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Android being constructed from Detroit: Become Human

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Author
Adam Nieri
Date
February 22, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Technocracy

Tagged
AI religion, Androids, Detroit: Become Human (game), Featured, game-review, review}

A Closer Look at Detroit: Become Human, Part III

_{The second pillar of the AI religion is reductionism, the reduction of humanity to matter and energy} _{Adam Nieri

February 22, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Technocracy}

If the qualities that define being human (so that there is an obvious distinction between what is human and what is not) are not material by nature; then the premise of a compelling story about androids that become and surpass human beings as intelligent life falls flat.

A Closer Look at Detroit: Become Human, Part II

_{One pillar, if you like, of the worldview of the “Church of AI” is the belief that our embrace of artificial intelligence is a step on the road to a higher form of life.} _{Adam Nieri

February 21, 2019

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Arts & Culture, Ethics, Technocracy}

Looking more closely, we can see that the stupidity and insignificance of human beings is a central dogma in the AI religion.

A Closer Look at Detroit: Become Human, Part I

_{Gaming culture provides a window into our culture’s assumptions about artificial intelligence} _{Adam Nieri

February 15, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Technocracy}

In the game, Detroit has transcended its current economic despair, emerging as the epicenter of the android revolution. Cyberlife, headquartered there, has become the first company to engineer and produce fully autonomous, general purpose AI androids for consumers.