Hollwood Computing: Artificial Intelligence

May 06, 2007 17:37


Artificial intelligence as a subject of stories goes back a long way. The Jewish story of the golem, the tin man in The Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio, Pygmalion - they are all tales of artificial people looking for some element of humanity.

This is what a lot of the old stories focussed on. I suppose it was after Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that ( Read more... )

linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer science, hollywood magic, films, guide, anthropomorphism, scifi

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anonymous May 9 2007, 09:15:39 UTC
that was an interesting read. You've motivated me to write a piece I've been toying with for a while: "the science of siege warfare as applied to zombies". It's going to be ace.

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brokenhut May 9 2007, 09:19:28 UTC
I'm glad you liked it. I look forward to the zombie article!

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