Fandom Philosophy: Artificial Intelligence

Here’s the audio of a recent discussion had at Fan Expo Canada 2024 on Saturday August 24th, 2024. It features

Jen Frankel

and

ARCUMUS PRIME

on the panel with me. We discuss what artificial intelligence is and what can be learned about where it might go through different media representations of AI.

Examples of things discussed are different concepts of AI such as:

• Malevolent A.I.

• Helpful A.I.

• Vulnerable A.I.

• Fallible A.I.

• Accidentally Malevolent A.I.

Movies and TV shows discussed include:

• The Matrix

• Terminator

• Star Trek: The Next Generation

• The 100

• Mrs. Davis

Ideas of what consciousness actually is and how it might be different or the same from human consciousness were also discussed. Panel attendees also brought up many important issues around the topic.

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