Transcript of Cognitive Science in Film
- 1. CGSC 1001 Mysteries of the Mind by Jim Davies
jim@jimdavies.org 1
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- 4. HM is the most famous case. Anterograde amnesia. Able to
learn procedural but not declarative memories People who get their
hippocampus lesioned now are warned and can prepare. 4
- 5. The Matrix (1999) Dark City (1998) The Truman Show (1998)
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- 6. Virtual reality video game 6
- 7. Are we living in a simulation? How could we ever tell?
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- 8. Heartbeeps (1981) Robots in love 8
- 9. Star Trek: The Next Generation Data Star Trek: Voyager The
Doctor 9
- 10. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) Well, if
droids could think, thered be none of us here, would there? Obi-Wan
Kenobi 10
- 11. Astro Boy Manga (1952) TV (1963) CGI Film (2009) Started
look of anime Robot superhero The Japanese are less scared of AI
and robots 11
- 12. The Terminator (1984) And many sequels Skynet Terminators
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- 13. War Games (1983) 13
- 14. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) HAL 9000:
http://youtu.be/HwBmPiOmEGQ 14
- 15. I, Robot (2004) Asimovs three laws of robotics A robot may
not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being
to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human
beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection
does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. For a short story
that shows the silliness of these laws, see Cory Doctorows short
story, also called I, Robot. 15
- 16. The Matrix (again) See especially The Animatrix for how and
why robots rebelled against humanity 16
- 17. Ethical agents, ethical patients Pain and suffering
Identity theory funcionalism 17
- 18. Blade Runner (1982) Only experts can tell the difference
between replicants and humans 18
- 19. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 19