Science Fiction Essays

Artificial intelligence is a fast growing field in computer science. Today, people use AI in their everyday life. Whether it is SIRI, Google Search, Facebook, or Instagram, artificial intelligence influences the way you interact with the world. It has come a long way from 20 college students talking science fiction …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the human-made intelligence that is seen on machines able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making and translation between languages . Advancement in the technology of computers has created devices capable of perceiving their environment and independently taking …

Metabolism is a post war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural mega structures with those of organic biological growth. Its first international exposition was during CIAM’s 1959 meeting and its ideas were tentatively tested by students from Kenzo Tange’s MIT studio [10].During the preparation of the 1960 Tōkyō …

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which today is often considered to be the first science fiction novel, we see a concern with problems of communication. When we try to understand what people are really saying, we can communicate more effectively and have less misinterpretations amongst one another. Difficult communication between different …

Adding color to black and white movies and tv shows, a process known as film colorization, was a big controversy in the 1980s. Some viewed it as ruining the authenticity of the classics. TV critic Eric Mink even went as far as to call it ‘bastardization’ of film. Others simply …

When people hear the word artificial intelligence, they only think of robots who are able to be fully integrated into human society. However, there are many types of artificial intelligence and types that are utilized on a daily basis that go unrecognized. Topics such as machine learning, deep learning, and …

Genetic engineering is the manipulation of an organism to produce a desired trait in that organism. Genetic engineering was once a pipe dream in the not so distant past, used in science fiction to create utopias with no disease or for parents to choose their perfect child. Even though genetic …

The movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers was released on December 20, 1978. The movie was produced by United Artist’s and is a remake of the classic horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, set in San Francisco. The main story line of the movie is composed of a group …

The Copyright Law represents an important advance in the regulation of copyright, in its definition of what is allowed and prohibited as a reproduction and what civil sanctions to be applied to offenders (Trimble, 2017). Copyright is the right to copy, that is, authors of original works has full right …

Can computers think like human? Can computers be conscious? What is the link between thought and consciousness? For years, science fiction book writers have used these questions as a material for their story, from home robots for housework to self-driving spacecrafts for colonization. At the same time, scientists can slowly …