Chiara's Thesis Interests

1. AI: what it means to be human; are robots capable of human emotions
- Big Hero 6
- I will probably compare it to another novel about AI or that has AI, but I can't think of any at the moment so if any suggests I'm open!


2. Immigration/ children with troubled childhoods from other countries? : American dream; culture clash; guilt? --> how do they cope, how does this effect them 
- Kite Runner
- a long way gone (memoir of a child solider)

Comments

  1. Ms. SchieffelinJanuary 17, 2018 at 2:38 PM

    Chiara--if you're really interested in AI, you should talk to Mrs. Frye. She teaches an elective called "Robot Dreams" where she focuses on AI and might have some suggestions for texts to explore.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 3:04 PM

    Another film you could use is iRobot (it's about AI going rogue but one robot develops a conscience and emotions). There might be some good lines in the script about the one robot's emotions

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 5:03 PM

    Another book you could use for the immigration topic is "The Bread Winner" which is about a child from an Asian country

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 5:48 PM

    I like the immigration topic, and I think that you could take it in many ways. I think it would be interesting if you could find a book about a child who immigrated to America and the story of their childhood/growing up and then compare their dreams/goals, upbringing, and depiction of the American dream to a child who was American born.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 5:57 PM

    Oooo AI is cool, what you were describing reminded me of some Black Mirror episodes, if you haven't seen them I can send you which one.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 6:02 PM

      rt maybe "White Christmas" or "Be Right Back"

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2018 at 11:28 PM

    I might suggest Her, which is a movie about a guy who falls in love with a computer program

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2018 at 1:14 AM

    An AI movie that raises a lot of interesting questions is Ex Machina

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