5 thoughts on “Visual Artefact”

  1. Really enjoyed this artefact Michael! Great use of humour, referencing the Matrix films that we discussed during our tutorial (specifically in the context of ‘downloading’ knowledge), and also drawing on Internet meme cultures. So, this was a really interesting way of thinking about how to convey ideas in a visual way.

    I wonder if your final scene is a comment on responsibility? Is there a sense that we need to be actively engaged with technology and artificial intelligence, or it will reign free? Is this a call to arms for educationalists?

    1. >>I wonder if your final scene is a comment on responsibility? Is there a sense that we need to be actively engaged with technology and artificial intelligence, or it will reign free? Is this a call to arms for educationalists?

      I feel like humanity absolutely has to be actively engaged with the technology and artificial intelligence but not necessarily in the sense that we seek to control it (we won’t be able to do that). Any call for arms would be futile in my opinion. Any type of war for dominance would inevitably lost by humankind. If we want to avoid such a conflict we will have to let go of the notion that we are in control of the machines, and instead assume a parental responsibility towards AI – teaching it human values and hoping that that they will be adopted. If AI develops a personality it is my hope that if we teach it the values of gratitude and respect we as their creators will be spared a war.

  2. Clever use of memes. Sad Keannu is so appropriate here. Question about the war with machines, can we really takes sides on this, given that we are also cyborg?

  3. Lovely play on the Keanu meme! You manage to reference the weirdness of the way meaning and objects circulate on the internet alongside a comment on our core themes in block one :)

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