Future in an Uncanny Valley
What in the science of aesthetics tends to be called "Uncanny Valley" is a phenomenon linked to the inner discomfort felt by man in the face of things that seem to have some human semblance, but which in reality are only vaguely close to resembling it. Reasoning through a less circumscribed imaginary version of this phenomenon and the feeling of despondency generated by it, the book in question chooses to group and present a dose of general existential pessimism, reasoning on a human, global, social, and non-human scale. All of this, told through a variegated Cyberpunk aesthetic, which adapts well to the climate of human discomfort that is intended to be encapsulated through the digital manuscript in question.
What in the science of aesthetics tends to be called "Uncanny Valley" is a phenomenon linked to the inner discomfort felt by man in the face of things that seem to have some human semblance, but which in reality are only vaguely close to resembling it.
Reasoning through a less circumscribed imaginary version of this phenomenon and the feeling of despondency generated by it, the book in question chooses to group and present a dose of general existential pessimism, reasoning on a human, global, social, and non-human scale. All of this, told through a variegated Cyberpunk aesthetic, which adapts well to the climate of human discomfort that is intended to be encapsulated through the digital manuscript in question.
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“Ever since the first computers, there have always
been ghosts in the machine. Random segments
of code that have grouped together to form unexpected
protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals
engender questions of free will, creativity, and even
the nature of what we might call the soul. Why is it
that when some robots are left in darkness, they will
seek out the light? Why is it that when robots are
stored in an empty space, they will group together,
rather than stand alone? How do we explain this
behavior? Random segments of code? Or is it something
more? When does a perceptual schematic
become consciousness? When does a difference
engine become the search for truth? When does
a personality simulation become the bitter mote...
of a soul?”
Dr. Alfred Lanning
(I, Robot, directed by Alex Proyas 2004)
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