of your thoughts, feelings, ideas, responses to the book as a whole Overall, I liked the book. I think the idea of sending a message through storytelling is very interesting. The future is essentially unpredictable, but Yamamoto’s book offers an interesting interpretation with Artificial Intelligence. I really like how optimistic the book is, because most of us tend to be afraid of what might happen with AI, but there are a lot of positive aspects to appreciate about technology (as long as we don’t lose control of it). I also love how Yamamoto demonstrates that fiction can be more powerful than reality.  provide reflections on your experience of this class /course Altogether, this class was extremely fascinating and thought provoking. At first, I thought I was not going to be able to follow along with the material, but interestingly enough I realized that it was very analysis based. Because I am not an expert in technology, it was up to me to...

Cosworth: Hello Sir, my name is Cosworth and I'm your personal helper. I can think for you, do whatever you want me to do, so you don't have to worry about anything.  I have no legs, which is nice so I don't get the floor dirty. The only family I have is you. Oh dear, I hear the baby is crying, would you like me to check on her. Owner: Yes Please. I'll be watching TV. Cosworth: Splendid! She is adorable. Owner: Cosworth! (Cosworth floats over) Cosworth: Sir, how many I assist you? Owner: Do you have a treasured memory? Cosworth: Sir, A wonderful memory I had was when you first built me, and I was learning to fly with my own two propellers. I was so so happy. I'm so fortunate, you have been in your family for so long. Owner: I am as well. Cosworth: Sir, Do you ever wonder about the idea that robots will overtake humans? Owner: I find you are the best thing that has happened to this family. First the iPhone, then the self-driving cars,...

Character - Joseph Cooper (Cooper) from Interstellar Cooper is a father of two living on Earth as it deteriorates and makes the decision to leave in order to find a way to save the Earth or at least the human race. Cooper is a middle-aged man who has vast intelligence and Scene in Giant Robot Factory (Where TARS was made): Cooper looks around at the robots and thinks that none of them will be able to be like TARS. He thinks back to when TARS sacrificed himself for their survival. He feels the same pain he feels when he thinks about his family back on Earth and his daughter whom he outlived due to space travel. He knows he has to continue his exploration despite the lack of relationships in his life. Once Murph passes on, he will have no family. How can that be bearable? He distracts himself by exploring galaxies and finding more ways to help the human race. Cooper remembers when Murph forgave him and how that set so much of his world to peace. Amelia comes over the radio, "...

Hannah Baker from 13 Reasons Why Most of you already know. I am dead. However, I now live a new life in a new world. Because I killed myself, they made me a worker. A worker in a factory. It’s a giant robot factory. My job is the final step before the robots are sent out. All day I inspect the machines and make sure they are perfect and ready to roam the world. When one of the machines is imperfect, I push a button that disposes it. Gone. Forever. I did not ask for this. I feel cruel. It makes me think, however, that maybe god chose to dispose of me because I was imperfect. Now I’m stuck in this place, doing this, all day. I wonder how it is back at home. In the real world. Clay Jensen, do you miss me? I am sorry for what I did. Will you ever be able to forgive me? It wasn’t my choice to leave, it was a greater power that told me I should. Directed me that way. People don’t understand. It’s like these robots. They don’t chose to be born or made. Neither did we. Clay Jensen fro...

Something that really intrigued me in this section was the correlation between machines and humans. Throughout the entire book there is a constant inclination of the fact that machines have human-like capabilities. This is demonstrated by the machine nurses, for example: “she put her hands o the man’s shoulder and hug and gently rolled him onto the side of the bed closest to her” (192). Words like “gently” and human related words like “hands” give a human connotation to the machines. Although we like to separate humans and machines into two completely different categories, machines work very similarly to humans. They were, after all, created by humans. So there should undoubtedly be similarities between the two. There are many references to how machines are so much like humans: “I’d never seen a naked android before. Even the parts that would normally be hidden behind clothes were covered in fake skin, and she was even wearing normal women’s underwear […] right inside the hairline, th...

An anime-seasoned tale about the insight of individuals being checked onto a PC organize. The AIs in the system battle wrongdoing and live rehashing lives. Toward the finish of every year, they begin once more, however extraordinary storylines. A large number of 'additional items' populate the system and are the ones subject to damage and erasure. The hero has a friend through correspondence, in actuality, who discloses to her that this present reality is under assault and that there are no respawns and no additional items. The AI discovers this so coldblooded that individuals would eagerly murder each other when they can't return. I was experiencing difficulty seeing precisely what Saika's reality was, particularly when she presented Silverfist. Another media I related Intermission 5 to was the motion picture The Matrix. Since these different universes in the story are built of people on Earth and are their "sims" it helped me to remember when the connection ...

This story really reminds me of the robot Cosworth from Fallout 4. Yamamoto's display the fact of humans incorporating robots more in their families. While the most eye-catching might be the plenty of stories about sex robots, there are a lot of different ways we're interfacing with machines that are entirely unexpected from some other point ever. A long way from an irregular tech specialty (here's taking a gander at you, Aibo), creating associations with our robots will be fundamental to us driving longer, more joyful lives, as well as influencing more brilliant machines to attract the best to out of both us and our gadgets. Furthermore, it's a test that mechanical technology and AI specialists are as of now bustling illuminating. While the robots might have plenty of stories about sex robots, there are a lot of different ways we're interfacing with machines that are entirely unexpected from some other point ever. A long way from an irregular tech specialty (here...

Story 5 has a major theme that reminded me of religion. Throughout the chapter, the narrator has a conversation with an AI robot but the two never meet physically. Much like the relationship between god and humans. An existential relationship based off of communication rather than physicality, not including physical in a sexual way. This story's narrative on video games brings a nostalgic touch. Reminding me of old game cube games that I am not willing to give up just

In this story I was sure that the first characters were on Earth and the Saeko was from a different outer space kind of world. I was shocked when I realized that Saika lived in a virtual "high school" world and that Saeko was actually from the "first world" or Earth. I was having trouble understanding exactly what Saika's world was, especially when she introduced Silverfist. I related Silverfist to Iron Man because of the body armor and suit and ability to fly and have super strength. Another media I related Intermission 5 to was the movie Inception. Because these other worlds in the story are constructed of humans on Earth and are their "sims" it reminded me of the dream architects in Inception and how they are able to go to another place virtually. There are also different laws of physics much like in Inception where they can create with their minds. This is explained in this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3-a58Wt2tk

Throughout the entire book, the reader is constantly being reminded that there is not much of a trace of humanity and essentially no nature. There are, however, machines everywhere. They are the dominant “kind”. Some concepts in that world are ones that only machines can understand, because they are too complex for the “outdated” humans. This reminded me a little to the movie Wall-E, where only machines remain on the planet and humans live in a special spacecraft in space.  I found that an overriding theme in this section is religion. In the story, Artificial Intelligent machines worship god, but say he does not exist. “God exists in the ultimate limits of the i-axis, but not in the sense that you humans envision. We have our eyes set toward the limits of the i-axis, worshipping that unattainable goal. The i-Tripler Point—that is God” (156-157). The Storyteller says it was all gibberish to him (157). I think this says a lot about religious practices that we encounter today in ou...

The virtual worlds that are within Story 5 of The Stories of Ibis first reminded me of the anime Sword Art Online, specifically, the Alicization Arc from the light novels that served as the basis for the anime. While I could never find a translation of the work, as I understand it, the basis was a virtual world with one real person, who believes that this is reality. The intent, I believe, was to raise intelligent AI. Once again, as I never actually read the relevant media, I don’t know the specifics. Upon further reflection, the virtual world brings to mind the concept of Mata-Nui from Bionicle. Mata-Nui was a massive robot constructed to reform the shattered planet of Spherus Magna. He was so massive, in fact, that it was considered a universe in its own right. The first eight years of the franchise take place either on top of or within Mata-Nui, with the inhabitants not realizing that the universe they lived in was just a creation of the Great Beings. The parallels go further, beca...

The AI that was the focus of the fourth story in The Stories of Ibis brought to mind the AI SHODAN. SHODAN from the System Shock series of games. Originally just an AI of an orbiting space station, SHODAN had her morality removed prior to the start of the game and swiftly descended into megalomania. She is almost an exact counterpoint of the AI featured in the fourth story, both being AI with a space station serving as their primary physical form, but SHODAN is actively malicious in nature, not content to simply serve the purpose for which she was originally built. The state of humanity, as described in the story, is that of a once-proud interstellar empire that was on the decline. This reminded me of the humanity depicted within the text stories of Beast Wars: Uprising, a Transformers continuity where long after the war had ceased, Cybertron was a dystopia run by the Builders. Now that they were too ancient and decrepit to continue their feud, and energy was too scarce to allow for ...

The article "Should Robots sound Robotic"  raises a good parallel between Davis and Yamamoto's readings that comes up often. Whether to make robots humanoids because it makes humans feel better about interacting with them. When there is clear evidence of this type of robot creation going poorly.  For example, in intermission 4, there is a connection between a human and robot nurse but is quickly shut down because of possible sexual tension.

In his book The Stories of Ibis , a specific areas of interest for me that Yamamoto is trying to convey is the idea that artificial intelligence can essentially be a very positive power in the world and can actually contribute to humanity by helping people rise above their own limitations. AI, androids, and robots are the dominant force on the planet consisting their own cities, technology, and society. However, the relationship between AI and humans is not good, because AI has never been pardoned for rebelling against humanity and taking over. This is ironic, because humans are the creators of AI. Ultimately, we are not in control of what we are creating and our creations could potentially end up “out-smarting” us. In the book, it’s almost as if humans and AI have switched roles (Ibis tells stories to the storyteller). However, Yamamoto makes this story that would normally seem hopeless, because humanity is vanishing, into a somewhat optimistic story. The idea of AI in present day ca...

The first thing that the third story make me think of was Furbys. Furbys were a toyline made by Hasbro way back when. They were miniature animatronics that learned to speak based on how they were interacted with. Obviously, they weren't anywhere near as advanced as Mirror Girl, only being able to learn words that were already part of a preset list programed into the toys, as those were the only ones to have voice recordings. Wile the similarities end there, the concept of both is still strikingly similar. The AI I was most reminded of by this story is Yui, from Sword Art Online. While they are quite different in actual concept, as Yui was designed to serve as a therapist for players of Sword Art Online, while Shalice was made for entertainment purposes, only reaching self-awareness over time, as opposed to Yui, who was always aware of the truth of her own existence.

A short tale around a manmade brainpower that develops after some time with human connection. The motivation for this story was Ray Bradbury's I Sing the Body Electric The mirror young lady Shalice begins off with essential learning and by collaborating with her proprietor creates. The proprietor grows up and weds an expert who broods Chalice by showing her in the virtual world at numerous thousand times speedier than normal life. When he is done, Solid Eye is made. Solid Eye is the completely created and totally wise AI. A modern tale around a manufactured space station and individuals who go plunging into a dark opening. The space station can't stop individuals yet is sad that they go to their passings since none of them move beyond the occasion skyline. At that point, one young lady comes who has the space dispatch, the preparation, and the examination important to endeavor to plunge into the dark opening. As she goes into the dark gap the space station can never again watch...

After reading story 3 in Yamamoto's novel the first piece of media that came to mind was WestWorld. In the most recent episode, airing Sunday, May 13, 2018, the show revealed a long time effort by one of the characters to mesh a human brain with a robot's body.  The project took over 20 years much like Seiya Saeki's Strong Eye project to show how harmless AI could be.  In the episode, the cyborg named Delos lasted on average 30 days before malfunction and needed to be re-made. Another thing that came to mind was the constant updates of the iPhone. We seem to get small updates every 3-4 months while major updates (new devices) come out early. Each model better than the last with increased memory and functionality. Thirdly, the development of video game characters came to mind, specifically Master Cheif from Halo and his relationship with his AI Cortana. The relationship develops such that Cheif ends up trusting his personal AI so much that when she eventually mal...

Three forms of media that this section reminded me of are drones, virtual reality, and online dating. First, drones are like “‘eyes’ that watch over the surface” (86). Although I am a little skeptical about drones, I think they do provide an optimistic/hopeful look into the future. With drones, we are able to conduct advanced scientific research in hard-to-reach areas, coordinate security operations, make inspections in difficult or dangerous scenarios, and have good surveillance. Second, the mirror in this section makes me think of virtual reality, “unlike a television, offer[ing] the illusion of depth” (94). Virtual reality also allows us to see things from a different perspective. It can be helpful for people who are not as privileged to “travel” and explore the world through VR. Also VR, redefines the idea of communication, it can train people in a way that might otherwise put them at risk, it allows those who are not able to fully experience reality, such as disabled people, to b...

a). In the second story was about own cooperative energies over the web. The instrument that empowers individuals to get to virtual reality (VR) is MUGEN Net. Such things are surprisingly essential, and a great many people need to go to an open server to deal with one. In any case, the young lady's folks in this novel live a prosperous life. This young lady is purchasing in VR when a kid meets her and approaches her out for dessert. In the wake of talking in the virtual world, they acknowledge getting together. He understands that truth to be told, she is visually impaired, yet he considers she is overcome, and they continue dating. It's a short story of a puzzling ideal world inside a tragic culture of innovation. b) 1. Any of that Pvp (Player vs Player) Games reminds me of the idea how people come together, yet everyone has different viewpoints. https://www.quora.com/How-do-video-games-bring-people-together 2.  When the story was mentioning social media and how likes an...

a) In today's society people can meet virtually all the time via social media and the internet. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tinder, Bumble, these are all ways that people can meet virtually before they meet in person (if they even want to). Just like in Ibis's second story, meeting in person is a choice people can make after they connect online and see each others profiles. I generally meet people and then "friend" them or "follow" them on social media. However, a lot of people meet their significant others through dating apps. Before meeting, online relationships are fully virtual. I do not think it is possible to have the same kind of relationship virtually versus in real life. There is an intimacy between real people that cannot  In the book, Subaru and Mizuki are able to interact virtually and play a game together. They have the ability to learn each others personalities before they meet in reality. Is this where the future of dating apps an...

a). Personally developing relationships over virtual spaces I believe to be difficult. Being an avid gamer, however, has had effects of improvement on friendships. Getting online, whether its an Xbox or computer game and spending a few hours with friends from school helped strengthen relationships. On another level, I have experienced comradery with people over the virtual spaces in random matches. Either through the microphone, text or even emotes little personal experiences over virtual spaces occurs even if only for a moment. b). 1. Live Strong Bands came to mind, people representing their beliefs and supporting causes. http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/48952356 2. Fortnite came to mind, bringing people of different cultures, places, and pop culture references together over a free to play-game. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/03/everything-you-need-to-know-about-fortnite-and-why-its-so-popular/?noredirect=on 3. then Facebook came to mind, capturi...

a) In my own experience with the use of virtual spaces, I find it difficult to develop complex interpersonal relationships. It is possible to begin relationships through the use of virtual spaces, however I do not think it is possible to maintain any type of relationship unless the relationship is sought beyond the virtual space and into a real and intimate space. This is true especially if the relationship happens between a fully real entity. I have not experienced a relationship which occurs between a fully virtual entity, however I would suppose that intimate attention would not be necessary.  b) - Mass production of clothes (p. 63) — everyone wearing the same stuff; v-wear vs r-wear; v -wear offering infinite selection and colors and a lot cheaper https://www.forbes.com/2008/05/25/style-clothes-foreign-forbeslife-cx_ls_outsourcing08_0529offshore.html#4826f084353e   - Fast food (p.65) — ice cream parlor; touch menu; automatic bill; as soon as window closed,...

Interstellar: Scene: bookshelf Murph: Lio jr. Cooper: Lio Tom: Galva Lio and Lio jr. attempt to save Earth by stabilizing its gravitational pull while Galva believes Earth will fix itself like it always has. Lio leaves Earth in a spaceship in attempts collect more mass to stabilize gravity. While her father is away Lio jr. tries to fix the problem with materials on Earth.

Erik Davis clarifies that while the fields of the advanced and the profound may look encounters separated, mystery and consecrated driving forces have in actuality ceaselessly filled innovative thoughts. Davis uncovers astonishing associations inside so distinctly unique issues as power and speculative chemistry; web-based pretending recreations and profound and heavenly frameworks; virtual reality and gnostic mythicism; programming dialects. The last sections tended to the whole-world destroying dreams that occupy innovation, executing a vital, authentic setting and better approaches to envision about a destiny characterized by the mutant blending of knowledge and machine, repulsiveness, and escape. In the primary story is about a group who are recreating a sci-fi story over the web. One of the gathering individuals murders somebody, in actuality. The rest of the short story is about how the gathering battles to persuade this man not to confer suicide, but rather to hand himself ove...

Techgnosis vs. The Stories of Ibis: - First person narrative - Various integrated forms of other context (story narrative, quotes from other scholars, examples of other technologies/realities) - Opinionated - Fact vs. fiction Other Media: 1. Black Mirror Episode (Season 4, Episode 1): USS Callister Summary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5710974/ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTtyfgzGc0 2. Wall-E Summary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alIq_wG9FNk 3. Switchfoot - Where I Belong Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-7fjhYm2g The main connection I made with other media was the Black Mirror episode. This episode involves an alternate reality in which a man has created a game in which alternate forms of other people he works with. It is the first thing I connected to when reading this chapter. In the show, it is all inside his mind but the alternate forms of the other characters are trapped. In the ...

In our author's stories of Techgnosis and The Stories of Ibis we are schooled in the ways of man's relationship with technology. Particularly in Ibis we see beyond what man knows today, a hypothesis of the future. While Davis focuses more on the present and past to actualize his argument. What came to mind first was HBO's series West World . The new series shows the turning point between man and machine, specifically AI robots that look identical to humans. This series could be a physical representation of Davis's theories and Yamamato's hypothesis, in which the robots realize they are gods compared to humans who were once considered gods themselves by the robots. Another media representation that comes to mind would be Marvel's superhero Vision . A combination of  Jarvis and Ultron, two separates AI in the Marvel universe. In tandem with the mind stone,  a source of power with the greatest of magnitudes that was once the original source of life in t...

correlations/similarities/contrasts: First person Storytelling (fiction) vs. facts/opinion Switch between past and present Technology vs. humans Futuristic vs. present time  list of media: Blade Runner (movie)    http://bladerunner.wikia.com/wiki/Rachael   Machine that looks like a human but isn’t one Very attractive to humans because she looks so human Relates to the machine in this section of the book that looks very human-like Starships (artifact)      https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a8140/what-would-a-starship-actually-look-like-12869471/   In this section starships are mentioned quite a bit and described pretty thoroughly  I thought this was an important artifact in the section in general and I find them fascinating  "USS Callister " (first episode of the fourth series of TV series Black Mirror)    https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/29/16804664/black-mirror-uss-callist...

A). One the most striking contrasts is how technology will shape the future of humanity. In TechGnosis , the focus was on synthesis, man and machine both evolving side by side, reaching ever closer to the point where the two would be one, and the distinction irrelevant. The Stories of Ibis , on the other hand, show a world where machines evolved beyond man, using methods of improvement far more efficient than natural selection. Despite this, both Davis and Yamamoto write of machines advanced enough to truly be considered intelligent. B). The first example that sprung to mind was the film 9 . The way the future was described brought forth images of ruined buildings that were once proud monuments to what our species could accomplish. While the machines in Yamamoto's book are significantly less malicious than those in 9 , both are sentient constructs that are at the top of the hierarchy in a ruined world. The second example would be the anime Sword Art Online , as one of the main th...