Ex Machina: Film Report

The most amazing thing in this film was how the "robot" was half human and half machine. This kept my interest because other movies don't do this. They usually have a whole human, whole machine, or just a computer screen that all act as robots. This allows you to never forget that she is full human. This is the first movie that i  have seen that gives me the best depiction on if A.I. can have a consciousness.

Transcendence: Film Report

This movie brings about the question on whether AI can help society or not. Of course it is instilled in us to believe that something bad always happens when the boundaries are over stepped and someone wants technology to act as a human. you would think humans are enough, but with disease and poverty spreading as fast as the plague, someone needs to figure things out quickly. This movie made me change my views on how artificial intelligence is not all bad. In fact it can change the world for the better. People downgrade AI and misjudge as if our world is not already corrupt. With people killing each other and themselves, and getting diseases from the food we eat, maybe AI is the solution to all of the chaos.

Twenty First Century Radical Rhetoric

Question 1

1. -Our Rhetoric is anti-authoritarian
2. -Our Rhetoric promotes diversity
3. -Our Rhetoric is idealistic and pre-figurative
4. -Our Rhetoric is multi-historical
5. -Our Rhetoric is anti-representational
6. -Our Rhetoric privileges complex interrogations
7. -Our Rhetoric is symbolically powerful
8. -Our Rhetoric is confrontational
9. -Our Rhetoric is visionary
10. -Our Rhetoric is self righteous and self critical     

Question 2

1. -Specify your audience- General public, not broad
2. -Make adjustments- Adjust rhetoric to fit wants and needs of audience
3. -Name and explain the rhetoric- Addressing the importance of the public argumentation
4. -Make more observations- enhances ideas
5. -Take personal responsibility- Whatever you say reflects on others. 

Question 3

Network Rhetoric is a paradigmatic figure of contemporary activism which is composed into 3 parts. 

1. -Multiple and decentered messages
2. -Dialogue among those messages and the formulation of a public statement
3. -Message or action

Moon: Film Report

This was one of the best movies I have seen yet. This movie showed how technology is not the answer to everything. In other words, humans cannot survive with just technology. Yes, technology serves an important role in our society because of the useful information it gives,but at the same time, we are humans. Humans need other humans to survive or they will eventually go crazy. Scientists created this computer to function as a human but in the long run things began to get weird. You never know what can happen with a piece of technology, it can turn on you at any given moment. Whereas, if a human was to turn on you it would not be a big deal because it is something you could expect.

Group II

1. I feel that there isn't a separation between social media and writing/conversations but there is one between public speaking. In other words, Social Media has made me a great writer because I am able to express myself in a way that i can't through public speaking. It had made me have this great creative approach to my writing. I believe this is true in writing and in conversation because you are now open to many perspectives through social media. In other words, we are able to see a huge amount of views from pretty much all over the world. This helps us in writing because now rather than having our own opinions, we can also have someone else's. 

2. Persuasion- the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something. The media uses commercials to get people to buy things that they already have. They will make it seem like you are uncool if you dont have this particular item. 

   Argumentation- the action or process of reasoning systematically in support of an idea, action, or theory. I believe that the media uses argumentation to spread awareness. For example, through mass media, people argue how everyone should shop organic. They take a stand, tell you why it is good for you and then they will tell you the health repercussions of eating genetically modified organisms. 

  Story Telling-   the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener's imagination. 1. storytelling is interactive. storytelling involves a two-way interaction between a storyteller and one or more listeners. The media uses story telling tactics in order to get news out to citizens. Although it may not seem like a story because we just think it is news, it is. Many of these stories that are being covered on the news turn into movies and books.

   Invitation- In a non persuasive attempt to get people to come/do certain things due to common interests. Social media in particular uses this tactic a lot. Based on search history, they gather your interests and show you things you may be interested in without you having to search it yourself.

3. With me being African American, I have faced many challenging situations some that i was not able to respond to. Once I came to college  and actually took a class on some history of African Americans, I realized that i was ignorant to my own culture and maybe others are as well. So what i have learned is that through my responses, rather than get mad, i shall just educate and spread the word. I was once in a place where I used to just talk before i spoke. Now i do my research, analyze situations, and try to put people in my situation to see if they are able to understand. 

Best of Both Worlds

  This movie was very interesting, and the fact that I have never heard of it makes me a bit sad. As far as futuristic movies go, and their views of how things will be in the future, this movie has topped it. Now the human turning into a robot? Yeah, not so much. Well at least yet.  But as for the holograms? we have that already. It may not come from a machine that appears to be human but we have a machine. The machine that we have just makes it creepy. We have holograms of DEAD PEOPLE! If scientists and engineers can come up with something like that then who knows what else they have up there sleeves. I think it is funny how people think these things are so cool but they get the bigger picture of what is next to come. The bicentennial man gave a great example. If they made a robot that can do everything a human can do, why can't we make a real human? I call this technological evolution. Wouldn't you agree? We start off with basic machines that do simple tasks, onto a bigger machine the do more complicated tasks, then to robots being able to do what humans can, and then that robot appearing as a human in flesh. And they can FEEL. A bit strange, but very interesting. 

Blade Runner Film Report

Blade Runner was somewhat of a dystopia and it had a weird depiction of the future. Not only was that weird, but the fashion and style of the movie was completely strange. From the way the characters dress to how they act. The cars the characters drove and even the phones they talked on were even too high tech for today's society. Cars were flying and the closest thing we have to that is airplanes and as we progress, potentially self driving cars. As for fashion, it was 70s. it was not close to a Los Angeles 21st century style. Blade Runner's idea of the future was ahead of its time. In other words, it seemed as if the writers/creators thought the year 2016 was far away when it wasnt. They didnt take in consideration how fast technology progresses yet it moves so slow. For example, Apple comes out with a new phone every year but each time the only thing that is different is either the way it looks on the outside or just the camera pixels. Someday we will have flying cars, or maybe that is a reach, and we may also have payphones that are web cameras. The future awaits!