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Post by GRWelsh on Oct 16, 2016 19:49:55 GMT -5
Anyone start watching this? It seems to have some potential.
I like sci-fi that gets philosophical, if done right. This looks like it could get into the nature of consciousness, identity, what sort of moral obligations humans would have to robots if we create them with sentience, etc.
What if conscious self-awareness only arises out of extreme stress or oppression?
BTW, what I mean by "if done right" is it still has to be a good story, have good characters and so on. "Done wrong" is like that scene in MATRIX 2 with the Architect rambling on and on.
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Oct 16, 2016 21:13:09 GMT -5
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Post by Scott on Oct 16, 2016 21:13:09 GMT -5
I just started watching it tonight. I'm watching now as a matter of fact. It makes me want to play Boot Hill.
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Post by GRWelsh on Oct 17, 2016 9:21:10 GMT -5
It's funny that you mention that, because as I was watching it I was imagining a D&D/Boot Hill/Gamma World crossover.
Murlynd used to enjoy his visits to other Prime Material planes...
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Nov 21, 2016 6:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by geneweigel on Nov 21, 2016 6:29:01 GMT -5
Just finished episode 2, what kind of allegory is going on with these androids anyway? I think it might be how part 30.5 software isn't as good as the original no matter what you do unless risk is involved. A secret message for the D&D franchise here? Makes me wonder...
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Post by geneweigel on Dec 11, 2016 13:43:01 GMT -5
Well so far (I'm up to episode 5), it seems that this is a sequel from what I recall and this is an alternate Earth what if Westworld was real kind of thing.
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Post by geneweigel on Jan 30, 2017 9:59:38 GMT -5
Finally got to finish this up. Nicely done.
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Apr 19, 2018 11:47:44 GMT -5
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Post by davegibsongreyhawkdm on Apr 19, 2018 11:47:44 GMT -5
Just watched the first episode and enjoyed it!
I know I'm way late watching this, TV shows I rarely watch anymore these days...
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Post by GRWelsh on Apr 19, 2018 12:08:28 GMT -5
So far, I've only seen the pilot episode, but I loved it. I just wasn't willing to pay to watch the rest of it on HBO.com (yet), since I already pay for NETFLIX and have a ton of things in my queue that I also want to watch. But I love these sorts of stories that explore robots, AI, and the ethics of such creation. Like that recent movie EX MACHINA, that was great. It's just so fascinating, because it does seem likely to happen. Is there a point when being able to emulate consciousness is indistinguishable from having consciousness? I always wonder about that. I think a lot of our tendency to ascribe such agency will turn out to be based on the human form and in particular the human face... which may lead to it being illegal in the future to build human-appearing AI.
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Apr 19, 2018 12:25:54 GMT -5
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Post by davegibsongreyhawkdm on Apr 19, 2018 12:25:54 GMT -5
It's clever how they used the saloon's piano to play music excerpts...
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Apr 19, 2018 12:32:59 GMT -5
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Post by davegibsongreyhawkdm on Apr 19, 2018 12:32:59 GMT -5
So far, I've only seen the pilot episode, but I loved it. I just wasn't willing to pay to watch the rest of it on HBO.com (yet), since I already pay for NETFLIX and have a ton of things in my queue that I also want to watch. But I love these sorts of stories that explore robots, AI, and the ethics of such creation. Like that recent movie EX MACHINA, that was great. It's just so fascinating, because it does seem likely to happen. Is there a point when being able to emulate consciousness is indistinguishable from having consciousness? I always wonder about that. I think a lot of our tendency to ascribe such agency will turn out to be based on the human form and in particular the human face... which may lead to it being illegal in the future to build human-appearing AI. Creating connectivity to consciousness enabling telepathy - would it be wondrous or horrific? Portable consciousness - wondrous or horrific? Hackable sentience? |
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Apr 19, 2018 12:38:12 GMT -5
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Post by davegibsongreyhawkdm on Apr 19, 2018 12:38:12 GMT -5
Is the human race doomed to be hell's eternal creators...?
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Post by GRWelsh on Apr 19, 2018 12:43:41 GMT -5
I imagine the future to be full of both wonders and horrors, undoubtedly. One of the interesting themes about WESTWORLD is that it is an amusement park where rich people can go to indulge their darker impulses. That's pretty disturbing, isn't it? At the same time we as a species are making the unprecedented breakthrough of creating a new life form, our creations become sentient while being tortured by us for fun.
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Post by geneweigel on Apr 19, 2018 15:23:17 GMT -5
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Post by GRWelsh on Mar 8, 2020 8:57:17 GMT -5
I watched a couple more episodes of WESTWORLD at the Residence Inn was staying at this week, and now I want to finish it. As a side note, I love Residence Inn since they have free breakfast every morning and free food and alcohol each evening at the 'Mix'! I was drinking Stella Artois and eating italian sausages and brie cheese caramel toast while watching episodes of WESTWORLD! One of the things I was wondering was how long they can keep the mystery going of "are they conscious or aren't they?" since once that answer gets resolved it necessarily transforms into an entirely different sort of show. Don't spoil it for me, but is the show still good and worth watching past Season 1?
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Mar 8, 2020 16:21:17 GMT -5
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Post by geneweigel on Mar 8, 2020 16:21:17 GMT -5
I think that I only saw season one. Actually, I went to go watch and she discontinued hbo for something else. Sometimes I wish the old days of catching up at Blockbuster were still around.  |
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