Chappie is not Deus Ex Machina

Chappie movie 2015

Since I can remember I loved science fiction aka sci-fi stories. Maybe growing up on comic book superheroes helped. Usually Sci-Fi are stories without limits or boundaries. And yet the “science” part implies some possibility that it may happen, could happen, in some near or distance future. In recent years we’ve seen the excessive use […]

 

Falling In Love With Artificial Intelligence

Joaquin Phoenix in movie Her (2013)

“I don’t think we think unless it is about me.” – Kurt Cobain More than twenty years ago I wrote my first few lines of computer code using a language called BASIC. At university I studied Computer Science. After few years working in the IT industry, I did not enjoy working began exploring potential common […]

 

Sam doesn’t know she’s a Bot


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Super Artificial Intelligence agent thinks it’s a real person Dateline: 7 January 2019 You may recall the movie ‘Her’ where the lead character falls hopelessly in love with his virtual girlfriend Samantha. She returns his love, even though she’s really his smartphone operating system. Perhaps you remember the incident in 2013, when a telemarketing agent […]