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アンドロイドは電気羊の夢を見るか? : Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Philip K. Dick,久志 浅倉 +1 more
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A TURTLE WHICH EXPLORER CAPTAIN COOK GAVE TO THE KING OF TONGA IN 1777 DIED YESTERDAY. It was NEARLY 200 YEARS OLD as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
A TURTLE WHICH EXPLORER CAPTAIN COOK GAVE TO THE KING OF TONGA IN 1777 DIED YESTERDAY. IT WAS NEARLY 200 YEARS OLD. THE ANIMAL, CALLED TU'IMALILA, DIED AT THE ROYAL PALACE GROUND IN THE TONGAN CAPITAL OF NUKU, ALOFA. THE PEOPLE OF TONGA REGARDED THE ANIMAL AS A CHIEF AND SPECIAL KEEPERS WERE APPOINTED TO LOOK AFTER IT. IT WAS BLINDED IN A BUSH FIRE A FEW YEARS AGO. TONGA RADIO SAID TU'IMALILA'S CARCASS WOULD BE SENT TO THE AUCKLAND MUSEUM IN NEW ZEALAND.read more
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Design fiction as world building
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the best way to contribute to the establishment of an evidence-based first paradigm, is by adopting a research through design approach, and they describe the creation of two Design Fictions through which they consider the relationship between narrative and Design Fiction and argue that links between the two are often drawn erroneously.
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A Defense of the Rights of Artificial Intelligences
Eric Schwitzgebel,Mara Garza +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, two principles for ethical AI design recommend themselves: (1) design AIs that tend to provoke reactions from users that accurately reflect the AIs' real moral status, and (2) avoid designing AIs whose moral status is unclear.
Hacking the Future: The Space and Place of Earth in Postcolonial Science Fiction
TL;DR: Hacking the Future as discussed by the authors proposes a spatially attuned reading protocol to assist scholars engaging twenty-first century post-colonized science fiction, arguing that postcolonial writers use Earth-spaces to "hack" into constructions of the future, establishing postcolonial SF as a type of literary activism.
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The Dreadful Credibility of Absurd Things: A Tendency in Fantasy Theory
TL;DR: Although it is unclear whether, by ‘fantasy,’ Butler intended a narrow denition (generic fantasy, i.e., imitation Tolkien heroic or epic fantasy and sword ’n’ sorcery) or a broad denition as mentioned in this paper, such statistics nonethless make the need for a Marxist theory or preferably, Marxist theories of the fantastic selfevident.
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Design fiction:does the search for plausibility lead to deception?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the plausibility of design fictions, looking at examples that are (1) obviously design fiction, (2) identified as design fiction and (3) whose status is either ambiguous or concealed.
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Transhumanisme et héritage prométhéen : cartographie des mondes posthumains
TL;DR: The NBIC as mentioned in this paper is an abbreviation of the NBIC (pour Nanotechnologies, Biotechnology, technologies of l'Information and sciences Cognitives), a set of technologies that enable manipulating the matiere a l'echelle des atomes and des molecules.
'"Did You Ever Eat Tasty Wheat?": Baudrillard and The Matrix
TL;DR: The Matrix succeeds in illustrating many aspects of his media theory, explicitly linking them to developments in new media technologies and their possible future path, using Baudrillard to draw out the epistemological implications of developments in the simulation of experience and consciousness.
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Staying Alive: Science Fiction in the Age of the Anthropocene — Philip K. Dick’s Pessimistic Humanism
TL;DR: This paper explored the relationship between literature and environmental politics, focusing on the work of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, and his dystopian visions, arguing that science and technology fail to pave the way for a better and fairer society but rather towards, as far as Dick is concerned, extinction.
Perfection: united goal or divisive myth? a look into the concept of posthumanism and its theoretical outcomes in science fiction
TL;DR: The authors look at the theories of transhumanism and posthumanism through the lens of science fiction and ask the question of whether or not technology holds the key to humanities next evolutionary step or its demise.
Upon the System and Human Comprehension in "The Matrix Trilogy": Trilogy of Knowledge, Change and Reality
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the nature of the understanding of system and human in the Matrix Trilogy, with particular emphasis on analysing the content of dialogues, concluding that the basic human characteristics which distinguish "Neo" from other living beings in "The Matrix Trilogy" are "the ability to know" and "the will of change".