Manus Et Machina
Engineering Design Studio (A5, 015)
Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 11:50 am – 13:05 pm
Foreword
- Attendance
- Reminder: GanttChart Update for meeting with Esteban on Thursday
Case Study Presentations
| 10 | The works of film director Alex Garland | TUE, 10-17-17 | Junior |
| 11 | The production of the film Ex Machina | TUE, 10-17-17 | Alemayehu |
Food for thought: How close comes the created AI – Ava – to a human? Explain the Turing Test. Would you consider an upgrade of Ava's personality as killing her? What would you do if you were: Caleb, Ava, Nathan, or Kyoko? Could you be Kyoko? Why did Caleb cut his arm? How can you know that we are not Androids or trapped in the Matrix? How would you describe Ava's intelligence? Do you think she just pretended to like Caleb so he would help her escape? About the production of the movie: explain the greenscreen, and how tracking markers work. What does post-production mean?
Reading Assignment
Mind Hacks
By Tom Stafford, Matt Webb
Publisher : O'Reilly
Pub Date : November 2004
ISBN : 0-596-00779-5
Pages : 394
PDF available via NYU Classes.
Please read the following:
- Preface
- the part about Why Mind Hacks?
- From first chapter 1: Hack 11. Why People Don't Work Like Elevator Buttons and Hack 12.Build Your Own Sensory Homunculus.