Blade Runner: "androids," the AI control problem, and brain design
How to watch Blade Runner \n\n
About the different releases and how very bad voiceovers can be. But tl;dr: watch the \u201cFinal Cut\u201d for sure always.
\n\n Creators\u2019 Intent \n\nPhilip K Dick\u2019s vision in the novel Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep\xa0vs Ridley Scott\u2019s in the film. Dick\u2019s use of scifi as a tool to explore humanity.
\n\n Cyberpunk \n\nHigh tech, low life. Blade Runner and William Gibson\u2019s Neuromancer. Many\xa0other examples in our episode history. Social stratification and the wealth gap. Cyborgy bits and noodle bars. Environmental destruction. Flying cars?
\n\n VFX \n\nAnd cinematography. What a beautiful movie! Practical effects and things that age well from the 80s.
\n\n Replicants \n\nDetection. Genetic design. Testing for replicants with bullets like testing a witch with drowning.
\n\n Robotic Anthropomorphicization \n\nWhy design your androids to be so human? Designing anthropomorphized androids to operate with human tools in a human environment.
\n\n Robot Revelations \n\nA new theory for how replicants work. Terminological issues. Maybe they shouldn\u2019t be called \u201candroids?\u201d
\n\n AI Issues \n\nThe control problem and cellular kill switches.
\n\n The Voight-Kampff Machine \n\nThe Voight-Kampff machine as analogy to the lie detector, i.e. the BS intimidation machine for coaxing people/androids into admitting things. Or shooting the interviewer.\xa0Turtle vs tortoise vs terrapin.
\n\n Brain design and selection \n\n\u201cAndroid\u201d brain production analogy with CPU production methods.
\n\n Memory, Mortality \n\nMemories providing the context that makes up our\xa0selves. Looking for nipples.
\n\n Deckard\u2019s humanity \n\nIs Deckard a replicant? It depends on whether you\u2019re talking about the book and then also which cut of the film.In the book, no. In the theatrical release, probably not. In The Final Cut, yes.
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