Cyborg Theory, Class #1

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

*closes the door and the windows and turns on the powerpoint*

Introduction to Cyborg Theory – Class #1



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Note to students: If you are playing multiple characters and are enrolled, therefore, twice in the class because you love me OMG!, please think this through a bit as the homework will therefore be doubled with you. You can, however, crash the class if the discussion is getting interesting and you want to add another characters perspective.





There will be no lecture today as it’s our first class. I would like everyone to do the following:

1) Introduce yourselves to the class by saying your name, fandom, and something really interesting about yourself.

2) If you are cybernetic, artificial intelligence, a robot, or a human-form robot of any variety, please state this at this time. If you are unaware of your synthetic state, please see me after class.

3) Introduce yourself to a student in the class that you haven’t met yet or haven’t had the chance to have a conversation with yet. I’d like my students to get to know one another.

If you need a discussion topic outside general small talk, please discuss the issues of humanity creating machines to bear the brunt of hard labor and what this does to the blue collar human workforce.


For homework, and I wish to have this by Wednesday in my inbox, I would like you to research on the internet for a recent news article on cybernetics, artificial intelligence, or something to that effect and send me the link to the article. We will be discussing these articles next Monday.

Now. Get to it. *smiles kindly*

Comments

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Given what my old teacher is currently working against--a never-ending stream of incredibly-stupid-but-still-almost-unlimited droids being utilized as an army--anything I learn in this class would be invaluable at home.

I'm not normally a big "let's meet everyone" kind of guy myself, but sometimes you gotta let off some steam, ya know?

Once classes get really going, though, I don't know how much time I'll be spending away from campus.

[sparkplugfelix.livejournal.com]

::eyes widen:: That's... Droids sound very similar to Cylons, and the war with them nearly whiped out the Colonies. I wish you well in your endeavours.

Sometimes, yes.

Me, either. I think my studying will leave me no time to socialize, and if I ever get the A/V Club off the ground, that'll eat into time as well.