===== Manus Et Machina =====

Engineering Design Studio (A5, 015)\\
Tuesday, October 17, 2017, 11:50 am – 13:05 pm

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=== Foreword ===

  * Attendance
  * Reminder: GanttChart Update for meeting with Esteban on Thursday

=== Case Study Presentations ===

|10|The works of film director Alex Garland  |TUE, 10-17-17  |Junior  |
|11|The production of the film //Ex Machina//   |TUE, 10-17-17  |Alemayehu  |

**Food for thought:** How close comes the created AI – Ava – to a human? Explain the //Turing Test//. Would you consider an upgrade of Ava's personality as //killing her//? What would you do if you were: Caleb, Ava, Nathan, or Kyoko? Could you be Kyoko? Why did Caleb cut his arm? How can you know that we are not //Androids// or trapped in the //Matrix//? How would you describe Ava's intelligence? Do you think she just pretended to like Caleb so he would help her escape? About the production of the movie: explain the greenscreen, and how tracking markers work. What does post-production mean?

=== Reading Assignment ===

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Mind Hacks\\
By Tom Stafford, Matt Webb\\
Publisher : O'Reilly\\
Pub Date : November 2004\\
ISBN : 0-596-00779-5\\
Pages : 394

PDF available via NYU Classes.

Please read the following:

  * Preface
  * the part about //Why Mind Hacks?//
  * From first chapter 1: **Hack 11.**// Why People Don't Work Like Elevator Buttons//  and **Hack 12.**//Build Your Own Sensory Homunculus//.