Asimove’s LOR During the halcyon days of technological innocence, Isaac Asimov wrote “I, Robot” – a collection of 9 short stories set in a world in which humans and robots co-exist. This co-existance was predicated on three rules that Asimov invented and named ‘The Laws of Robotics’ (LOR), The LOR laid down essential principles governing [...]
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Virtual Crime e-Pays.. NOT
Posted: by Rudy Nadler-Nir in Anthrodigital, Archetypes, Narratives, TheoriesTags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke, Artificial Intelligence: AI, avatar, avatar crime, Blade Runner, Brian Aldiss, Domicilium Citandi Et Executandi, Hal, I, Isaac Asimov, Kubrick, Laws of Robotics, LOR, Matrix trilogy, Paul Verhoeven, Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott, Robot, Si-Fi, Steven Spielberg, technophobia, Total Recall, Virtual actuality, Virtual Crime, virtual jurisdiction, Wachowski brothers
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Storytelling: no story, nothing to tell
Posted: by Rudy Nadler-Nir in Anthrodigital, Archetypes, Narratives, TheoriesTags: A Clockwork Orange, Alex DeLarge, Anthony Burgess, Bruce Bethke, Cyberpunk, digital novel, Eric Maddern, Otherland, OTHERLAND – THE GAME, speaking computer, Storytelling, storytelling 2.0., Tad Williams, technologies mashup'ed, The Matrix, Wachowski brothers
Cyberpunk, according to Bruce Bethke, who coined the term 25 years ago, is “a young, technologically facile, ethically vacuous, computer-adept vandal or criminal.” Think of a highly techno-savvy version of Alex DeLarge, the protagonist in Anthony Burgess’ masterpiece A Clockwork Orange.