Transcript Supernatural SF2

"Any sufficiently advanced
technology
is indistinguishable
from magic."
-- Arthur Clarke
Of all the objects in the universe, the human brain is the most complex:
There are as many neurons in the brain as there are stars in the Milky
Way galaxy --Dr. Jonathan Cohen
If humans make
a humanoid, it will
become human
--Bentley-Baker
The network
scale effect
means that
increased
complexity of
any neural
network will
generate
consciousness
If we create our replica beings, will there be a
fall from grace?
They ate from the tree of
knowledge
of good and evil
Masaccio 1423
The Three Commandments
Azimov’s Rules
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A robot may not injure a human being or,
through inaction, allow a human being to
come to harm.
A robot must obey any orders given to it
by human beings, except where such
orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as
long as such protection does not conflict
with the First or Second Law.
Robot motif
• Humanoid
• Betrayal
• Conflict
Carbon life vs. Silicon Life?
Humanoid Motif: Creation
Obsession
Carlo Collodi 1883
“Adventures of Pinocchio”
Playing out a fundamentally
unresolved oedipal
problem? ‘Being as Child’ is
revisited as ‘Being as
Father’?
Don‘t forget the ‘lying,’ or
failure to live up to the
expectations of the father
idea in Pinocchio.
What is the connection?
• Ape men visited by monolith
• Space men find monoliths
• HAL 9000 says AE 34 will fail
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Now back to our movie. . .