The “Lost Generation”
World War I gave rise to what we have come to know today as the “ Lost Generation”. The very denotation of the word ‘ lost’ has connotations of disorienta...
Month: April 2020
Why Do We Want to Replace Human Relationships with Robots?
In a world where technology is evolving at an increasingly rapid rate, the conversation of the effect of AI on our lives is more relevant than ever. In less tha...
Stephen R.Chinn’s Identity
Stephen R.Chinn composes a memoir during his time in prison to reflect on past events. His narration of the past gives us an insight into his identity, which he...
The Voice in the Mirror
Slave in the magic mirror, come from the farthest space, through wind and darkness I summon thee. Speak! -Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). The story behi...
Who was Alan Turing?
In their paper on “The History of Artificial Intelligence,” Chris Smith, Brian McGuire, and others offer a helpful overview of Alan Turing’s c...
The ideal companion
In speak, characters are absorbed with the notion of reserving memory. In troubles of dealing with loss and permanence, reserving memory becomes the means of pe...
How does AI alter human’s perception of relationships ?
Artificial intelligence has been a topic of great debate since the term was coined in 1955. It is particularly interesting to see how the emergence of Arti...
The Big Bad Robot
Published in 2015, Speak challenges the tropes surrounding robots and AI in sci-fi novels. It seems as though the author, Luisa Hall, humanizes AI. In contrast ...