David was real for me
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Review: A.I.
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David was real for me.
It may seem lame or ridiculous that David, the AI, could become a real boy. But I was caught in the illusion.
The movie haunts me still. It was so well executed, and yet in some ways so understated.
Isn't that the signature of a great film? The ability to haunt it's viewers with the moral issues the film stirs up?
My dreams the night after watching AI were profound and deeply disturbing. A poor boy, abandoned by his mother, but keeping his love.
I wonder what an AI/2 could continue the story....
Wouldn't there be any interest in how the human race became extinct?
Yeah, the melting pot thing is way cool. And U.S. capitalism takes excellent advantage of it. But I still believe in the possibility of a global humanistic melting pot, both enabled and amplified by the internet and free software. Too bad we all don't speak/read the same language. I wonder if it's possible that english could be agreed upon as a first (or second) language by virtually all of the world's population? I think there are a lot of good reasons for this, and it would make sharing source code a _whole_ lot easier.
Whenever I get on my Linux/Free Software soapbox these days, I always point to a new world dynamic... the international user community will provide the pivotal boost to make free software the wave of the future.
Inertial factors include: population, economics, ubiquity, education, american copyright tyranny....
Just as VinodV said in the halloween document, the internet is an IQ magnifier, and there is simply more IQ outside the US than inside (by orders of magnitude).
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David was real for me. It may seem lame or ridiculous that David, the AI, could become a real boy. But I was caught in the illusion. The movie haunts me still. It was so well executed, and yet in some ways so understated. Isn't that the signature of a great film? The ability to haunt it's viewers with the moral issues the film stirs up? My dreams the night after watching AI were profound and deeply disturbing. A poor boy, abandoned by his mother, but keeping his love. I wonder what an AI/2 could continue the story.... Wouldn't there be any interest in how the human race became extinct?
Yeah, the melting pot thing is way cool. And U.S. capitalism takes excellent advantage of it. But I still believe in the possibility of a global humanistic melting pot, both enabled and amplified by the internet and free software. Too bad we all don't speak/read the same language. I wonder if it's possible that english could be agreed upon as a first (or second) language by virtually all of the world's population? I think there are a lot of good reasons for this, and it would make sharing source code a _whole_ lot easier.
Inertial factors include: population, economics, ubiquity, education, american copyright tyranny....
Just as VinodV said in the halloween document, the internet is an IQ magnifier, and there is simply more IQ outside the US than inside (by orders of magnitude).