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b_b  ·  4268 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Help building a curriculum on Narrative and Artificial Intelligence

In similar vein to Frankenstein and the Pinocchio suggestion below, I also think the fabricants in Cloud Atlas are an interesting discussion. They are synthetic intelligence based on a biological source. They are considered throwaways even though they are designed to think and feel like humans.